find your shameless spark - inspiring women live 2014
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Being true to yourself and loving what you do is a key part of being able to promote yourself shamelessly. Learn about the mental blocks that hold you back from promoting your brilliance to the world and how to bust through them, how to respect and feed your soul, plus several highly effective tips for sharing your skills and talents. This session is a booster shot of inspiration to spark your creative thinking about your personal brand and to promote your best self for stardom.TRANSCRIPT
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Find your Shameless Spark!
Denise R. Jacobs Inspiring Women LIVE! Bristol, UK 24 September 2014
Bust Blocks to Shameless Self-Promotion
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@denisejacobs
@iwomenlive #iwomenlive
#shameless-spark
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Let me tell you a story
http://www.behance.net/gallery/Once-Upon-a-Time/2918365
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Of how I went from this…
Photo: Denise Jacobs
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To this…
Photo: Aarron Walter
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To this (!)…
http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedxrheinmain/8621197881/
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And this…
Photo: Derek Kearney
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And THIS!
http://TheCreativeDose.com/
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SQUEEEEEE!!!!!
Photo: Denise Jacobs
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February/March
http://www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888/3709856898/
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Upon finishing my first book…
Photo: Dense Jacobs
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I had an epiphany
http://www.flickr.com/photos/44085287@N05/4055814772/
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It’s all about this!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/4771136128/
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My book is on web design/development
Photo: Denise Jacobs
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Wanted to speak at web design conferences
Used with permission: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarronwalter/4629076165/
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Who I was – vs -- Who I wanted to become Photos: Denise Jacobs & http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcornelius/6276948549/
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Getting work as a web designer
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I practiced Shameful Self-Promotion
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenzzz_14/7031233649/
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Exactly.
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So what changed?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/b4b2/3954106061/
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This.
https://www.flickr.com/photos/nitelynx/55682357/
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“Happiness is not just a mood—it’s a work ethic…..Happiness is actually the precursor to success.” Shawn Achor, The Happiness Advantage: The Seven Principles of Positive Psychology That Fuel Success and Performance at Work
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Found the key and opened up
http://www.flickr.com/photos/djwtwo/8323452857/
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So, let’s bust through the blocks
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_g_travels/860951845/
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Internalized criticisms + fears
https://www.flickr.com/photos/remoto/5313967682
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= The evil voices in your head
http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/4887528060/
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aka The Inner Critic
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lance_mountain/2849396572/
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The “troll under the bridge”
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Mass hypnosis
https://www.flickr.com/photos/yxelle/5806302053
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Part of your social eco-system
https://www.flickr.com/photos/24885934@N08/2344163441/
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“Obsessing about preventing bad things from happening also prevents good things from happening, or sometimes prevents anything from happening at all.” Scott Berkun, The Year Without Pants
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Physical evidence of fear
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grumpyfeline/4626401443/
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Internal manisfestations of Fear
http://brenebrown.com/2014/04/08/daring-interview-series-meet-gavin-aung/
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“OMG, I’m SO busy!”
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“I should have done more by now…”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/kharied/3315558702/
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“I don’t know enough”
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/66/Einstein_1921_by_F_Schmutzer.jpg
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“They’ll find out I’m a fraud”
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vs. “NAILED IT!”
https://www.flickr.com/photos/paul-drummond/3946893897
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Impostor Syndrome Paradox
http://www.flickr.com/photos/x1brett/2279939232/
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“It needs to be PERFECT”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/diepuppenstubensammlerin/7648792510/
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“I’ll do it tomorrow…”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
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“Really, I’ll do it tomorrow.”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
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“I will do it tomorrow!”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/irrezolut/2311904560/
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Feed each other
Illustration: Denise Jacobs
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“I’m afraid to take the plunge”
Photo: Denise Jacobs
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“What if I fail?”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717325940/
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F.E.A.R. =
http://cdnpix.com/show/imgs/7a361666e107cd36656d5a66ea2e4e80.jpg
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“Fear is not real. It is a product of the thoughts you create. Do not misunderstand me. Danger is very real. But fear is a choice.” - character of Cypher Raige (played by Will Smith), After Earth
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Banish Your Inner Critic!
https://www.flickr.com/photos/31505964@N08/4691019168/
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Eliminate Should/Must/Ought/Have to
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mythoto/3822942678/
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Realize it doesn’t have to be prefect
https://www.flickr.com/photos/stevendepolo/4498817330/
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“She could never go back and make some of the details pretty. All she could do is move forward and make the whole more beautiful.” - Terri St. Cloud
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Perfection ≠ Excellence
https://www.flickr.com/photos/kaldoche/4771465356
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Remember humble beginnings
Twitter, circa 2006
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Reframe #FAIL
http://www.flickr.com/photos/laughingsquid/2717326642/
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*WHATEVER*
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Question “Them”!
http://www.flickr.com/photos/barretthall/3036598475
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Cop a Power Pose
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Recognize & support your spark
http://www.flickr.com/photos/aguslepe/5512044294/
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From Spark to Flame: How to be on Fire
https://www.flickr.com/photos/themeowverlord/15127287270
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“The only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” - Steve Jobs, 2005 Stanford Commencement speech
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Focus on being “Self-ful”
http://www.flickr.com/photos/siutou_amy/2306794554/
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Self-ful-ness: Caring for your own welfare so that you are able to care for the welfare of others.
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The Oxygen Mask Theory
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Leads to selflessness
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mazgrp/2050810720/
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Share of your gifts
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mcgraths/3277839203
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Remember it’s about this, and
https://www.flickr.com/photos/alaig/2924795796
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R-E-S-P-E-C-T
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Recognize your brilliance
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan_hamner/3386076488/
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DO NOT focus on your weaknesses
http://www.flickr.com/photos/jonathan_hamner/3386076488/
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You will only improve 10-15 %
(and it will be painful) Tom Rath, Strengths Finder 2.0
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Be BOLD
http://www.flickr.com/photos/sakocreative/3894673274/
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Propose Yourself
http://www.flickr.com/photos/orinrobertjohn/2506156264/
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How I got my book deal (in 2 slides)
Photo: Denise Jacobs
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Bam!
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Reach out
http://www.flickr.com/photos/nogood/211873647/
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Yes!
http://plutonicgroup.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/FollowUp.jpeg
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Value yourself
http://www.flickr.com/photos/pocait/2847866615/
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WWWGD?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/dlaughland/3475448568/
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Learn from them
http://www.flickr.com/photos/grothaug/3634720217/
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Also
Photo: Denise Jacobs
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Because it’s magic
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Leads to this
https://www.flickr.com/photos/smakula/2278741812
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FOWD site March 26, 2010
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FOWD site April 15, 2010
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Promote
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Listen
http://www.flickr.com/photos/theory/3193684688/
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No, really listen
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Pair up
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Many hands make light work
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Play!
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Enjoy + Good at + Feeling Empowered
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= Empowered Play
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Get in the Zone
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Start reaching for opportunities
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But even better, you’ll also start to
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People will seek you out
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Great advice
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And keep remembering that it’s all about
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You’ll light your shameless spark
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And stop feeling like this
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But instead, enter into a special pact
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This significant shift
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https://www.flickr.com/photos/thatconference/9532425040/
Has created AMAZING things for me
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Because I am now joyfully shameless!
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My main regret?
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That I waited so long
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What you want wants YOU
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So that you will
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“Have the courage to follow your heart and intution. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary.” - Steve Jobs
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Truth.
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To find your shameless spark!
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And use it to light up your self-promotion
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And change lives for the better
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Thank You!
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