Pocket Sized Pep Talks

In this Pocket Sized Pep Talk, high performance coach Dr. Sandra Folk discusses: 

• How she became involved in business communication coaching.
• A couple quick tips covering the most important thing to remember when you communicating in writing, and speaking/presenting.
• Techniques for using email to communicate including moves to make before sending cold emails?  
• The fact that words matter is hard to disagree with but Dr. Folk goes deeper.
• How to deal with a negative situations in a positive way.

You can find more about Dr. Folk at: www.drsandrafolk.com or email her at [email protected]

Tyler "Sully" Sullivan, is the founder of BombTech Golf, an eCommerce store with over $20 million sold online since 2012.  He and his team have developed a formula for running successful eCommerce businesses.  How does he do it? Well, in this Pocket Sized Pep Talk he'll tell you how talking about:

• His belief in online companies providing huge value in having real conversations with customers and potential buyers.
• Being hyper-focused on the customer experience... online!
• A simple formula for running successful and profitable eCommerce businesses. 
• How to grow an ecom brand.
• How to work 4-hours a week AND make seven figures.
• How the art of delegation unlocked his future potential.

For more information on Sully, go to his website:  https://www.ecomgrowers.com 

As a Xerox trainer, I taught both sales training processes and problem solving processes.  The problem was, I never actually connected the two!  In this Pocket Sized Pep Talk, you'll learn:

• In the “Problem Solving Process,” there's a disciplined approach to fixing things right... the first time.  This is done by learning how to ask questions, go deeper into the potential size and scope of a problem, and assist others to go beyond his or her prison of familiarity.

• In Sales training, the “Selling Process,” illustrates a disciplined approach to, well, fix things right… the first time.  This is done by learning how to ask questions, go deeper into the potential size and scope of a problem, and assist others to go beyond his or her prison of familiarity.  Sound familiar?

• How in the “Problem Solving Process,” you learn to keep from jumping to a solution, and trying to solve a problem before you fully understand the problem. 

• How in the “Selling Process,” you learn to keep from jumping to a solution, and trying to not solve a problem before you fully understand the problem.  Sound familiar?

So, can you sell, and problem solve at the same time?  How can you not?

In this Pocket Sized Pep Talk, you learn:

• How Kasey learned while thriving in chaos, she had a knack for doing big things with few resources, and loved the challenges of being perpetually in over-her-head. 
• How these branding techniques work for those in sales, or in career transition. 
• One of the most common myths about personal branding as an entrepreneur... that she wants to debunk!
• Why building a powerful personal brand is so important for those who comes up with ideas they want to transforms it into a business or startup. 
• A detailed discussion about the authentic you!
• What Kasey wished she had known when she started out as an entrepreneur.  
• One of the biggest lessons she learned in her journey that had the biggest impact on her career.

For more information on Kasey Jones, simply go to her website: https://abetterjones.com 

In this Pocket Sized Pep Talk, you'll learn:

• It’s not unusual to hear the song you’re singing more than once in the show.  You’ll frequently catch a piece of it in the overture, the bulk of it when it’s sung, some more of it in an encore, and one more snippet in the reprise during the curtain call.

• It’s not unusual to learn the song you’re singing was heavily rehearsed, and sung from a dedicated and determined actor.  Like most things, effort and hard work significantly impact that what is remembered, and what is forgotten.

Now, I recognize that we’re not all aspiring actors, but we all do interact with our own form of audience.  A salesman interacts with prospects, a teacher interacts with students, a job candidate interacts with hiring managers, and so on.  There’s typically a lot of information being exchanged.  But when these interactions are over, what song is it that we want these people to sing?  For instance:

• It's not unusual to hear a song sung more than once in a show, which has a strong impact on how well that song is remembered.  Now ask yourself this question: When you’re interacting with your audience, how often do you touch on the key elements of your message?    

• If it’s not unusual to hear a song that was heavily rehearsed, and sung from a dedicated and determined actor, which has a strong impact on how well that song is remembered, then ask yourself this question:  When you’re getting ready for your moment in front of your audience, how much time and effort do you put into your preparation and learning the critical elements of your message?

You don’t need to have the best song in the show, you just need to remember:

~Sometimes it’s not the song; it’s the singer.~

In this episode, we discuss:

• Challenges he has faced in his work, his education, and his life.  
• Specific obstacles he has not allowed to slow him down.
• Goals he has laid out in his life, and how he plans to meet those goals. 
• His pursuit of his own podcasting program.
• Some of his greatest victory in life.

For more on Reid, and his blog, podcast and YouTube channel, see below:

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In this episode of Pocket Sized Pep Talks, you'll learn:

• A reminder of the importance of processing tasks that require multiple decisions one move at a time.
• The discipline and focus it requires to organize tasks without being distracted by other responsibilities.
• A couple of valuable time management techniques.

No matter what you have in front of you, the key in the podcast centers around focusing on one move at a time.

On this Pockets Sized Pep Talk you'll hear

• Jim and I share the joy of working for Xerox Corporation.  Jim talk about some of the things he learned at Xerox that helped shape his business career.
• Jim literally conducted thousands of interview and share some of the secrets to his success. 
• What the key driving force was to become an entrepreneur.
• Two lessons learned that he would avoid if he could do it again. 
• A formula Jim developed for running a successful business. 
• A collection of successful characteristics of entrepreneurs.
• A few classic mistakes that entrepreneurs tend to make, and how to avoid them.
• A difficult question for many with entrepreneurs; when do you know it’s time to go out on your own? 
• The future of entrepreneurs.

In this Pocket Sized Pep Talk, Rob discusses:

• Activities that require self-control, and the dangers of talking ourselves out of doing them.  This is the motion.
• It isn't the difficult jobs that we do that creates problem, but rather, the lack thereof.  
• The importance of sticking with difficult lasts in a sustained, and routine manner.
• The power of remembering, when these activities are stopped, they're hard to start again... but absolutely CAN be restarted, and recovered.
• It's not the fun doing these activities, but it sure is fun completing these activities.

The more we do these activities, the easier they become, because that motion, is lotion!

JP Clement, the CEO of Boomtime brings over 30 years of experience in marketing, to take us through tips on using LinkedIn to market yourself.  In this Pocket Sized Pep Talk, we discuss:

1. When looking for a new job and changing their direction, what should  appear on the home page.
2. Two  common myths about marketing through LinkedIn.
3. JP's most effective way to market yourself.
4. Some of the biggest mistakes people make marketing through LinkedIn.
5. Suggestions regard a process and frequency to up your LinkedIn engagement game.
6. A few last ideas that can create the best traction.