{"id":5109,"date":"2019-09-22T10:22:15","date_gmt":"2019-09-22T17:22:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/?p=5109"},"modified":"2021-09-15T07:21:57","modified_gmt":"2021-09-15T14:21:57","slug":"caps-bc-fall-island-reboot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/fr\/caps-bc-fall-island-reboot\/","title":{"rendered":"CAPS-BC FALL ISLAND REBOOT"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>CAPS BC brought their monthly event to Toad\u2019s Landing Private Island on Saturday, September 21<sup>st<\/sup>, 2019, connecting with the champions in the industry for personal and business development to immerse themselves in island feel private retreat!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5124\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_6393.jpg?resize=220%2C165&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"220\" height=\"165\" \/> <img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9775-e1569171802644.jpg?resize=261%2C348&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 261w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9775-e1569171802644.jpg?resize=303%2C404&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 303w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9775-e1569171802644.jpg?resize=390%2C520&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 390w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9775-e1569171802644.jpg?resize=65%2C86&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 65w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 297px) 100vw, 297px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Five Amazing CAPS Presenters\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>David Gouthro, CSP, \u201cEmbracing The New Rules of Engagement\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Nathalie Plamondon-Thomas, \u201cTHINK Yourself\u00ae SUCCESSFUL\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Robin Levesque, \u201cThe Power of Positive Leadership\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Rosemarie Barnes, \u201cIncrease your Impact with Vocal Power\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Jeanne Martinson, \u201cTop 5 Publishing Secrets\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here are my notes from the event:<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>EMBRACING THE NEW RULES OF ENGAGEMENT (only if you want to remain relevant)!<br \/>\nDavid Gouthro, CSP<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>In this highly interactive exploration, David brought us out of our comfort zone to increase engagement.<\/p>\n<p>Instead of putting the call for action at the end of a presentation, David taught us how to make the call for action upfront.<\/p>\n<p>Some resources<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5114\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_6150.jpg?resize=287%2C419&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"287\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_6150.jpg?w=1651&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 1651w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_6150.jpg?resize=300%2C438&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_6150.jpg?resize=600%2C877&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 600w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_6150.jpg?resize=103%2C150&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 103w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_6150.jpg?resize=205%2C300&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 205w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_6150.jpg?resize=701%2C1024&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 701w, 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https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_6150.jpg?resize=356%2C520&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 356w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_6150.jpg?resize=59%2C86&amp;quality=89&amp;ssl=1 59w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 287px) 100vw, 287px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Also, an App: Liberating Structures that gives ideas on how to engage audiences.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>David also talked to us about what ROI really means =<strong> R<\/strong>eal <strong>O<\/strong>utstanding <strong>I<\/strong>mpact.<\/p>\n<p>Push on governance and push on accountability.<\/p>\n<p>Experiences:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Q&amp;A will add value and relevance<\/li>\n<li>Engage the audience in co-creation. Connect the dots with the organization. People already have content in their head and by creating social contract for people to actually buy-in.<\/li>\n<li>When you go home, without having time to process it, they may never do anything with it. Better to make them do it live at the session, build connections with each other and process the information on the spot.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>WHEN AND HOW TO ENGAGE?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>There are ways to engage people before, during and after. The most amazing comment you can get as a speaker is people to tell you: wow you know us so well, it\u2019s almost like you work here!!! People need to see you as a friend.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Before<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Personalized video before<\/p>\n<p>Questionnaire to find out<\/p>\n<p>Mingling in room before<\/p>\n<p>Shake hands<\/p>\n<p>Gets feel for the room<\/p>\n<p>Survey before<\/p>\n<p>Sent a handwritten postcard to each participant to invite them to your session.