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All of us have a story to tell. How you tell your story is through content. Content can be delivered in the written word, through audio (like this) podcast, and my favorite, video.
To help promote my book, You Got It; Now Go Get It: Realizing Just How High You Can Fly being released on Amazon yesterday, I’m going to be highlighting the influencers who inspired me to tell my story through content on LinkedIn.
Today it’s Sally Illingworth, tomorrow, Shay Rowbottom, Wednesday, Sam Lister, Thursday, Jackie Hermes, and Friday Quentin Allums or “Q."
Sally is from Australia and the first person I noticed spitt’n fire with video on LinkedIn. She was articulate, young, and pulled no punches in her content. One of her hashtags was #brainsoverbreast
What really drew me to Sally’s energy was her ability to tell stories. She is a fantastic storyteller and unlike some of the other influencers I’ll talk about this week, doesn’t really do the, “you can do it” – she doesn’t have to. As Sally tells her story, you are immediately drawn in. The inspiration comes through her storytelling that is applicable to a wide range of people.
When I asked her about how to overcome the negative thoughts of, “I’m not good enough” or “someone else is already doing what I want to do.” She said, “what you must remember is most people start from the same place that you’re at.
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A Cheat Code to Life: K-N-O-W Money!

Life doesn’t play fair. If you try to go toe to toe with Life, you may get knocked out. To win at the game of life you have to cheat!
The third cheat code to life is to K-N-O-W money. For those of you who are thinking, "money doesn't make you happy," you are right. If you are unhappy now, you'll be unhappy with money. If you are happy now, you'll be happy with money. Money has nothing to do with it. What money does have on you though is the potential to destroy or grow your dream.
Credit isn't money. There are credit card companies that prey on those who don't know money. They prey on the young, promising them the ability to do things they may not have been able to do without the card.
To have a credit card isn't bad; as long as you K-N-O-W money!
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A Cheat Code to Life: Never Give Up

Life doesn’t play fair. If you try to go toe to toe with Life, you may get knocked out. To win at the game of life you have to cheat! The second cheat code to life is to never give up on things that are important to you. If you find the end result of something you are doing doesn't hold value anymore than you can make a decision to walk away. If it still holds value to you and you quit because it's too hard, that's giving up. Never give up and always take the second shot.
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A Cheat Code To Life - Setting Expectations

Life doesn’t play fair. If you try to go toe to toe with Life, you may get knocked out. To win at the game of life you have to cheat! Here is the first cheat code.
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What’s Your Average

How many of your ideas hit? If it’s 3 or 4 out of ten, your in good company when compared to professional baseball players. As Adam Grant writes in his book, Originals, “original thinkers come up with many ideas that are strange mutations, dead ends, and utter failures. Many people fail to achieve originality because they generate a few ideas and then obsess about refining them to perfection.
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Are You An Original?

Adam Grant writes in his book, Originals, the hallmark of originality is rejecting the default and exploring wether a better plan exists. Do you accept the default? Or do you explore better options?
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A Small Window of Time

I like to cram as much activities as possible into a very small window. How many of you are like me in that regard? Do you look at time as a challenge? One that can be overcome?
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Four Tips to a Better Morning

In the book, WHEN, by Daniel H. Pink, we learn four tips to having a better morning.
Drink a glass of water when you wake up
Don't drink coffee immediately after you wake up
Soak up the morning sun
Schedule talk-therapy appointments for the morning
Which one will you try tomorrow morning?
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Five Ways to Seize Opportunity

From the book, The Power of Significance by John C. Maxwell, we learn five ways to seize opportunity.
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You Must Be Determined to Ignore the Negative

Most people are like me in that they find the negative fairly easily. What I’ve learned over the last few years is to be determined and intentional about searching for the positive in situations. It’s harder and quite frankly kind of fun. The next time you are flooded with negative or critical thoughts, what is something positive you can find?
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