In this episode CEO of Executive Speaking Success John Bates, provides examples of generosity as a competitive advantage, putting others at ease, and how to make emotional connections that will lead to action. Bates also shares the unexpected final test in becoming a NASA astronaut.
Show Notes:
- Understanding why we do certain things and for whom, should remove the focus on us [01:25]
- Naturally we will fend for ourselves, but to take responsibility for other and interest in them takes extra consciousness [05:27]
- A man who didn't look for excuses to leave early, but instead came early and left late, busy getting to know others [09:13]
- Finding your emotional connection to your work and why that matters [14:12]
- The final test to becoming a NASA astronaut has nothing to do with physical ability or mental skills but something many people forget to even consider [14:12]
- Yes yes yes no situations translated into logic logic logic emotions and how to utilize the emotions to create a yes yes yes yes [19:13]
- Shift worry from what others think of us to how we can put others at ease in our presence [21:30]
- Give people something good to mirror back [23:09]