Boo To Cynics - Insights From a Motivational Speaker

5 Reasons Why You Don’t Want To Be A Cynic

Every meeting has them. They sit at the back, arms folded, saying little. They’ve been in the saddle for a while and if this were a Western movie, they’d be chewing a grass stalk while grimacing.

They let the room exhaust of ideas and then they step in and tell you why it won’t work, why there’s an ulterior motive at play, why people can’t be trusted.

They’re often the loudest, so they seem the wisest and right about now collective illusion kicks in.

A collective illusion is a situation where most people in a group go along with an idea that they don't agree with, simply because they incorrectly believe that most people in the group agree with it.

But the problem is cynics aren’t the wisest. Research clearly says so.

👎🏻 Cynics do less well on cognitive tests than non-cynics.

👎🏻 Cynics have a harder time picking out liars.

👎🏻 Cynics get less opportunities than non-cynics.

👎🏻 Cynics are more likely to die earlier than non-cynics.

👎🏻 Cynics take part less in civic life.

They’re just mean.

Don’t let cynics suck the goodness out of you. Boo to cynics.

#cynics #change #motivationalspeaker

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If we haven’t met yet…

I never considered myself good at change until I went from

-average shot to army sniper

-home movies to National Geographic cameraman

-fumbling card tricks to a professional magician

-never swinging a hammer to building a home

-high school dropout to published author

-business illiterate to building & selling a business

-stutterer to motivational speaker

Turns out I know how to change, I know how to make it simple, and I know how to stand on stage & make it fun so others want to do it too.

#change  #changeability #motivationalspeaker