New Look, New Name, New Purpose (First Try!)

05/01/20 • 18 min

**With the new branding comes a new season - #3!**
Hello all and welcome to my new and more properly named podcast, The Business of Powerful Presence.

Over the past year of running my business, I have learned so much about my clients and potential clients, and what stands out to me is that too many people don’t fully understand the impact of their presence. Their message. Their voice. Their personal message.

I have refocused this podcast to be a resource for finding your focus. A place for true transitional change, learning to listen to your inner voice to serve your external messaging. A resource for improving your presence, professional or casual, and convey your true self to the world.
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**With the new branding comes a new season - #3!**
Hello all and welcome to my new and more properly named podcast, The Business of Powerful Presence.

Support the show

Previous Episode

Mindful Check-in

In these uncertain times, we're all looking for tips to help keep us on track. Here is what has worked for me and my clients so far:
Keep a daily morning routine. Make your bed. Go for a run, Have a shower, get dressed, have breakfast, get a hot cup of coffee / tea.

Open the blinds or curtains - and if the weather permits, open the windows.

Stay active and healthy.

Don’t lose the good habits you have - or take this opportunity to develop new ones!
Get physical - exercise or do yoga / meditation for a good 30 mins every day (having no time, is not an excuse)
Get outside. Go for a short walk outside, at least your backyard or sit on your patio. Get some fresh air and sunlight.
Eat as healthy as you can. I know you may have limited supplies, but make the best choices you can.

Use the telephone.

Have daily calls / face times with your loved ones.
Check on your neighbors.
If you’re working, before you send that email or text, consider calling them.

Use this time wisely.

Instead of spending all your time in front of the TV....
Learn something new
Read that book or listen to that podcast
Journal
If you’re not by yourself, play games. Talk. Laugh. Tell stories. Eat meals together.

Practice gratitude and thankfulness

Find something every morning and every evening for which you can be thankful

Remember that this period of transition will end, and that we’re all on this together.

Visualize how you want to be - positive? Stronger? Smarter? Better skilled in something? Your energy goes where your mind and focus go.
If you feel a wave of stress or anxiety, don’t try to suppress it. Recognize it for what it is, breathe, and reach out to someone to help get you through it.

And...let's try a mindset shift. Ready?

You are not forced to remain at home. You GET to be home to spend more time with family.

You do not need to sit still. You have been given the OPPORTUNITY to focus on improvements, marketing and business development on your own schedule.

This will not last forever. You have been GRANTED a few weeks to work on those opportunities.

You are not completely cut off from all interactions. There ARE businesses and people out there who need your services and help, even via virtual or digital delivery.

We do not live in a vacuum. We will emerge with more KNOWLEDGE and EXPERIENCE that we currently have.

You control your mindset. You can be the person you choose to be. You can use this time to your advantage if you have the right mindset

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Next Episode

What is Powerful Presence?

In this episode, we are going to discuss and clarify exactly what “presence” is. Because we can’t have the discussion on how to improve it, or build it, unless you understand what it is.

When you venture off into the interworld to find a definition of presence, you’ll find a good mix. What I find interesting, and something I agree with, is that most people equate having presence with having confidence. And that makes sense, right?
Having confidence means you’re comfortable in your own skin, with who you are, and what you bring to the table. When someone has presence, they have what some people refer to as having “it,” and it’s something that is innate within them and although sometimes difficult to define and articulate, you know it when you see it.

So to start off, although I do agree that it can be somewhat difficult to define, that’s only because it can mean something different to each one of you. There is also sometimes a fear, a doubt, that you’ll ever be at the same level as someone with “it,” with presence. I know this because I have had many a conversation with clients, friends, peers...that “some people just have it, and man, it would be so great to have ‘it’ too...”

Well, guess what. That presence you feel, that confidence that can be felt from across the room - it was learned. And if it’s learned...that means you can have it, too.

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