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Welcome to Episode 04 of Be A Game Changer: Become the CEO of Your Life! Take action to win the game of business and life! A series that provides the light, the path, and your map to a better future!
Discussion guide from Episode 04: Become the CEO of your life:
1. First, Bill reminds us what does it even means to be a game changer: Game changers want responsibility and accountability, and to make a difference, and influencing results.
2. Bill provides an overview of what it means to become the CEO of YOUR life.
3. “If you are not in control of your life, then who is?”
4. You are responsible for your life. But most of us concede this to others. And that’s you are unhappy.
5. What’s your personal mission statement?
6. “Most people simply exist. They aren’t really living.”
7. This is a mindset. And there are no excuses.
8. CEOs find a way, or make a way, to make things happen in life.
9. How are you perpetuating yourself?
10. CEOs serve yourself first. Before you can possibly help others.
11. With regards to the idea of becoming the CEO of your life, you can either accept or reject the idea, BUT YOU CANNOT ESCAPE IT.
12. Deep down, people know they have the power (and the responsibility) to make things happen, but they are afraid of that power.
13. A CEO embraces continuous learning and development, a process that NEVER ends.
14. A game changers find joys in learning something new, and then successfully applying it to his or her life…
15. The service mindset is a critical factor here. The Abundance Mindset. We can ALL win.
16. Saying “I don’t know” should be empowering, and game changers, then say “But show me how!”
17. Beware of the ego…
18. Understanding the four I’s:
Individual.
Intractable.
Intransigent.
Invaluable.
19. Confidence (ego with talent) vs. Arrogance (ego without talent).
20. How do you start to become the CEO of your life?
About the co-host, Bill Wooditch:
Bill is a keynote speaker and peak-performance business training coach. He is a mentor and advocate for those who actively seek and are determined to make a difference in their lives and the lives of others.
He began his career with $200 to his name, a suitcase, one corduroy suit and two ties. Retreat wasn’t an option; there was only one way – Always Forward! His purpose, energy and conviction fueled his meteoric sales success. In two years, he “found a way and made a way” to become the top salesperson at Liberty Mutual – a company employing over 19,000 people at the time. Ready for the “next challenge”, he was recruited by and joined the 6th largest broker in the world, Corroon & Black (currently the Willis Group), where, for two consecutive years, he earned the distinction as the top producer in the company.
Today, he is the founder, CEO, and president of The Wooditch Group, a privately held risk management and insurance services firm. The Wooditch Group provides client-centric solutions and comprehensive risk management programs for domestic and international clients whose revenues range from $10 million to over $3 billion. He is also the founder of Think Next, Act Now!, a company that trains and mentors tomorrow’s entrepreneur today.
He earned his Bachelor’s Degree in Psychology at Purdue University and his Master’s degree in Public Administration at Penn State.
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You can find Bill’s book here:
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This series is made possible by:
“Think Next, Act Now” is an entrepreneurial movement. It is a teaching platform, a coaching forum that emphasizes action, and the link between thought and action makes a difference in the outcome you determine or the result that is determined for you.
When you see, seize, and create opportunity for yourself, you take a BIG step toward becoming recession proof, and changing your life.
If you are determined to make a change in your life — “Think Next, Act Now” will provide the essential toolkit to move your life forward!
Only realized potential cashes the check of reality! Now is the time to realize your potential – Think Next, Act Now and go “Always Forward!”
To learn more, go to BillWooditch.com!
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