During your next presentation “Raise the Stakes” on your audience. “Raising the Stakes” is taking the audience’s takeaways from your presentation and elevating them. For example, when I present “Rip Off the Rearview Mirror,” I want audiences to create a “Through Line” in their life which is built on their short-term goals (Objectives) and long…
It’s time to stop looking back, having regrets, and trying to change the past. This is time we will never get back and the more we focus on the past the less we are focused on the here and now. What is your biggest regret? What do you wish you could have over? Imagine how…
Think back one year, the start of 2017 and if I would have told you the following: · Bitcoin would go from $1,020.47 to $13,378 per coin · Uber would be taking massive market share from the taxi business · Tesla is making electronic diesels · Amazon would buy a grocery store (Whole Foods) Would…
When we run with the herd we don’t think original thoughts, push the boundaries, innovate or create. I run with the herd and my goal is to separate from it and think independent and original thoughts which are the catalyst for creativity! I am reading a book titled, “Think Like a Freak” and this quote…
I had lunch with two men who run a cyber security company at my office in Dublin, Ohio last week, and they talked about “Shoshin*”- A beginner’s mind. They said, when one of their clients get hacked they will contract out novices (individuals unrelated to the cyber security industry) to look at their client’s firewalls…
At Microsoft, each day one person signs up to blast a song across the work area at three o’clock in the afternoon. The thinking behind this is that at this point of the day everyone is dragging and this could be an energy boost for the employees to end the day. Afternoon’s lifts also serve…
My goal for you is to “Rip Off the Rearview Mirror” in 2018 by creating a “Through Line” in your life: “The only minute you can control is now. Living in the past creates depression. Living in the future creates anxiety. We only have this moment to discover our “Through Line” in life.”- Anonymous Author …
As a motivational speaker, I would talk about how I “Smashed the Box” or “Ripped Off the Rearview Mirror” which are two of my popular keynote addresses. I thought that by sharing personal stories about myself that the audience could relate too would inspire them. However, it was always through my frame of reference and…
Our thought processes are shaped by our search engine tendencies. What you search for on Google/ Facebook or any other online site tracks our every movement and puts together an algorithm of our tendencies. For example, if you like to buy gold coins and visit those websites you will see banner ads on your social…
Productivity blogger, Merlin Mann, calculated that on average we work an 8 hour day, 50 weeks per year, and check our email every 5 minutes- just to see if anything new is in there- we check our email 24,000 times a year. That isn’t responding to emails, that is only checking to see if we…
I had a conversation with a client and it was fierce! Over lunch, my client told me that I wasn’t as good as a presenter as I was two years ago when she saw me present, “Smash the Box.” She said, “The keynote address you did lacked energy, audience interaction and the overall tone was…
The words we use to describe ourselves is powerful and has a direct impact on our confidence, self-esteem and mindset. Many of us receive labels from our days in schools which could include: • Loser • Class Clown • Underachiever • Bully • Victim • Weak • Nerd The question we need to ask ourselves…
Chad J. Willett is an accomplished motivational speaker, actor and author. His first book, "SMASH THE BOX" covers the principles he has learned from his professional acting career.
