A New Direction

Moving Past Your Past So You Can Move Forward in Your Leadership

Most of us have a tendency to ignore our past. We try to make light of it as if it has no effect on us. Here is an undeniable truth, your past is affecting your leadership.

You cannot escape that fact that how you lead is a result of the way you were raised. And while for many of you there may have been much good, because our brains are wired for negativity it is those negative things in our past that we carry into our businesses every day that keep us from being the leaders we could be.

In this episode of A New Direction Serial Entrepreneur Jeff Giagnocavo current Co-Owner of Gardner's Mattress & More talks about how by being honest about his abuse as a child affected his life and leadership.

This is one of the most powerful, honest, books I have read on leadership development.

Jeff's book "The Space for Leadership: Lessons for who you can be, regardless of who you were" is a power packed book.  

Jeff tells us about his childhood abuse and how by dealing with his past that he was able to become a more effect leader.

Each chapter has a powerful leadership lesson that comes out of his journey of healing.  His story challenges all of us to take a closer look at our past and discover those things that are holding us back from being the shield we need to be to those we lead.

The book implores us to take a deeper dive into ourselves, and become more vulnerable about who we were and who we are and who we can become.  Get your self a copy of  The Space for Leadership.

Would you like a signed copy of the book?  How about some FREE insights into better leadership.  Check out his give aways by going to www.theJeffG.com/book

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They have the certified staff and state of the art equipment and technology to help to move and feel better.  Whether you  are recovering from an injury, or are an athlete who wants to be performing at the top of your game,

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Linda Craft Team, Realtors for 39 years their clients say they are have “legendary” customer service.

The reason they say that is because Linda Craft has built  her business and her team one relationship at a time.

They understand that the home purchase is  likely the single highest purchase you will make in your life time.

She and her team also know  that the memories that are made in your home no one can put a price on.  Linda Craft & Team have helped thousands of clients achieve their dream, and they would love to help you too.  Just click on over to www.LindaCraft.com 

Coach Jay here!  Thanks for listening to and reading about this episode of A New Direction.

I am a business and life coach that specializes in helping people improve their performance in their business and life and help them become more successful in all aspects of their life.

You may have thought about a coach, but you just were not sure if a coach is for you.  That’s a great question to ask, and I would encourage you to call me and least chat about it.

My gift to you is Free complimentary call.  Let’s talk and see what if I am a fit for you.

Just fill out this form and let’s start talking.  Coaching Mavericks – Unlock Your Potential with Jay Izso.

My business is Coaching Mavericks, because there is a Maverick in all of us that when we find our way with our own unique gifts, talents and abilities, we will be the most successful.

I look forward to talking with you!

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The Alchemy of Successful Sales

When it comes to being successful in sales it takes a little knowledge from many disciplines. It is a little science. It is also a bit of art. Then let's not forget the disciplines of psychology and philosophy.

And for many people they may say there is a little magic too. In fact, one could say that to be successful in sales is little alchemy.

What can you do to improve your ability to be more successful in sales. In this episode of A New Direction Senior Vice President of Sales for Madison Global, Judd Weisgal rejoins us to talk about how he trains his salespeople to sell to fortune 500 companies.

Judd Weisgal has 25 years in sales, is the Senior Vice President of Sales for Madison Global, leads a sale team of nearly 100 people and sells himself.

In this episode we walk through the sales cycle from prospecting to referrals, whether you are in B2C or B2B sales.

Judd further discusses how there is a movie version of sales and then there is what it takes to be successful in sales.

Things we learn in this episode:

It's not about your personality.

It's not ABC but AAV (Always Add Value).

You have to have some perseverance.

How can you serve and help.

Successful sales is like dating and then getting married.

And so much more!  Are you ready to become more successful in your career?  Or perhaps you lead a team and maybe it's time to change tactics.  Or maybe your methods need to be updated.

Join us for a powerful show that will boost your sales and make you more successful.

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EPIC Physical Therapy people from all over use them from post surgery to professional athletes, and even people who just want to move and feel better.

