Look for invisible opportunities - These will set you apart from the crowd

Posted on August 18, 2006 by Ed

I recently attended the National Speakers Association’s annual conference in Orlando, FL, representing the Los Angeles chapter as its current president.

One of my colleagues, Sandra Shrift, described her “take-aways” from the conference. I echo her thoughts:

“We were stretched, entertained, inspired and moved to action. Here are my top nine take-aways:

 1.    Take the risk to be different.
 2.    What is your noble purpose? What legacy do you want to leave?
 3.    Focus on the bigger picture. You will fall down; get up and start again.
 4.    Belief comes before behavior. When you have a belief the behavior will come.
 5.    Look for the solution, not the problem.
 6.    People don't fail, they give up.
 7.    "Learn to see invisible opportunities when other people see limitations."
 9.    "The greatest thing you'll ever learn, is just to love and be loved in return." (song, "Nature Boy")" ______________
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Nate Hines - August 21, 2006 8:21 PM

Sounds like good themes for someone starting their own practice. A speaker at a "Going Solo" CLE I attended told the audience the number one lesson was "Don't be risk averse," similar to your "take away" number 1. It's a theme I've heard from several attorneys with "young" practices. The rest of the advice is simple enough, but good to have the reminder at any rate.

Thanks

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