Day 1 of the Wealthy Thought Leader
September 30, 2010 by Casey Truffo
Filed under Andrea Recommends, For Coaches, Improve Your Coaching Skills
What do you get when you put one dynamite visionary with a room full of thought leaders? The Wealthy Thought Leader event in San Francisco with Andrea J. Lee!
As your onsite blogger, I am here to tell you the ballroom is abuzz with old and new friends saying hello. The positive and powerful Wealthy Thought Leader 3-day Training Event with Andrea J. Lee energy is palpable. And of course we know how innovative Andrea is so it probably isn’t a surprise that this event is also being simulcast to people in eleven different countries. Fingers everywhere are flying on computers with #WTLead tweets.
Let’s get to the good part. What is Thought Leadership?
Thought leaders make things happen.
Thought leaders create value where there was none before.
Thought leaders look at something plain – something ordinary – and look at it in so many ways until they see how a simple strand of straw can be turned into gold (for you and the people who need you.)
Thought leadership is also a commitment. Once you decide you are ready to stand up for something – for you and for your market - there is no going back.
(OMG! Pam Slim just defined thought leadership as really getting in bed with your people! “But in a metaphorical way.” She went on to explain that she means getting to know your market in a deep and intimate way.)
Your turn now. What is thought leadership to you? Please share your thoughts in the comment box below. I look forward to connecting with you over the next 3 days.
I don’t have to remind you that we are are living in a complex and overwhelmed world. Our brains (and those of our clients and clients-to-be) are filled with zillions of shiny new ideas and plans. But seriously – do we have the mental, physical and emotional bandwidth to do all that we want to? That we are called to? How do you know what to say YES! to?
Andrea tells us that we often need to say a real goodbye to something(s) in order to be open and ready to say a proper hello.
Seriously, how many of us have found ourselves peddling really hard with our hands squeezing the brakes?
What do you need to say NO! to in order to be the thought leader your tribe is calling you to be?
I look forward to connecting with you over the next 3 days.
