Taking Your Message Beyond Just the What and How By Leadership and Sales Speaker Connie Podesta After more than 25 years in the speaking industry this is clearer to me than ever: audiences truly WANT to learn… IF what they are learning is relevant to them NOW and can be used immediately to improve their life. Fortunately, my experience and psychology background has also given me a clear understanding of just what has to happen between a speaker and their audience to create that sense of relevancy and willingness to change. Attitudes. Perceptions. Beliefs. Behaviors. It's a three-step Read More
Shift Your FOCUS…
From What You CAN’T Do to What You CAN By Motivational Speaker and Human Behavior Expert Connie Podesta The truth is, so many of us are our own worst critics. We spend countless hours, and a great deal of our LIVES consumed with the things we can’t do. Or don’t have. Regrets. Missed opportunities. Not one solitary second of all that negative self-reflection will do us one positive thing. What it costs us though is a very high price. So QUIT IT! Right now. And flip that equation over. What do you do WELL? What are your STRENGTHS? What are you PASSIONATE about? What is your CALLING? Lean Read More
Change is Not a Choice – It’s a REALITY
by Motivational Speaker Connie Podesta One of the topics I’m asked to talk about most these days is CHANGE. How to manage it, cope with it and more importantly leverage it in a world that’s spinning faster than is comfortable for most. That’s why I wanted to reach out to some of my wonderful friends and share a few secrets I’ve learned along the way with their readers. After all – we’re all in this together right? Why not help each other out? All right – if you’re ready, let’s get down to it… Let’s face it -- Business as usual IS over. The game has changed and the rules are different. Read More