They are the certified staff and have the cutting edge equipment to design a customize treatment program specifically for YOU!

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Linda Craft  Team, Realtors no matter the time of year, for 39 years Linda Craft Team Realtors has been helping people fulfill their dream of homeownership.

Their customers say that their service is “legendary”, you can find out for yourself by contacting Linda Craft & Team, Realtors click on over to www.LindaCraft.com

Coach Jay here!  Thanks for listening to and reading about this episode of A New Direction.

I am a business and life coach that specializes in helping people improve their performance in their business and life and help them become more successful in all aspects of their life.

You may have thought about a coach, but you just were not sure if a coach is for you.  That’s a great question to ask, and I would encourage you to call me and least chat about it.

My gift to you is Free complimentary call.  Let’s talk and see what if I am a fit for you.

Just fill out this form and let’s start talking.  Coaching Mavericks – Unlock Your Potential with Jay Izso.

My business is Coaching Mavericks, because there is a Maverick in all of us that when we find our way with our own unique gifts, talents and abilities, we will be the most successful.

I look forward to talking with you!

Also Book readers do you use Audible to listen to your books?  I do and I love it.  Now you can get your FREE 30 day trial and other discounts by using going to www.audibletrial.com/AND

We All Will Experience Imposter Syndrome, but How do We get Through it?

Imposter syndrome is real.  You may be reading this right now and realize that you have some parts of your life you are living as an imposter.

Most often we think of "imposter syndrome" in our work.  When we have taken a task, and we believe we are not qualified or competent to do the job.

But imposter syndrome is really about authenticity.  Are we living the life from an authentic place or because we want to people please, fear looking weak, do we live in the world as an imposter?

The fact is imposter syndrome can show up in many different ways:  Workaholism, Perfectionism, People pleasing.

Not only that, but beneath the surface there is self-doubt, low-confidence, and low-self esteem.  What is the answer?  And how can we get through it?

In this episode of A New Direction Coline Monsarrat joins us to take us through her story of trial after trial, physically, mentally, and emotionally.  She describes herself as living a life with a mask...a life living with imposter syndrome.

She provides us with the challenges, insights, and solutions to overcoming imposter syndrome with her book, "You Are Not an Imposter".

Coline's book, "You Are Not an Imposter: Overcoming Imposter Syndrome: Unlock Your True Potential So You Can Thrive in Life" is a truly gripping view of Coline's life of living with imposter syndrome.

She takes us through how seeing herself as an imposter in her career, created severe physical health challenges that changed her life forever and nearly cost her everything.

You Are Not an Imposter is filled with how we can become an imposter, why we maintain it, and the work that must be done to overcome it.

It is a great book!  I highly recommend you get a copy.  Truly insightful.

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EPIC Physical Therapy is the physical therapists I go to whether it was post surgery, nagging injury, or I just cannot perform at the athletic level I want to.

They have the bleeding edge equipment and the certified staff to customize a treatment program specifically for you, your needs and wants, that helps you reach goals you desire to attain.

When you are ready for EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results, you need to click on over to EPIC Physical Therapy…www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors for 39 years their clients and friends have said when it comes to real estate and going the extra mile and providing a world class experience, they are have “legendary customer service”.

Locally owned, and independent of the national brands, they have literally helped people all over the world by finding the best real estate professional in your area.

So before you sell or buy your home, start with the “legends” at Linda Craft & Team, Realtors…you can learn more by going to www.LindaCraft.com

Coach Jay here!  Thanks for listening to and reading about this episode of A New Direction.

I am a business and life coach that specializes in helping people improve their performance in their business and life and help them become more successful in all aspects of their life.

You may have thought about a coach, but you just were not sure if a coach is for you.  That’s a great question to ask, and I would encourage you to call me and least chat about it.

My gift to you is Free complimentary call.  Let’s talk and see what if I am a fit for you.

Just fill out this form and let’s start talking.  Coaching Mavericks – Unlock Your Potential with Jay Izso.

