“When I got asked if I thought the entrepreneurial spirit was learned or something your born with, it created the perfect opportunity to share an experience that would answer just that. I remember the night I was driving over the hill from Santa Cruz, CA to San Jose, CA, it was storming. Tons of rain and wind making the drive a little more challenging than usual. At the time I was..
Sergent At Arms for my local Toastmasters club (..an organization to help you develop your public speaking). I was told this was going to be an event where I could meet a past public speaking world champion! ..I didn’t even know there was such a thing, haha. And although I did have high expectations coming into it, I would have never guessed I would leave with the insight that was shared with me that night.
I was inspired to make this video because more specifically I wanted to answer the question to human behavior as a whole. Here’s what happened that night..
Dr. Randy Harvey, 2004 Public Speaking World Champion, lead and captivated the room with his presence! None of us wanted it to end! The training was amazing! The #1 thing that most of the others in the audience (including myself) wanted to know was how he came up with the brilliant content for his speeches. Luckily, he had a formula, that to this day I reference back to ALL THE TIME!
Here it is..
3 QUESTIONS TO KNOW THYSELF
QUESTION 1
Who am I?
QUESTION 2
What am I about?
QUESTION 3
Where did I learn that?
..then Randy said, “..and the answer to the third question is what each of my speeches are about, the process of how I learned something whether it’s a belief or way of thinking or many other things.”
For the next few minutes, I remember getting the chills running up and down my body, it was just so brilliant and yet so simple!
Here’s what I took away from that night, as humans we don’t just randomly arrive at certain conclusions that shape us into who we are, THEY’RE LEARNED!
It’s pretty funny because I didn’t even turn music on for the entire drive back. With my mind racing to find and remember all of my own stories of what’s shaped me to be me, the air waves were already jammed! ..haha
These 3 questions opened my eyes and my mind to a new level of awareness and I hope they can serve you in the same way.
Would love to hear any of your thoughts, comments and questions down below!”
Love, Kyle