Author: anastasiardh
Anastasia helps you take the wheel, pick a lane and thrive in it!
She is a health empowerment conversationalist whose voice of experience ignites your route to personal & professional health.
A curiosity expert and coffee addict with 30 years in the healthcare profession, her programs empower you to reduce daily stress, energize your productivity and align your emotional, physical and financial health.
Why Debates Are Dog Fights Without Bite
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| Why Debates Are A Dog Fight Without Bite |
Debates are created for constructive discussion. Expressing your opinion in a way that connects emotionally and intellectually on topics in 2 minutes is not an easy task for most of us.
Yes there is a strategy and yes someone is determined as a winner.
Debates do not determine your worth as a leader. What will determine your worth as a leader will depend on the degree to which your bite is worse than your bark.
1) Making Size Matter
Before you speak, pause. Your comment doesn’t have to be lengthy. It doesn’t have to be eloquent. It has to be relevant & thought provoking so it is memorable.
Comments in recent Presidental debates about “small hands” are neither relevant or thought provoking regarding anyone’s worth as a leader. Is the comment memorable? Yes. Is it one that represents a leader?
The size of your comment can define your worth. Small, well thought out bite size comments that contribute to a solution are more impressive in the minds of those you are trying to sway.
2) A Dog Fight Without Bite
Presidential debates seem to be one of theatrics. Tossing candidates into a ring to battle can be laborious to watch and to a degree, punishing to listen to. So much growling, snapping,pawing,and nipping until finally blood is drawn.
How that blood is drawn is often a reflection of their integrity and always has an impact on their reputation. So what about you?
When you have a valid point to make, how do you fight?
We’ve all heard about a dog’s bark being worse than his bite. And when no candidate sinks their teeth into an issue, all we’re left with is noise..
So…before you debate, determine what dog you have in the fight. Decide what are you willing to do to battle your point with credibility.
A leader fights fiercely with conviction and awakens your soul. Think of barking as your intention. You intend to state your case, make a change, overcome a challenge. Your bite though, is action … with teeth. A leader’s bite at times must be worse than their bark. That action when applicable will be what determines your worth.
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3 Things To Learn From Lady Gaga’s NFL Performance
3 Things To Learn From Lady Gaga’s NFL Performance
NFL Super Bowl 50 was the 3rd most watched TV broadcast in U.S. history!
Whether your teams played, or you wanted to watch the much anticipated half time show, Lady Gaga’s performance singing our National Anthem remains the highlight for many.
3 Things We Can Learn From Lady Gaga’s Triumphant Performance
1. Learn To Infuse Emotion.
She sang with heart, conviction and vulnerability that somehow reached every single one of us. Remember that goose bump feeling or how your eyes teared with such a sense of pride and joy to be an American that moment? Inject the power of emotion into your business, presentations, articles and clients.
2. Prepare for the Dare.
The initial announcement that Lady Gaga was chosen to sing our National Anthem at Super Bowl 50 may have had some thinking …. the entire NFL was suffering from concussions.
Can you imagine the preparation for this incredibly majestic & musically challenging anthem? Lady Gaga accepted this dare and weaved her robust vocal range into an exceptional experience few had every accomplished. She had a new opportunity to grow and blaze another trail instead of being the same and stale.
Do you seek new opportunities or are you stale? What strategies can you hold yourself accountable for professional growth.
What would it be like IF you prepared new stories FOR your audiences, expanded your robust vocal range FOR your tribe on your blog, coaching, product development, video, presenting, clinical skills? I DARE you to see what happens!
3. Brand Awareness.
Lady Gaga IS a brand. SHE breathes it.
It isn’t about reinventing. It’s about being fully aware of who you serve. It’s about strengthening your ability to willingly adapt and deliver the connection you created with your clients, patients or audiences. When you inhale innovation and invite diversity you’re on the right track baby …
Thank you for joining me on this road trip!
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Anastasia
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