My business is Coaching Mavericks, because there is a Maverick in all of us that when we find our way with our own unique gifts, talents and abilities, we will be the most successful.

I look forward to talking with you!

Also Book readers do you use Audible to listen to your books?  I do and I love it.  Now you can get your FREE 30 day trial and other discounts by using going to www.audibletrial.com/AND

Timeless Hacks for Every Leader

Are you a high-level leader? Or are you an aspiring leader? Are you a CEO, Owner or founder? If this sounds like you then one thing, we all know for sure is...is that leadership is hard.

While there may not be any shortcuts to being a great leader, there are some small hacks that can make you a more effective in your leadership. In fact, it may come down to your "swizzle". What is "swizzle" you so eagerly ask?

Enter Best Selling Author and former Chief of Staff Emily Sander. And she joins us on this episode of A New Direction to talk about her book entitled, " Hacking Executive Leadership". This is a great book that will give you some fantastic practical leadership hacks to up your game.

Emily Sander's book, "Hacking Executive Leadership: Go from insecure, indecisive, and overloaded to confident, influential, and effective is a timeless book for every leader.

The practical "hacks" that Emily puts down are the foundations of what every leader including the executive leader should be doing.

The book opens with quite confidently in that Emily says, "This book will change you." And I have to be honest after reading it...it did change me!  She made me think, and her insights are things I implemented right away.

I believe Hacking Executive Leadership should be an essential read for any person who is in leadership or is an aspiring leader.  She has great Pro Tips, Fabulous Quotes, and uses examples not only from her life, but the lives of others.

Absolutely a must read.

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EPIC Physical Therapy they are the certified therapists with the cutting edge therapy equipment and techniques to help anyone.

Whether you are injured, had post-surgery, are an athlete at any level, or someone who just would like to move and feel better.  They can help you.

They are my physical therapists, I trust them, and they have helped me stay active and healthy.  If you want EPIC relief, EPIC recovery and EPIC results call on the EPIC experts and EPIC Physical Therapy head on over to www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors has been a sponsor since day one of A New Direction and we could not be more grateful.

For 39 years Linda and her team has stayed on the bleeding edge of technology, but more importantly without losing the personal touch.

If you are looking to buy or sell a home anywhere in the world, they can either help you in the greater Raleigh area.

But they can also help you find the best professional in your area, or you can visit them locally in the Raleigh Research Triangle Park of North Carolina click on over to www.LindaCraft.com

Coach Jay here!  Thanks for listening to and reading about this episode of A New Direction.

I am a business and life coach that specializes in helping people improve their performance in their business and life and help them become more successful in all aspects of their life.

You may have thought about a coach, but you just were not sure if a coach is for you.  That’s a great question to ask, and I would encourage you to call me and least chat about it.

My gift to you is Free complimentary call.  Let’s talk and see what if I am a fit for you.

Just fill out this form and let’s start talking.  Coaching Mavericks – Unlock Your Potential with Jay Izso.

My business is Coaching Mavericks, because there is a Maverick in all of us that when we find our way with our own unique gifts, talents and abilities, we will be the most successful.

I look forward to talking with you!

Level Up Your Career, Improve Your Speaking Abilities

The A-HA! Method

If you want to be a more effective leader, you need to improve your speaking effectiveness. If you want to be a more effective sales person, you need to improve your speaking effectiveness.

If you want your meetings to be more effective, you need to improve your speaking effectiveness.

The fact is the more effectively you are speaking to others, the more effective you will be period. You will be looked at differently. People will be more engaged with you. The better you become at speaking the more people want what you have.

So how do we become more effective at speaking. In this episode of A New Direction Author, Entrepreneur, Professional Speaker, and Speaking Coach Gabe Zichermann joins us to teach us the A-HA! Method.

Get ready friends because this is one hour with a highly paid and skilled professional that can change the trajectory of your career.

Gabe Zichermann's book, "The A-Ha! Method: Communicating Powerfully in a Time of Distraction" is one of the most complete and comprehensive books on public speaking on the market.

