Success Traits

[…] A positive mind finds a way it can be done… a negative mind looks for all the ways it can’t be done.

[…] Repeated success is about being able to take information and create, build, or apply it in new and important ways. Successful people want to learn everything about everything!

• Love what you do 

  […] loving what you do is less about what you’re doing and more about how you look at the world.
  

• Work really hard
• Focus on one thing, not everything
• Keep pushing yourself
• Come up with good ideas
• Keep improving yourself in what you do
• Server others something of value
• Persist, because there is no over-night success

[…] Successful people create stuff!

[…] When time is gone – it’s gone forever

See also:

• Character traits of extraordinary entrepreneurs by Melanie
• If not now, when?
• Top traits of highly successful people by Philip
• Work simply and with focus
• Be indispensable by building relationships and trust
• The products you buy by Seth
• Find what you love by Joshua
• The tetris effect by Marelisa
• Qualities of the winner by Andika
• Do hard things by Scott

[…] don’t waste time, use it!

Public Speaking

[…] The audience is sitting there because they want to learn, get inspired or be entertained. – Scott

[…] Its passion that people come to hear. – Doug

[…] What are we each doing in our presentations that is unique, interesting, funny or worthy of going viral? Take risks when you present, and your audience will be more entertained, pay better attention, and you may actually enjoy it! – Robert

1. Prepare your speech
2. Show your passion
3. Tell stories
4. Get their attention
5. Start a speech by a powerful statement
6. Have an enemy  to visualize ‘the problem’ you’re solving.
   
7. Finish by highlighting your points and make a call to action
8. Be distinct and understandable
9. Put your contact info up twice: at the beginning and at the end.

https://ted.com/talks/view/id/591

1. Use images to clarify ideas
2. Interact with images to create engagement
3. Augment memory with persistent & evolving views

Passion – Even if no one else in the world wanted it, would you keep at it, just for yourself. – Beau adkins

See also:

• The presentation secrets of Steve Jobs
• How to influence people by public speaking by Dale
• An open letter to speakers by Scott
• 10 Tips for public speaking
• Public speaking guidelines illustration
• Presentation tips for public speaking
• Be irresistable
• Ideas must be presented
• Tell me and I’ll forget, but show me and I’ll remember
• Lessons from Pecha Kucha
• Dealing with public speaking nerves by Garr
• Video QAs by Garr
• Tips for dealing with the media by David
• Whats more important to you than money by Shaun
• Storytelling by Martha
• Data visualization of Francois
• Strategies for video storytelling by Dusti
• Why startups require passion by Beau
• Confession of a public speaker by Trent
• Tips for public speaking by Rod
• Build a better presentation by doing less and making it rich in meaning with emotion, story, and pictures by Michael