Episode 218 - Lance Allred - The First Legally Deaf NBA Player

02/25/20 • 32 min

Becoming Your Best | The Principles of Highly Successful Leaders

People have forgotten how to ask questions and one of the reasons is the online culture that has been spoiling us to have things set and catered to our exact preference. Everything needs to look the way we want it to look, and therefore, if people don’t fit in that perfect cookie-cutter model that we have designed – our comfort zone – then they’re a threat.

That is not true! Even if there is a universal truth out there, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t different ways of perceiving it.

In today’s episode, my guest is the first legally deaf NBA player – Lance Allred. Since he retired from basketball, he became a speaker, trying to inspire people and encouraging them to achieve their goals, by following the principles of perseverance.

Lance Allred is an expert on Leadership, Perseverance, and Grit. Legally deaf, at 80% hearing loss from RH complications at birth, he was born and raised in a polygamist commune until the age of 13. He is the author of four books - with the fifth, “The New Alpha Male” coming on soon – and the TEDx Star of “What is Your Polygamy?”

So, listen to Episode 218 of Becoming Your Best, to learn about Lance’s background and how he ended up teaching people how to communicate – the one thing that everyone takes for granted, even though he spent 15 years in speech therapy. We also discuss the principles of perseverance and how you can apply them in your life.

Questions I ask:

Lance, please share a little bit of your background and how you got to where you are today, so that we can get a little more personal feel for who you are. (02:36)
Let’s talk about your new book, “The New Alpha Male” and tell us what that’s about and what the intended objective of that is. (13:40)
Do you have a website or a place that they can go to get that book, Lance? (30:00)

In this episode, you will learn:

What is cult mentality and religion, according to Lance. (03:52)
The backbone of Lance’s message as a speaker. (06:36)
A suggestive analogy between culture and the different types of computer software. (09:31)
The question you should ask yourself, to figure out if you have integrity. (16:10)
One of the mistakes most entrepreneurs do, regarding their employees. (17:20)
How to let go of the victim archetype and embrace the teacher archetype. (22:01)
Compassion is one of the hardest strengths. (26:56)

Connect with Lance:

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That is not true! Even if there is a universal truth out there, it doesn’t mean that there aren’t different ways of perceiving it.

Questions I ask:

Lance, please share a little bit of your background and how you got to where you are today, so that we can get a little more personal feel for who you are. (02:36)
Let’s talk about your new book, “The New Alpha Male” and tell us what that’s about and what the intended objective of that is. (13:40)
Do you have a website or a place that they can go to get that book, Lance? (30:00)

In this episode, you will learn:

What is cult mentality and religion, according to Lance. (03:52)
The backbone of Lance’s message as a speaker. (06:36)
A suggestive analogy between culture and the different types of computer software. (09:31)
The question you should ask yourself, to figure out if you have integrity. (16:10)
One of the mistakes most entrepreneurs do, regarding their employees. (17:20)
How to let go of the victim archetype and embrace the teacher archetype. (22:01)
Compassion is one of the hardest strengths. (26:56)

Connect with Lance:

Becoming Your Best Resources:

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Episode 217 - Be a Light; Leave a Legacy

A lighthouse symbolizes a steady and grounded structure that guides people to safety and represents strength and hope. And if you think about it, the wonderful lighthouse doesn’t just sit there – it comes in a time of storm as well.

So how can you become the light that guides people to overcome the obstacles in their lives?

In today’s episode, I am sharing with you a strategy that you can follow step by step to build yourself up, be more productive, learn and be the light that guides your family, your employees, your friends and anyone around you, to become their best and influence others in turn.

Listen to Episode 217 of Becoming Your Best, to learn how you can master the power of the rock-solid Principles of Highly Successful Leaders and People.

In this episode, you will learn:

The reasons why the 12 Principles of Highly Successful Leaders help you become a guiding light for others (02:33)
Seven things you can do, that will help you master the Principles of Becoming Your Best (06:57)
Ways in which you can directly lift, inspire and build other’s lives (11:16)
How you can become one of our certified trainers (16:07)
About the Becoming Your Best Return on Investment Calculator – a useful tool that increases performance and productivity (16:37)
The apple analogy we use in seminars, to teach people the impact they can have on everyone around them (20:53)

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Episode 219 - Riding Social Videos and Media to the Future

Companies now are spending millions of dollars a month on marketing. Last year, digital spending overtook TV, radio, and print. In this fast-paced world, people prefer watching a video than reading an article or an instruction manual, so in order to keep up with your competition, you have to get creative.

Video really makes it more interesting and attracts more attention. The good news is, you don’t need to have high-end production equipment – you can make really good video ads on your iPhone – but instead, it’s more important to invest in great copywriters to catch people’s eyes.

In today’s episode, I talk with Travis about the future of ad-making and where it is best to put your marketing money in, for a profitable ROI.

Travis Chambers is the founder of Chamber Media, a 30 person growth and video agency that tripled the revenue of four multi-million dollar D2C companies in the last 2 years, using quantitative creative, producing and testing modular video content and using it to scale revenue through social ad spends. He’s a Forbes 30 Under 30 lister, has been featured in Inc., Entrepreneur, and AdWeek, and has been a keynote speaker at Google Growth Summit, VidCon, and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

So, listen to Episode 219 of Becoming Your Best, to learn the tricks you can use to figure out what kind of ads you can create for your company, regardless of your inventory runway.

Questions I ask:

How are companies using social video ads to grow? (06:17)
What’s a good budget to sustain? (12:13)
Where can you find talented writers? (16:36)
Tell us, just for a moment, what does your firm provide? (17:44)
What does the future hold for social video ads? Where do you see this going? (19:22)
How do you approach the creative process and figure out what ads to make? (20:42)
What are the social media platforms that companies should focus their attention on? (25:08)

In this episode, you will learn:

Travis’ background and some of the turning points that got him to where he is today. (01:46)
Two examples of companies that significantly increased their revenues through video ads. (07:46)
How smaller companies should approach the video ads field. (08:44)
The reason why it’s more important to invest in a good writer than into production equipment. (14:40)
The seven foundational ads that every account should have. (21:29)
How you can combine these seven foundational ads. (23:47)

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