<\/p>\n<p>Soundcheck before the presentation about something cute, his dog, his family, calls it a soundcheck in order to show the audience who you are.<\/p>\n<p>Asking what their problems are<\/p>\n<p>Research<\/p>\n<p>Talk to host<\/p>\n<p>Send a survey<\/p>\n<p>Offer a pre-event session, as a bonus, for those who are there early.<\/p>\n<p>Even a few weeks in advance, zoom call.<\/p>\n<p>Send zoom video.<\/p>\n<p>Send something to try in advance before they come to the event.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>During<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Give them permission to engage<\/p>\n<p>Invitation to social media<\/p>\n<p>Asking questions<\/p>\n<p>Small group discussions<\/p>\n<p>Write ideas on their own<\/p>\n<p>Brainstorming<\/p>\n<p>Walking about to different groups<\/p>\n<p>Games<\/p>\n<p>Humour<\/p>\n<p>Songs<\/p>\n<p>Sharing something from the heart<\/p>\n<p>2-person dialogue<\/p>\n<p>Share success stories \u2013 testimonials<\/p>\n<p>Go on their Facebook profiles or linked and learn something about them and get them to do a quiz on the session to guess who does this and that\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Introduction at a table<\/p>\n<p>Contrast exercise<\/p>\n<p>Working on a real problem together and debrief to a larger group<\/p>\n<p>Before closing a topic, ask them to turn to their neighbour and say what they have learned in this exercise.<\/p>\n<p>Take a moment to think about how this is impacting people in your life that you love.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>After<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Stay after and mingle with the group<\/p>\n<p>Evaluation after<\/p>\n<p>Email<\/p>\n<p>Zoom call after the event to share learnings<\/p>\n<p>Video after<\/p>\n<p>Then send emails to share participants success stories<\/p>\n<p>Follow up private Facebook group<\/p>\n<p>I\u2019m going to be there, bring me your questions, come talk to me, that is where I will be.<\/p>\n<p>Linked in QR code so people can connect with you.<\/p>\n<p>You can have your own QR code that connects somewhere.\u00a0 Qrcode-monkey.com<\/p>\n<p>Physically come up to the person after. Person-to-person.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>People have a radar for fauny, so make sure you do something that is authentic to Yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Book:<em>Experiencial Speaking<\/em>\u2013 Jackie Barrie, buy the kindle that includes videos.<\/p>\n<p>You can use voting cards like the following:<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-5110\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1563.jpg?resize=300%2C236&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"236\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You can quickly get the pulse of a room with this tool.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>2 more tools:<\/p>\n<p>Thoughtexchange<\/p>\n<p>Powernoodle<\/p>\n<p>David expertly demonstrated to us what we need to do, instead of telling us. That was brilliantly done.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>INCREASE YOUR IMPACT WITH VOCAL POWER<br \/>\nRosemarie Barnes<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>During her energetic, engaging, and fun presentation, Rosemarie taught us now to use our vocal capabilities, and how to use them effectively.<\/p>\n<p>Thirty-eight per cent of your message is sent via vocal finesse.\u00a0 Are you spending 38% of your preparation time focused on that aspect of your presentation?<\/p>\n<p>We all have different voices. There is more to your voice than what you think.<\/p>\n<p>Only 7% of your words are part of your message. The rest of the message:<\/p>\n<p>55% is sent by the body &#8211; physical<\/p>\n<p>38% of the message is sent by the tone of your voice. &#8211; para verbal<\/p>\n<p>How much of the time do you spend prepping your voice?<\/p>\n<p>Head tone: the way you speak to a child that is frightened. It is light and focused.<\/p>\n<p>Chest voice: Big bottom voice, the loud one.<\/p>\n<p>Mixed voice: is a combination of the two.<\/p>\n<p>In order to find your voice, you have to experience with the extremes.<\/p>\n<p>First: examine your low register. Place your hand on your chest and speak really low. You can feel it in your chest, using the chest as the resonance chamber.<\/p>\n<p>Then examine what you look like when you do the reverse and speak really high pitch.<\/p>\n<p>We want to make sure we don\u2019t bore our audience with a monotone voice. Change speed. We need vocal agility. Everybody\u2019s voice is unique, we need to expand it.<\/p>\n<p>Pacing: change your pace. Try to speak as fast as you can and notice how loudly you speak.<\/p>\n<p>When we use the upper registers of our voice, we smile more. When we speak in low voices, the face drops. The lower pitch doesn\u2019t travel through air very well. The head voice travels so much better.<\/p>\n<p>Lowering your pitch not only makes your face look sad, it also doesn\u2019t allow your voice to travel as well. Stop trying to lower your voice to match \u201cindustry-standards\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Let your voice be. But add to it. Add to your toolbox.<\/p>\n<p>When we breathe, our lungs expand, it forces our diaphragm down to force air out. If you lower your voice, you can\u2019t breathe. What could be worse for speakers, than having no oxygen to go to the brain?