3 Unique steps to being more respected and valued
Step 1: Be Lucky
- Luck is not given. It is created
- Being indispensable is not about being great at everything. It is about developing a unique set of highly effective skills
Step 2: Develop your expert power
- What is my expert power?
- Expert Power: The influence that comes from having unique skills or expertise in an area that others value. People with expert power
- Sought out for their knowledge
- Have influence on decisions
- Are highly respected and trusted
- Questions
- Question 1: Where do I excel? (focus on what most people overlook)
- The power is in the small specialties
- Save money
- Tracking
- Organize
- Mentor people
- Have ideas
- Create summarized information
- Next Steps
- (1) Hone a specific skill
- The power is in the small specialties
- Question 2: What is a constant thorn for your team members or boss? (what annoys people who matter to you?
- Next Steps
- (2) Accumulate insider knowledge
- Deep dive your competitors
- Be the go-tech or cyber security person
- Own your niche
- (2) Accumulate insider knowledge
- Next Steps
- Question 3: How can you be a hero? (What would make you feel pride?
- Question 4: What have you always wanted to learn?
- What do you wish people came to you for?
- Where would it be EASY to learn to excel?
- Next Steps
- (3) Develop Expert People Skills
- Learn body language
- Master conversations skills
- Be a sales secret weapon
- Be an incredible negotiator
- Be the glue on a team or lubricant in difficult situation
- (3) Develop Expert People Skills
- Data
- 15% of our financial success is due to technical ability
- 85% of our financial success is due to people skills
- Master communicators make $29,000 more
- Next Steps
- (4) Be THE GO-To person for
- Amazing deals
- Great restaurant / book / movies
- Etc.
- (4) Be THE GO-To person for
- Question 5: What do you enjoy worrying about?
- Check what you are concerned about and how you can solve it
- Question 1: Where do I excel? (focus on what most people overlook)
Step 3: Be a sledhammer
- When you have diluted focus you get diluted results
- What’s the wall you want to breakdown?
- What is the best hammer?
- Control your career narrative
- Label yourself
- Phase to talk about you
- We have to bring ____ in on this
- ___ would be perfect to help here
- I am not sure…but I know who would know!
- Let’s ask ___… ___ is the expert
- Phase to talk about you
- Mentor others
- Teach what you know
- Share your expertise
- Make learning a priority
- Set 1 learning hour a week
- Label yourself
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