The book not only addresses the aspiring or professional public speaker, but also for those who are sales people making a pitch, or even those of us who are in charge of meetings and how are speaking abilities can create greater effectiveness.

Gabe takes you through the details and some of the hidden secrets that are behind the greatest speakers.  And yet challenges the reader that they have to do the work to be successful.

The book also digs into the psychology and behavior of your audience and gives you specific "how to's" when it comes to using that psychology to better connect with your audience.

The A-HA! Method really comes down to giving your audience those A-HA! moments, while you carefully and craftily construct a talk that engages your audience and begs for more.

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EPIC physical therapy has the latest state of the art technology and equipment, coupled with a certified staff to help you achieve your physical goals and get you back to where you want to be and give you a direction where you should be going.

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Linda Craft Team, Realtors no matter where you live in the world, Linda Craft and her team can help you find the best professional in your area to help you sell or buy your next home.

While most real estate professionals belong to a nationally affiliated company where they are obligated to use the people in their company’s network.  Linda Craft and her team are privately owned and operated.

That means they can find the absolute best professional from ANY company to ensure you get the best service. Located in the Raleigh Research Triangle Park of North Carolina…they are indeed legendary when it comes to service.

Learn more  by going to Linda Craft & Team, Realtors  www.LindaCraft.com

Coach Jay here!  Thanks for listening to and reading about this episode of A New Direction.

I am a business and life coach that specializes in helping people improve their performance in their business and life and help them become more successful in all aspects of their life.

You may have thought about a coach, but you just were not sure if a coach is for you.  That’s a great question to ask, and I would encourage you to call me and least chat about it.

My gift to you is Free complimentary call.  Let’s talk and see what if I am a fit for you.

Just fill out this form and let’s start talking.  Coaching Mavericks – Unlock Your Potential with Jay Izso.

My business is Coaching Mavericks, because there is a Maverick in all of us that when we find our way with our own unique gifts, talents and abilities, we will be the most successful.

I look forward to talking with you!

Also Book readers do you use Audible to listen to your books?  I do and I love it.  Now you can get your FREE 30 day trial and other discounts by using going to www.audibletrial.com/AND

Need a Career Change?  Or Just a Tune-Up?

Here are some career questions you need to think about:

Does your job offer you a sense of purpose?

Do you feel compelled to pursue another career?

You find it hard to go to work because you're not a fan of the company you work for? Does your company align with your values?

Do you feel valued by your employer?

Is your compensation commensurate with your contributions and experience?

In general, are you happy with your job?

If you answered "no" to anyone of these questions, then you may need a career change or at least a career tune up.

Career Expert Chris Fontanella rejoins me on A New Direction to talk about his latest book "Tune Up Your Career".

It is going to be an eye-opening show and if you have any doubts about your career right now, first know you are not alone, and second, know that there are answers.

Chris Fontanella's most recent book entitled, "Tune Up Your Career" is an outstanding insightful guide for those of you out there who are feeling stuck and unsure what your next career move should be.

Here are a few of the highlights should know from the book:

First having some questions in your career is normal.

Second, regardless of how you try to resist your career is going to change.  And if all else stays the same...you are going to change.

Third, if you are lacking fulfillment and purpose, you are the only one who can change your career path.  No excuses...you are accountable to your career.

Fourth, if you have guts, and resilience, you may be an entrepreneur.  It's not easy.  And you may have to work two jobs at first, but how much value is there in having the freedom?  Only you can decide.

This book is for anyone who feels like they have been consumed by the "machine" and has now awakened to realize there is something more, but not sure what it is.

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EPIC Physical Therapy from every day aches and pains, to injuries to keeping elite athletes at the top of their game.

EPIC pt has the cutting edge equipment and the certified staff to create an individualized treatment program specifically for you.

They are my physical therapists and I think they should be yours too.  So if you want EPIC Relief, EPIC Recovery, and EPIC Results.  Start by contacting EPIC Physical Therapy….www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors for 39 years they have been known for having “Legendary Customer Service”.

