Discover You Voice, Speak With P.O.W.E.R
Session One
Recording of our first session, 6th Oct 2022
Leadership - Who Are You?
- It is important to truly understand you before you can operate at your best. Your weaknesses, strengths, the values you live and your boundaries.
- Great leaders know what makes them , "them" .
- Are you a leader? You are a leader if you have influence over some ones thinking, behavior or development.
- There are 2 types of leadership roles: ( everyone is a leader)
- Life Role Leadership - spouse, parents, siblings, friend, aunty, citizen
- Organizational Leadership - a person who an official title or position/role.
The Power of Your Voice
- Most of us never truly understand the power of our voice, its impact and its purpose.
- Every time we speak we either create a distance between us and our listeners or we bridge the gap and draw near to them.
- Power of words can change hearts and change nations.
- As an entrepreneur, leader, speaker, business man, professional , friend, leader, colleague, parent and sibling, speaking in absolutely critical to get the result you want.
Being Authentic and Transparent
- Are you having to turn up as someone who has to prove to others? Are you someone who has to please others? Being authentic means knowing who you are and being OK with it.
- Authentic people
- Know themselves well and know what they want in life.
- Make decisions based on their own personal values rather than what is trending at time.
- Don't seek approval from others - not validating based on others.
- Take responsibility for their mistakes.
- Not afraid to be vulnerable and share their true feelings.
- Take ownership of their flaws. Stand perfect in their imperfection.
- Being transparent as a leader and speaker is extremely powerful to connect with your audience.
Speak your Legacy
- Leaving a legacy is a mindset change. It gives you meaning in life.
- Your language shapes your life experience, your life experience shapes your story, your story shapes your legacy.
- You life is finite (limited) , but your legacy is infinite. Make your everyday in life count.
- What would you want people to know you by when you have passed on?
Barrier to Speaking - Fear
- Fear is an emotion, generally we make it a negative. Our goal is to change our perspective and turn our fear into a positive.
- Control and filter your thoughts - your thoughts produce your emotions. Fear is an emotion.
- Fear is a made up story - it hasn't happened but our thinking makes us feel it has happened and our body manifests that way.
- Fear tells us we will fail. We say when you give yourself permission to fail, you give yourself permission to fly.
Video Exercise- Due 12th Oct
You are required to record a 60secs – 90secs long video and share on our chat. The video to address below:
- What are you passionate about in life?
- How are you designing your life to serve through your passion?
- How do you think this will impact your legacy?