Thursday, June 11, 2015

Find Your Shameless Spark - Inspiring Women Live 2014

Find Your Shameless Spark - Inspiring Women Live 2014

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.
Published in: Career, Self Improvement

 Transcript

  • 1. Find your Shameless Spark! Bust Blocks to Shameless Self-Promotion Denise R. Jacobs Inspiring Women LIVE! Bristol, UK 24 September 2014
  • 2. @denisejacobs @iwomenlive #iwomenlive #shameless-spark
  • 3. Let me tell you a story http://www.behance.net/gallery/Once-Upon-a-Time/2918365
  • 4. Of how I went from this… Photo: Denise Jacobs
  • 5. To this… Photo: Aarron Walter
  • 6. To this (!)… http://www.flickr.com/photos/tedxrheinmain/8621197881/
  • 7. And this… Photo: Derek Kearney
  • 8. And THIS! http://TheCreativeDose.com/
  • 9. SQUEEEEEE!!!!! Photo: Denise Jacobs
  • 10. February/March http://www.flickr.com/photos/doug88888/3709856898/
  • 11. Upon finishing my first book… Photo: Dense Jacobs
  • 12. I had an epiphany http://www.flickr.com/photos/44085287@N05/4055814772/
  • 13. It’s all about this! http://www.flickr.com/photos/designandtechnologydepartment/4771136128/
  • 14. My book is on web design/development Photo: Denise Jacobs
  • 15. Wanted to speak at web design conferences Used with permission: http://www.flickr.com/photos/aarronwalter/4629076165/
  • 16. Who I was – vs -- Who I wanted to become Photos: Denise Jacobs & http://www.flickr.com/photos/jcornelius/6276948549/
  • 17. Getting work as a web designer
  • 18. I practiced Shameful Self-Promotion http://www.flickr.com/photos/kenzzz_14/7031233649/
  • 19. Exactly.
  • 20. So what changed? http://www.flickr.com/photos/b4b2/3954106061/
  • 21. This. https://www.flickr.com/photos/nitelynx/55682357/
  • 22. “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
  • 23. Found the key and opened up http://www.flickr.com/photos/djwtwo/8323452857/
  • 24. So, let’s bust through the blocks http://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_g_travels/860951845/
  • 25. Internalized criticisms + fears https://www.flickr.com/photos/remoto/5313967682
  • 26. = The evil voices in your head http://www.flickr.com/photos/epsos/4887528060/
  • 27. aka The Inner Critic http://www.flickr.com/photos/lance_mountain/2849396572/
  • 28. The “troll under the bridge”
  • 29. Mass hypnosis https://www.flickr.com/photos/yxelle/5806302053
  • 30. Part of your social eco-system https://www.flickr.com/photos/24885934@N08/2344163441/
  • 31. “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
  • 32. Physical evidence of fear http://www.flickr.com/photos/grumpyfeline/4626401443/
  • 33. Internal manisfestations of Fear http://brenebrown.com/2014/04/08/daring-interview-series-meet-gavin-aung/
  • 34. “OMG, I’m SO busy!”
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