Unaffiliated and independently owned and operated they can recommend the best real estate professional to help you sell your home or buy your next home anywhere in the world.

That is because they are not attached to a national company, they are attached to what is in your best interest.

So before you buy or sell start with the “Legends” at Linda Craft Team.  Just click on over to www.LindaCraft.com

Coach Jay here!  Thanks for listening to and reading about this episode of A New Direction.

I am a business and life coach that specializes in helping people improve their performance in their business and life and help them become more successful in all aspects of their life.

You may have thought about a coach, but you just were not sure if a coach is for you.  That’s a great question to ask, and I would encourage you to call me and least chat about it.

My gift to you is Free complimentary call.  Let’s talk and see what if I am a fit for you.

Just fill out this form and let’s start talking.  Coaching Mavericks – Unlock Your Potential with Jay Izso.

My business is Coaching Mavericks, because there is a Maverick in all of us that when we find our way with our own unique gifts, talents and abilities, we will be the most successful.

I look forward to talking with you!

Also Book readers do you use Audible to listen to your books?  I do and I love it.  Now you can get your FREE 30 day trial and other discounts by using going to www.audibletrial.com/AND

What Can You Control and Influence in an Ever Changing World

The fact is we live in a world that is ever changing. If you think that somehow you can just disappear and avoid and hope that you will be able to survive it you would be mistaken.  So how do we cope?

Knowing what you can control and what you can influence becomes paramount if you are going to thrive in today's volatile uncertain world.

So what can you control and influence your world? And what must you accept...for now? Are there skills and techniques you can develop? The answer is yes! yes! yes!

Then finally there is the issue of purpose. It is more than just your "why". What have you been created to be? Not simply do, but be that will fulfill you and make a positive impact on the world.

In this episode of A New Direction, best selling author Dan Moore joins us to talk and train us on finding our purpose as we learn what we can control, influence and accept (for now).

Dan  Moore's book Control Influence Accept (for now) CIA(fn) is fabulously written book.  It takes us through the different aspects of understanding what we can control, what we can influence, and what we need to accept (for now).

CIA (fn) starts by helping us understand our own self-awareness or lack thereof.  If we are going to thrive in an every changing world we need to know ourselves so we know what we can control, influence, or accept.

Then he easily moves into covering issues of mental and emotional flexibility, resilience, constructive self-talk, values and purpose.

Each chapter in CIA (fn)  builds upon the last chapter.  What is more at the end of each chapter Dan Moore gives us practical ways to be able to improve on each of these areas.

A great book and one that you will enjoy reading.

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Epic Physical Therapy.  Whether you just want to move and feel better, have been injured, or you are a professional athlete or anywhere in between.

Epic Physical Therapy offers the latest in cutting edge equipment and the certified staff with the latest therapeutic techniques to help get your body and you back to where you want to be.

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Linda Craft Team, Realtors   Linda built her business in 1985 one relationship at a time, and her team and her continue to do the same things she did 39 years later.

They have provided thousands of people the ability to help people sell or buy their next home with personalized legendary customer service.

They have the experience, knowledge, and understanding of the home industry.  They also understand you and what you want and need from your next home purchase or sale.

What is more they can help you regardless of where you live.  Check them out by going to www.LindaCraft.com

Coach Jay here!  Thanks for listening to and reading about this episode of A New Direction.

I am a business and life coach that specializes in helping people improve their performance in their business and life and help them become more successful in all aspects of their life.

You may have thought about a coach, but you just were not sure if a coach is for you.  That’s a great question to ask, and I would encourage you to call me and least chat about it.

My gift to you is Free complimentary call.  Let’s talk and see what if I am a fit for you.

Just fill out this form and let’s start talking.  Coaching Mavericks – Unlock Your Potential with Jay Izso.

My business is Coaching Mavericks, because there is a Maverick in all of us that when we find our way with our own unique gifts, talents and abilities, we will be the most successful.

I look forward to talking with you!

