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Stop Setting Goals and Start Living Life!

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by Motivational Speaker Connie Podesta Not long ago I was being interviewed on a teleconference with a large group of sales professionals and the subject of GOAL SETTING came up.  (I love when that happens!)  It took me back to a time in my life where I did something so empowering for myself, so freeing and believe it or not, something I know to be one of the best decisions I ever made in opening doors to my success... I'll tell you all about it in this excerpt from my leadership interview with Michael Hyatt.  Enjoy! Let me know your thoughts! Read More

If You Don’t Know Your Worth – No One Else Will!

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by Motivational Speaker Connie Podesta This week I wanted to share with you an excerpt from a leadership interview I did with Dr. Tim Elmore. In it I get to let you in on a little secret about how I got started as a motivational speaker and share the one sentence that literally changed my career - and I still carry with me to this day.  Watch it now! Read More

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Motivation — No Pom Poms Required!

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by Motivational Speaker Connie Podesta Pssst...I’m going to share with you a little “inside secret.”  “Motivational?”  Wasn’t always my thing.  Look, I LOVE what I do – I mean REALLY love it.  Getting people fired up and eager to embrace and adopt change in their lives.  Watching those “light bulbs” go off when I’ve said just the right thing to get them off of the fence and into an action plan that can change the course of their career or even their life.  That’s good stuff – right? But I fought the “motivational” part of it. For a long time. In my mind if you were a “motivational Read More

Motivational Speaker Connie Podesta says Ditch the Drama

Ditch the Drama!

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How to Separate the Friends-in-Need From the Drama Magnets By Motivational Speaker Connie Podesta If you’re like most folks, there’s probably someone lurking in your life who is what I call a “drama magnet.”  Oh you know them.  They suck you in and bring you down and rob you of valuable time and energy.  Sometimes you can even feel them coming can’t you?  Those little hairs on the back of your neck stand up as a way for your subconscious to yell WARNING!  It’s time to ditch the drama. First of all, I’m not saying everyone who tells you their troubles is a drama magnet.  Far from it.  Read More

Four Things Facebook’s Quick Change Taught Us…

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By Motivational Speaker Connie Podesta & Syndicated Columnist Julie Escobar Listen.  We’re big fans of change.  Connie’s a motivational speaker who travels the world, more often than not helping companies, organizations, associations and people ADAPT and leverage change.  Julie was an early adopter of social media and in the speaking and training industry for years.  We feel your pain.  You’re disgruntled.  Confused.  Unsure.  Ticked off even.  It’s understandable.  Change – well at least the way you just experienced it – is a tough pill to swallow.  So let’s break it down. Here are Read More

How to Give a Dynamite Presentation

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Six Top Tips to Being a Speaker They Will Remember….in a Good Way! by Motivational Speaker Connie Podesta So, you’ve got to give a big presentation huh? Stand up in front of everyone and try to act cool and nonchalant—as though you had done this a million times before. But inside you know better…and you are just waiting. For “it” to show, whatever your “it” is. Saying “um’ a thousand times? Turning beet red? Mouth dry? Perspiration? Forgetting whatyou are going to say next? Don’t worry – that’s normal! Believe it or not, after 25 years and 60,000 people a year, I still get nervous. Read More

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