By Design: Shutting Down a Stream - Starting New Ones [E55] - Speak Up!

Thank You To Our Partners The Institute, AutoFlow, Shop Dog Marketing, In-Bound, Express

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On this show, we talk about communication and leadership skills - and well, sometimes I just have something to say, pulling from recent experiences that I hope will help or inspire you on your journey - because it’s helped me on mine.

If you’ve caught on to some of my themes these past few months, you’ll notice that I have spent a lot of time discussing distractions, attention, and the importance of being present for those we are with. 

These musings are interspersed with some immediately practical topics related to the automotive aftermarket - and all of it is seasoned with some communication strategies applicable to just about anyone.

You’ll have heard me say that sometimes it can be extraordinarily difficult to hear our own thoughts, or the positive (usually softer) voices in our lives, or especially difficult - respecting the gentle tuggings on our soul- those unseen nudges that urge us forward into greater refinement. 

Our world hasn’t made noticing such things easier - and I’ve been seeing a repetitive theme in my readings as of late regarding the negative impacts of technology.  What astonishes me though - is how the things I’ve been paying attention to take a long time to make sense, and once they do - suddenly you are making connections just about everywhere you go-  like you suddenly realized there is a song playing that describes your journey.

I’ll tell you now - this episode's story ends with me taking the next logical step to my ‘Irish goodbye” on Facebook (An Irish goodbye is when you don’t say anything about leaving… but just leave). That next step was deleting my account.  (it takes 30 days I guess they want you to have time to change your mind).

The episode begins with an  “Educational minute” I delivered to my local toastmasters club (actually 5 minutes) - and while that speech ended with some advice on notifications (akin to what I described you you in Episode 39: The War Against Notifications - this episode will end… well I just told you how it ends - listen to see how I got here.

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Thank You To Our Partners The Institute, AutoFlow, AutoLeap, Shop Dog Marketing, In-Bound, Express:

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