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Episode 195: “Plan an Xtraordinary Year”

March 9th, 2011

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Synopsis

Dr. Mark Goulston is back with Dr. Misner on the podcast today. (He was on Episode 127, “Get Through to Absolutely Anyone,” and Episode 128, “Turbo-Charging Your One-on-Ones.”)

This week’s topic is about planning an “Xtraordinary” year by imagining yourself in 1, 3, or 5 years and saying “Wow!”

If you applied this plan to BNI, you would imagine yourself getting referrals effortlessly, having conversations in which they could say, and you could say, “Wow, you get it! You get us! You get me!”

Think of what it is that has caused people to “Wow” you, and then do it.

Visit Dr. Goulston’s Xtraordinary Outcomes website, where he and his partner figures out how the most talented employees do what they do and help them to do it more consistently.

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Episode 136: “The Secret to Balance”

January 6th, 2010

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yin_yang_symbol Dr. Misner’s secret to creating balance in your life is this: “Forget about balance. You’ll never have it.”

The good news is that harmony in your life is possible. “Balance” assumes equal time on everything that’s important. Harmony is not balanced, but it’s complete as a whole.

Here are some keys to a life that’s in harmony.

  • Be Here Now
  • Set time aside for the things that really matter.
  • Find ways to integrate different parts of your life
  • When you’re 70 years old, you’re not going to wish you spent more time at the office

Harmony is created where harmony is sought. What do you do to create harmony in your life? Leave a comment and let us know.

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Episode 128: “Turbo-charging Your One-to-Ones”

October 28th, 2009

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Synopsis

This week Dr. Misner continues his discussion with Dr. Mark Goulston, author of Just Listen.

The topic for this week is how to take listening from being transactional to being transformational. To do this, you need to get them to uncross their arms—literally and figuratively—by getting them to talk about their passion.

One question you can ask is “Imagine you wake up five years from now and life is perfect. What do you see in your career? What are you doing?” That conversation can transport people into a future that they’ve never thought about. It’s amazing how you will bond with that person.

That’s the kind of question that would be perfect for a one-to-one in BNI.

For some great free resources, including questions to ask in order to delegate more effectively, visit JustListentheBook.com.

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Episode 127: “Get Through to Absolutely Anyone”

October 21st, 2009

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This week Dr. Misner talks to Mark Goulston, MD, the author of Just Listen.

Here are some of the tips Dr. Goulston offers about listening:

  • Listening reduces anxiety—for the listener as well as the speaker.
  • Instead of interrupting, say “Tell me more about that.” You’ll get a better result.
  • World-class listeners care less about being right than about helping people.
  • Not managing your own anxiety makes it hard to listen—and hard for people to listen to you.
  • Instead of interrogating people, invite them into a conversation by letting them fill in the blanks in statements.

You can sign up to get free resources, including the first chapter of the book and the Two Questions series at http://www.justlistenthebook.com/resources/.

Tune in next week for a second interview with Mark Goulston.

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Episode 123: “Your Support Network”

September 23rd, 2009

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In this episode, Dr. Misner wants to talk about learning to rely on the people who respect, admire, and love you. Who are these people? Members of your support network fall into 8 categories.

  1. Your mentors
  2. People you have mentored
  3. People you have helped
  4. Your co-workers, colleagues, associates, classmates
  5. Your family and close friends
  6. Other members of non-business groups
  7. Your former managers, supervisors, and instructors
  8. Spiritual leaders and advisors

Is there anyone you would add to this list? Share your experiences with your support network in the comments on the blog.

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