I'm only 15 talks in (including mine 😅 so really only 14), and I want everyone to win. WOW, every single talk so far has been incredible! Truly!
What's fascinating to me is that we are ALL winners when we show up to upgrade our skills. alluded to this in a post. But I truly feel it right now. I'm feeling an incredible amount of gratitude right now for this and happy for every single one of you who entered. It's genuinely humbling to be in such a passionate bunch of humans.
YOU ARE ALL WINNERS.
- your talk was the FIRST I heard in here and dang was it good and resonant! You took an analogy I've been using for well over a decade and brought it to life in a way that I had never considered. PROPS for that 😅
- this was SO smooth. I wondered if you do indeed have that 181. It would be funny, right? I made a note to learn more about the Third Mind State. Your experience in Barbados was a classic example of the concept, and the visual DROVE it home! 🚙
- your famous people examples were SO good but also the baseball analogy -- everything felt so powerful and like it had legs to stand on. Great ways to use what we already know about to make your point. 🧠
- you are SUCH a funny guy but also the lessons you brought to the mix were so well done that I mean it sincerely that I'll have the "just last 3 miles" visual for a long time. Fun fact: I've never run a marathon but often run 5k races. So they are ACTUALLY 3 miles. That gave me a laugh!
- I know you so well and deeply connect with your way of showing up and human geekery, so your talk was an immediate favorite before you even got started. I know I'm biased 😆 but the topic was also like you made this just for me and it FELT that way. So thanks friend for making your talk for me! ha! It was great!
- your presence was FIRE. I felt like you were used to being on a big stage already. And your non-hook hook got me. Clever cookie you are! Anyways, the point hit home too especially knowing exactly what you were talking about from riding around on a motorcycle in the seeming chaos of Brazil's streets that are actually quite fine! 🛵 THE CONNECTION is it! Beautiful!
- I will be thinking about this talk for forever. You really got me. The movements. The mission. The passion for it. The JOY of thinking on the cash-paid aunties water park and resort vibes was just brilliant. All of it. We can play our way to ANYTHING!
- goes and makes a talk about learning English, sounding like it's your first language. DANG. So impressive! The bubble analogy was so well done and really powerful, but it was made all the more powerful by your control of the English language. Well done all around! Truly!
- WOW. Just sharing a few words here, I am brought to tears again. I mean, I'm not over here bawling or anything, but it was so deeply resonant 🎵 that I'm feeling it all over again. Now THAT is spectacular. I will smile when I see your name around moving forward! I know this!
- goes hiking in this crazy canyon with MELTED SHOES and says "it is what it is". Like WHOAH. What a story! And then you managed to make it connect with your writing business so it can be a signature talk that brings that piece forward too. Well done, Dani!
- "Cicero, nervous!" I'll never see Cicero the same again! 😉 But in a good way. This helps me feel empowered just as a gal who also feels nervous at times, knowing it's just about what comes after the + sign! Another one so memorable I think I'll remember it in the years to come. Amazing! And you were nervous... like Cicero!
- Your talk was the third of the bunch that brought me to tears. I knew it was coming before we got to that part. I feel really strongly that your willingness to show up and do the hard things means something (be on the road and STILL do this, write a whole book, be there in the crazy crises of your working dynamics, etc.). I'd be really happy to see you continue this one and share the wisdom from your book!
- You piqued my curiosity so much about mana that I looked it up to learn more. This was a cool non-groan-worthy talk. But the groan part was funny. Nice touch! There were SO many nice touches that brought this truly to life! Congrats on this one, can't wait to see more in the future...!
- I hope you WILL be sharing this elsewhere and with the little comment about your prop too. ha! I felt strongly after I heard what you shared that we need more JIM-LIKE leaders in the world. You are truly a class act, and what you shared told me that you are someone to learn about leadership from. I hope that's what you're doing for a living! 😆
WHEW. So I'm on #15 next. It's getting dark. I committed to taking Sunday off, which means I've got to keep flowing. But I just really was feeling so humbled and grateful to be part of this that I had to make this post!
Cheers to you all and CONGRATS. YOU *ARE* A WINNER!!