Also Book readers do you use Audible to listen to your books?  I do and I love it.  Now you can get your FREE 30 day trial and other discounts by using going to www.audibletrial.com/AND

Do You Inspire Your Buyers?

We are all in sales. We are all being sold to. What makes you want to buy? What are the factors that go into the sales process that influence you? What are the things that stop you from your purchase?

You may have sat through a presentation only to wonder, "well where do we go from here"? It all pretty uninspiring, isn't it?

If you are in sales, B2B or B2C that fact is there is one thing that you need, and that is you need to "inspire your buyers". What does that mean? Do you as know your buyers' pain? How clearly can you paint the picture of their problem, and what the solution will do to relieve it?

In this episode of A New Direction President of InspireYourBuyers.com Bruce Scheer uses the "Go to Market Narrative Development" that he has used with industry leaders like, IBM, Microsoft, HP Google and many others.

Bruce Scheer's book, "Inspire Your Buyers: Go to Market with a Story that Sizzles".  Is a quick, power packed, practical, step by step guide to helping you carve out a narrative that causes buyers to want to buy from you.

Bruce calls it the "Go To Market Narrative".  And when you see it all laid out it just makes so much sense.  The problem for you and I, we don't ask the right questions and are coming up with the wrong answers.

Bruce wants you and I to dig deeper.  And deeper we must go.  If we are truly going to create a narrative in our marketing and sales presentations, then we need to truly understand our buyer's pain.  Problem one...are we truly identifying their real pain.

And that leads to problem two:  too often we make ourselves the hero with our solution, when we should be digging into the buyers' pain so deeply, they feel it, and then imagine a world without that pain.

By the time to you get to the end of the book "Inspire Your Buyers" has you ready and aligned for success.  Again, it's a quick read, but with a powerful and successful message.

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From everyday aches and pains to elite athletes EPIC Physical Therapy has the latest cutting edge equipment and the certified staff with cutting edge treatments to help you get back to doing the very things you desire to do.

They are my physical therapists and I highly recommend them!  If you really want EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results do you and your body a favor and check out the professionals at EPIC Physical Therapy.  www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors have been a partner since the very beginning.

They are the relationship real estate professionals, and for more than 38 years they built a reputation in the world wide real estate community as the real estate people with “Legendary Customer Service”.

They understand that a home is made not of bricks, sticks and mortar, but of people and those are memories that are personal and last a lifetime.  Click on over to www.LindaCraft.com.

Coach Jay here!  Thanks for listening to and reading about this episode of A New Direction.

I am a business and life coach that specializes in helping people improve their performance in their business and life and help them become more successful in all aspects of their life.

You may have thought about a coach, but you just were not sure if a coach is for you.  That’s a great question to ask, and I would encourage you to call me and least chat about it.

My gift to you is Free complimentary call.  Let’s talk and see what if I am a fit for you.  Just fill out this form and let’s start talking.  Coaching Mavericks – Unlock Your Potential with Jay Izso.

My business is Coaching Mavericks, because there is a Maverick in all of us that when we find our way with our own unique gifts, talents and abilities, we will be the most successful.

I look forward to talking with you!

Also Book readers do you use Audible to listen to your books?  I do and I love it.  Now you can get your FREE 30 day trial and other discounts by using going to www.audibletrial.com/AND

Put the "I" in Team...Positive Influence

Most all of us have heard the saying there is no "I" in team. Well, the reality is there is no "we" either.

But maybe if we saw the "I" as "Influence" we may have a different perspective. Because we all have influence, and since you are part of a team members who also are "influencers", then perhaps there is an "I" in team after all.

The fact, before we were born, we have influenced others. But for many of us we don't think about the influential impact we do have on others.

What is more often do not know what we can do to enhance our influence and create a more successful environment for others through our influence.

In this episode of A New Direction Brian Smith Ph.D. walks us through his latest book "Positive Influence: Be the "I" in Team" to help us use our influence to positively impact others. It will be a growth moment for all of us!

