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‘Live on Purpose’ Radio Interview

Last Monday, I did a 30-minute radio interview with Dr. Paul Jenkins. Dr. Paul and I are colleagues in the National Speakers Association Mountain West Chapter.

Live on Purpose radiois all about showing up every day and living life on purpose. Living life on purpose means you have a purpose and you live that purpose intentionally.

It occurs to me that Live on Purpose is closely related to Live a gump-like Life and fully compatible with Gumption’s three principles.

Dr. Paul opens this show by saying he is promoting phenomenal prosperity through pathological positivity. Now, I’m not a smart man … but that is a lot of P’s. And at the 21:30 mark, Dr. Paul continues his P alliterations with pandemic of pessimism to describe the funk that sometimes overwhelms individuals and companies.

I wonder if Dr. Paul’s dictionary has an extra-thick P section?

Listen hereto Dr. Paul and me as we analyze the relationship between Forrest Gump, Gumption, and Living on Purpose.

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Run Fripp Run!

Patricia Fripp surrounded by the wacky crew at SF Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.

A few weeks ago I wrote about attending the NSA Annual Convention. I listed 5 key themes that I brought home from the experience. Lesson #5 was to Follow Up. How have I done on my Follow-Up? A- for quality ? C for quantity. I still have a thick stack of business cards to complete, hence the merely average grade for quantity. The good grade for quality is based on the genuine effort I am making to really know the people I met; ?spend a few minutes looking at their website, understand their niche, their specialty, and their thought-leadership platform. The goal is not to amass 100 people?s names in a database that I have no knowledge of ? the goal is to have actually connected with at least 25 people.

This past weekend I made one of those special connections.? Patricia Fripp?and I had lunch at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Co in her hometown of San Francisco. For those of you who don?t recognize her name, Patricia is an All-Star in the world of speaking. She was the first female president of the NSA in 1984-85. She has presented to NSA chapters across the country over 300 times. She?s built a world-class organization?where she specializes as a keynote speaker, executive speech coach and business presentation skills expert. Patricia?s Hall of Fame Bio?documents her accomplishments as a person and speaker.

Comparing her to Forrest Gump, Patricia just keeps on running! Here?s what I learned during our luncheon.

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A Report from the 2010 NSA Annual Convention

Steve meeting his original coach and mentor, Arnold Sanow, at the 2010 NSA Annual Convention in Orlando, Florida

This past weekend I attended the National Speakers Association (NSA) Annual Convention?in Orlando. Last week I shared here in my blog that this would be the first Annual Convention that I?d be attending since becoming a member of the NSA. I related the story of Fishing Where the Fishermen Fish??from now Past-President Phil Van Hooser?. The moral of that story was that if you want to learn to be the best, then hang out with the best ? this past weekend I did indeed hang out with the very best!

To say that I learned would be an understatement. I?m still swirling with possibilities from everything I experienced and everyone I met. I accept that the results of my new learning and new friendships will take months, and possibly even years, to fully be measured and come to fruition. To acknowledge a few individuals will discount the contributions of the many others that I?ll forget to mention. So my intention today is to limit my observations to the global experience. Specifics will be revealed in time, and most likely with future dedicated blog posts that will highlight some of these remarkable individuals.

Here are the 5 key themes or lessons I brought home from the 2010 NSA Annual Convention.??

Fishing Where the Fishermen Fish

Forrest-Gump-Keynote-Presentation Last November I attended the National Speakers Association (NSA) Fall Conference in Phoenix, AZ. During that conference, I met many outstanding people who are fellow speakers, as well as coaches and trainers. I learned about my own strengths as a keynote speaker, and I also learned where I could personally improve my skills. Years ago I adopted the philosophy that learning is a life long activity; as a speaker, the NSA?is the premier university for that pursuit.

This week I?ll attend my first NSA Annual Convention. I met Phil Van Hooser, the president of NSA, at last November?s Fall Conference. He personally welcomed me into the NSA family and encouraged me to become a member. I distinctly remember that Phil compared joining NSA to Fishing Where the Fishermen Fish.

Phil reasoned that if you want to learn to be a good fisherman, the best way to learn is to go where the expert fishermen are already fishing and watch what they do. Where are the good spots on the river that they?re fishing? What type of equipment do they use? What bait are they using? What casting techniques do they use? Why and when? What is their mindset?

This Saturday thru Tuesday I?ll be casting my net at the 2010 NSA Annual Convention?learning how to Fish where the Fisherman Fish. Here are a few of my goals while attending and a few examples of the progress made since last November.

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