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Podcast on Solo Smarts: 24 Best Practices of Successful People

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I was the guest on the inaugural podcast of Solo Smarts, with Kelly McCausey.

In the podcast, I go through the 24 Best Practices of Successful People (one of my guest posts, on the FeelGooder blog).

During the introduction, I explain how I got started in coaching eighteen years ago, and why I’m affiliated with the International Coach Federation (ICF). I also talk about getting my very first client.

The main part of the podcast begins at the 11.14 mark, where Kelly and I start discussing the 24 Best Practices of Successful People:

  1. Know your core values and design your professional and personal life around them.
  2. Master the art of relationship building.
  3. Identify your “successful” and “limiting” habits
  4. Develop your leadership, management and coaching skills
  5. Always do and be your personal best!
  6. Life balance is bunk. What matters is that you are happy.
  7. Give a little extra in all you do.
  8. Use the power of consistent persistence.
  9. Let others contribute to you. No man or woman is an island.
  10. Take “massive action.”
  11. Learn from your mistakes and be prepared to learn a lot.
  12. Become a masterful networker and build your social capital.
  13. Surround yourself with positive supportive people.
  14. Eliminate or reduce the tolerations in your life
  15. Un-yuck your life by creating a plan for optimal healthy living
  16. Be self-ish. In order to be your best, you need to take care of yourself first.
  17. Be a work-in-progress—always be learning.
  18. Be a giver, a contributor, a person that makes a difference—a coach for others
  19. Take risks and live each day with no regrets.
  20. Learn to manage your physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual energy and not just your time.
  21. Know your strengths and use them as much as possible.
  22. Stop working on your weaknesses or find a way to work around them.
  23. Build the creative side of your brain.
  24. Use the 4 magic words- more, less, start, stop.

During the podcast, we explore every item on this list. You’ll get to hear:

  • In-depth explanations about each point
  • Clear examples that help you to understand and apply the Best Practices
  • Some recommendations for further reading

To listen to the podcast, just go to Solo Smarts #1 and scroll down to the audio player (beneath the social networking sharing icons). Click on “Play” to start listening.

To listen to more of my podcasts, go to the Podcasts page on this site.

 

 

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Journey Toward Personal and Professional Goals – Local Speaking Event

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Barry Demp Speaks at Career Path Network
Tuesday, July 19th at St. Irenaeus

Do you have questions about your job search?  Do you feel like you’re going about it the right way? Do you feel like you could do better at planning and managing your time? Come to the Career Path Network event on Tuesday, July 19 to get some of your questions answered and revitalize your job search.

Barry Demp, who has appeared at St. Irenaeus before and presents at many of the area faith-based career groups, will help participants focus on strategies and tactics needed to improve their job search, time management and life style skills. Demp is a Master Certified Coach with over 29 years of sales and business development experience with a Fortune 500 company. In the past 19 years, he has worked with over 1,000 individuals and trained over 60 career coaches. His business and executive coaching services are complemented with life coaching.

Mr. Demp will field questions from the group and focus on breaking patterns in order to open up new worlds of possibility. Come prepared to ask about the most critical priorities and challenges you are facing in your ongoing job search.

This event will be followed by a structured networking session.

How To Register

RSVP to reserve your seat today by going to www.barrydemp.eventbrite.com.

Directions To Location

St. Irenaeus Church on Google

St. Irenaeus Career Path Online

Connect with us by joining our LinkedIn.com Group by searching – “St. Irenaeus Career Path Network”

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Your Social Capital – The Power of Focus

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2011 is going to be a year of tremendous focus in my business.  I have decided to put the old 80/20 rule on steroids by focusing 99% of my efforts on the top 1% of my professional relationships to take things to a new level.
In the book the Tipping Point, Macomb Gladwell introduces us to three kind of people, the Connector, the Maven, and the Salesman.  Each of these people and their associated characteristic provides considerable impact and influence in their communities to have a “tipping point” impact on the world.
My plan is to focus on selected relationships that meet the following criteria:
  • Do these people have a very high level of influence with others?
  • Do they possess strengths or capabilities in my areas of weakness?
  • Can they or have they already added value to me professionally or personally?
  • Do these people share my values and vision for the future?
  • Are these people more concerned with leading a life of significance and not just success?
  • Do these people believe in the premise that givers gain?
  • Would I enjoy having an extended dinner with them?

How would your professional and personal life be different this year if you focused on these “tipping point” relationships? 

Drop me a quick note and let me know your thoughts at www.dempcoaching.com.
When patterns are broken, new worlds will emerge – Barry Demp Coaching
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Motivational Quotes For Your 2011 Preparation

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Motivation will play a big factor as you prepare your personal life and career for the New Year.  With this in mind, we encourage you to take a few moments and to read the quotes below and reflect on how you plan to make 2011 your best year yet. The entire team at Barry Demp Coaching wishes you a happy and prosperous 2011.

“Life is not the way it’s supposed to be.  It’s the way it is.  The way you cope with it is what makes the difference.”
– Virginia Satir

“Human beings, by changing the inner attitudes of their minds, can change the outer aspects of their lives.”
– William James

“Everything that happens to you is your teacher.  The secret is to learn to sit at the feet of your own life and be taught by it.”
– Polly B. Berends

“In the world that is constantly changing, there is no one subject that will serve you for the foreseeable future, let alone for the rest of your life.  The most important skill to acquire now is learning how to learn.”
– John Naisbitt

“Life is a daring adventure or it is nothing.”
– Helen Keller

When patterns are broken, new worlds will emerge – Barry Demp Coaching
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