Dr. Brian Smith's Book, "Positive Influence: Be the I in Team" is a practical read that you can start acting on right now.

This book opens us up to the fact that we are all influencers.  And we have a responsibility to that fact we are influencing at all times.

Further, the book explores the traits that it takes to be a positive influencer, as well as the pitfalls that can inhibit or hurt our influence.

We all need to wake up to the fact that what we do and say matters.  But we also need to wake up to the idea that how we respond to whatever is said or done to us as an influencer equally matters.

We need to be aware of not only what we say, or write, but how we present ourselves in everyday life.

We need to be better communicators, better listeners, and be more aware of how our audience is responding to us and our message.

The bottom line as an influencer is this:  It's not about leading followers but influencing others.

We need to put on humility, be ready to take the "high road", which is not the most popular position to be in and put others ahead of ourselves.

For it is then, and only then will we be at our best to be a Positive Influence the world around us.

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EPIC Physical Therapy, they have all the latest equipment, tools, and technology, but what makes EPIC…well…EPIC is their certified staff.

They really do understand that no two injuries or people are exactly the same so they will customize a treatment plan specifically for you.

So if you want EPIC relief, EPIC recovery, and EPIC results whether you are recovering from surgery or overcoming an athletic injury or just want to be a better version of you please go to  www.EPICpt.com

Linda Craft Team, Realtors for more than 38 years they have remained at the top of the real estate market.  Why?

Because they truly are known as the “Legends of Customer Service”.  For 38+ years they have built their business by building one relationship at a time.

Linda’s first customer was in 1985 and they still come to see her today, because that relationship is still as important today as it was 38 years ago.

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Coach Jay here!  Thanks for listening to and reading about this episode of A New Direction.

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6 Behavioral Communication Behaviors to Change Your Life and Business

We all know the importance of communication. And communication is often talked about in books and articles. But what if you were given the keys to set of proven communication strategies that actually will make a difference?

On this episode of A New Direction, Professors and Co-Authors Julien Mirivel and Alexander Lyon talk about their research on "positive communication" and make it practical for leaders.

Their research focuses on "The Wheel of Positive Communication", which contains the six behaviors that will lead to change in any organization.

What are those 6 Communication behaviors?

1. Greet to Create Human Contact

2. Ask to Discover the Unknown

3. Compliment to Affect People's Sense of Self

4. Disclose to Deepen Relationships

5. Encourage to Give Support

6. Listen to Transcend Differences

These 6 behavioral changes in communication have been researched and demonstrated that when followed through on by leaders they change their people and their organization.

Julien and Alex's book, "Positive Communication for Leaders: Proven Strategies for Inspiring Unity and Effecting Change" is more than a communication book it is a practical psychology book that enables to take action to start changing your organization.

This book is not only great for business, but the behavioral principles apply to marriage, family, personal and professional relationships.  It also deals with having difficult conversations.

This book quite frankly impacted me so much that I started practicing the strategies right away.  In fact, the very first thing I did is change the way I send emails (and yes they talk about that too in the book).

Julien and Alex also dive into the behaviors that inhibit us from doing the very things we need to do to be more effective leaders and communicators.

If you are like me and you want to improve yourself.  Then you need to read this book!

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I have been asked, why “Coaching Mavericks”?  And what is a “Maverick”.  A Maverick is not what, but a who.  And the fact is we are all Mavericks.

We all have a combination of gifts, talents, and abilities, like no one else that make us unique.  And that makes us Mavericks.

And being a Maverick means living authentically to yourself.  And becoming as successful as you can be by living authentically to you.

I have a successful track record coaching individuals, business teams and sports teams in developing a growth mindset, and help business sales teams in discovering methods to increase sales and more!

So if you are feeling that you need a different direction, or perhaps you have a team that is in need of a different direction, then let’s talk.

The first call is free and we can find out if I will be a good fit for you and your team.

My business is Coaching Mavericks, because there is a Maverick in all of us that when we find our way with our own unique gifts, talents and abilities, we will be the most successful.  Find me at www.coachingmavericks.com