Screw the Naysayers

When word got out that 22 year old Rachel Chang had quit her job as an architect, a former classmate called her in tears saying, “If you can’t make it, what chance do the rest of us have.”

In Rachel’s words, she had always been held to a very high standard. People outside of her firm thought she was leaving the profession because she couldn’t handle it. Her boss knew better. He knew Rachel would be quitting even before she did. Make no mistake here. Rachel was very good at her job. It was just obvious to everyone around her that she was not cut out to be stuck behind a desk. As her boss put it, “if you’re this good at a job you hate, then I can’t wait to see what you’ll do when you find something you’re passionate about.”

For Rachel the hardest part about quitting were the mental blocks. The fear that she was going to disappoint so many people if she changed careers, or she was going to disappoint her parents, or that she would never find something that she was this good at again.  

These fears held her back, until one day she realized she was ready to take back control of her own life.

Are you living your life, or one that you fell into by chasing other people’s dreams?

You can connect with Rachel on LinkedIn

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Would you step into the ring with Rocky Balboa (a young Sylvester Stallone to anyone that hasn’t seen the Rocky Movies)?

If I had a choice in the matter, I know I wouldn’t. And I bet you wouldn’t either, unless you’re a UFC fighter or professional boxer.

But sometimes life doesn’t let us decide what battles we have to fight. Take Zaheen Nanji for example.

At the age of fifteen she left her parents behind in Kenya and moved to Canada. She brought with her a stuttering problem that started at age seven. At university Zaheen tried keeping it secret by dodging class activities that would reveal my repetitive sounds, drawn out syllables, and pained silences.

But failing college wasn’t an option, so Zaheen decided to get speech therapy. No change. Finally her therapist told Zaheen that she has two choices. Stay where she was in life or use the resources she’d been given to face her fear...and practice doing life differently.

Today Zaheen  is a professional speaker, entrepreneur, and a breast cancer survivor. She is also the author of the Amazon Best Seller “The Resiliency Reflex.”.

In this episode Zaheen explains:

• That resilience is not an inherent trait - it’s an earned one.

Contact Zaheen

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zaheennanji/

Website: www.zaheennanji.com

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“I think I’d be a great fit for your show.”

These are meaningful words for a podcast host, but not in the way you might think. For me it’s a bit like waving a red flag in front of my face. You’ll have my attention, but you better be prepared to tell me why, in a short concise statement. Sadly most often people that lead with this claim can rarely walk the talk!

My guest on today’s show is Corey Poirier, otherwise known as That Speaker Guy. Corey is a busy guy. He is a much in demand public speaker who gives keynote addresses at events around the globe. He is also a best selling author, creator of the Speaking Program where he helps people learn how to tell their stories on stage, and the host of For The Love of Speaking Podcast.

Each week Corey gets between 20-40 unsolicited requests to be on his podcast. Here at the Screw the Naysayers Podcast I get 10+ each week.

The good news is we want to say yes. The bad news is there are only so many slots we can fill, and like any podcast host we’re looking for specific things. In this mini episode Corey and I talk about the do’s and don'ts of pitching yourself to be a guest on a podcast (or any other new media show).  

Contact Corey at:

Website: thatspeakerguy.com

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection.

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What have we done to our children?

And why do we human’s keep doing the same thing over and over somehow expecting a different result? (I’d credit Einstein but it turns out he never said this).

These were the first thoughts that went through my head when I was talking to Sina Fak.

The answer to the first question is we’ve done to our children what our parents did to us.

They put us into boxes (schools), told us to memories textbooks, and most of all to follow rules.

For some of us things changed when we were shaken by an infrastructure rattling event like a heart attack, a divorce, or the death of a loved one. Sadly many others will go through life suffering through dull pains without ever addressing them.

Sina Fak is on a mission to help those people, and in June 2017, he became a partner at The Passion Centre. Founded by Kira Day, The Passion Centre a is a social venture that focuses on self-discovery and personal intelligence models as the foundation for driving participant personal and/or professional ventures forward.

In this episode Sina drills down on processes you can use to figure out who you are and what you want.  

Contact Sina

LinkedIn:Sina Fak

Website: https://thepassioncentre.com/

Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection.

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Parents with teenage children are in uncharted territory.

Forbes Magazine reports that student debt has reached $1.5 Trillion.

Stats tell us that 50% of Americans under the age of 30 are underemployed or unemployed.

The Conference Board reports that 53% of workers in the United States are unhappy (Forbes).

Kids (and that’s what teenagers are even if they don’t believe it) are facing intense pressure to figure things out. Many are living in fear of making a bad decision.

What is the parents role in preparing their kids for the future?

Brian Schulman advocates a keep it simple approach.

“What’s important is to support our kids, to foster creativity, to let them know it’s okay to fall. And to support them when they do fall, and to support them when they do fall, dust em off and push them on their way, and be there along the way just like a marathon, and let them know hey you can do this. You’re doing a great job. It’s okay to fall, learn from that, remember for next time and keep going, just keep pushing forward, because when you keep pushing forward, no matter what it is, you will always succeed.”

I’d love to hear from parents of teenage kids. How are you handling the discussion about the future?

You can connect with Brian on LinkedIn

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