When every model in the room is beautiful, the one who communicates wins the room. Savanna Smith figured that out at 20 years old.

Savanna Smith is a professional model who went from wanting to be famous her whole life to booking clients in under eight months, not by being the prettiest person on set, but by being the one who actually talks to people.

• Why introducing yourself to every person in the room, even the assistant, even the secretary, automatically sets the tone and breaks the ice before you say a single word about business
• The 90/10 rule Savanna uses in every conversation: 90% listening, 10% talking, especially when the other person knows something you don't
• What a vocal coach told her at 16 that changed how she communicates in every interaction: be intentional about why you're saying what you're saying

Connect with Savanna: https://www.instagram.com/imsavannas/ | https://linktr.ee/savanna.com

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97% of Americans don't have real goals. They have wishes. And most New Year's resolutions are dead by Q2 because there was never a plan behind them in the first place.

In this solo episode of Conversations That Count, David Shaft explains why he stopped believing in resolutions and started treating his year like a business with four fiscal quarters. He walks through exactly how he's structuring his own growth plan for the year, starting with enrolling in a Dale Carnegie course for Q1 and hiring a business leadership coach for Q2 and beyond. If you've ever set a goal in January and forgotten it by March, this episode gives you a framework to actually finish what you start.

• Why most resolutions fail: they're goals without a plan, and a goal without a plan is just a dream that slowly turns into a lie you keep telling yourself
• How thinking in quarters instead of years gives you built in checkpoints so you catch yourself slipping in Q2 instead of waking up disappointed in Q4
• The real reason David invested in Dale Carnegie and a leadership coach this year, and why the accountability structure matters more than the content itself

Watch on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@ConversationsThatCount-CTC

New episodes of Conversations That Count every Tuesday and Thursday on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, and YouTube. Follow on Spotify so you never miss an episode.

Full episodes, show notes, and resources at ctcpodcast.media

Free Communication Playbook with 10 frameworks and scripts to communicate like a pro: https://conversations-that-count.kit.com/e7fa86a708