<\/p>\n<p>When you yell, your vocal cords can break. That is why speakers lose their voice. Make sure you use a\u00a0powerful voice without yelling. When you breathe properly, you keep your vocal cords loose and therefore it is less dangerous to break.<\/p>\n<p>Add emphasis. Add variety. Boredom is our enemy. Don\u2019t memorize your speech. When you recite, you tend to go flat. To be a perfect speaker, you need to be an imperfect speaker.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>TOP 5 PUBLISHING SECRETS<br \/>\nJeanne Martinson, Co-Publisher, Wood Dragon Books<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Speakers need a book to extrapolate their knowledge beyond their voice: A book.<\/p>\n<p>A book will justifies hiring you instead of someone else.<\/p>\n<p>Is it meaningful? What is the content about? How will you entertain, inspire people?<\/p>\n<p>Is it readable? People need to be able to read the whole thing. It has to be beautiful.<\/p>\n<p>Is it marketable? What are the mistake people do?<\/p>\n<p>Is it truthful? Does is fulfill the promise of what you have been saying?<\/p>\n<p>After 10 books, Jeanne started to work with people that wanted to know how she succeeded with her book. So she wrote a book about how to write a book. <em>Hemingway or Twain<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SECRET NO 1:<\/strong><strong>KNOW YOU.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Author personality.<\/p>\n<p><u>Are you an early bird or night owl?<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Recognize when you are in the zone because otherwise, writing is painful. Don\u2019t write when people say you should write.<\/p>\n<p><u>Are you introvert or extravert?<\/u><\/p>\n<p>When you think about writing, extravert write in different places. Be around people when they write but not with people. In coffee shops, restaurants, bars. Not alone and lonely.<\/p>\n<p>Introvert authors prefer to be alone somewhere on a deserted island or in the woods. Lonely author experience.<\/p>\n<p>Know what your style is and make sure you take in the information to see how it works for you.<\/p>\n<p><u>Are you linear or lateral thinker?<\/u><\/p>\n<p>Kangaroo or ladder?<\/p>\n<p>Ladder: sequential, symbolic, logical. Talk numerically. Lots of stats and charts.<\/p>\n<p>Kangaroo: jump all over the place and not in any special order. Random. Concrete. Intuitive. Talk concrete stories. Few charts.<\/p>\n<p><u>Are you pressure-prompted or pleasure-prompted? <\/u><\/p>\n<p>If there is no deadline, it could take for ever. If you are pressure-prompted (Procrastinating author), then you will write faster is you have a deadline. If you are pleasure-prompted (Planning Author), you like to follow a plan and you can stick to it. If you are a procrastinator, book a signing session and then you will work hard to make the deadline. It is okay if you know yourself. You can spend way too much time writing if you don\u2019t know your style. Writing a book is approx. and 8 months process. \u00a0\u201cProcrastinate now and panic later.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A speaker vanity book: record your speech and transcribe it and publish it.<\/p>\n<p>A credibility piece: topic researched and justifies the fee.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>SECRET NO.2 \u2013 MARKET EARLY<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Market before, during and after. What can you do at each of these stages to promote your book.<\/p>\n<p>When you start thinking about your book, get cover design, start advertising, and show the cover design right away. Create your marketing strategy and get clarity on your market. Who do you think this book will be for? If for senior, maybe the font should be bigger. Think forward about the steps coming up. Book signing and launches. Media interviews, book awards apply dates, there are book awards in each province. You want to get short-listed and get the marketing around it, theme-related opportunities.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5116\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_8332.jpg?resize=4032%2C3024&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>SECRET NO.3 EDIT EDIT EDIT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Developmental Editor. Flow of the book, purpose of the book, imagery of the book.<\/p>\n<p>Line Editor.<\/p>\n<p>Copy Editor. Spelling, grammar, punctuation<\/p>\n<p>Proof-reading. Error free.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SECRET no. 4 BOOK COVER<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Make sure your cover is attractive.<\/p>\n<p><strong>SECRET no.5 \u00a0\u00a0 HAVE A HOT TITLE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Curiosity. Title: Half committed. Attracts attention. Subtitle: explains actually what it is.<\/p>\n<p>You can reach Jeanne here: www.wooddragonbooks.com<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>THINK Yourself\u00ae SUCCESSFUL<br \/>\nNathalie Plamondon-Thomas<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>This is weird, that as the CAPS Secretary and Social Media director, I am doing a re-CAPS on my own session. LOL!!! I guess I kind of know what I talked about\u2026 So here you go:<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>I shared with the CAPS Reboot participants a vulnerable truth about the day I booked my first paid speaking engagement. I hung up the phone, and I felt like a fraud. I remember sitting in my office hearing this nasty voice telling me: You are not a REAL professional speaker, you don\u2019t deserve $1,000 paycheck for an afternoon. I had made a video making the audience look bigger than it was, and I had made-up a corporate rate on the spot, none if it was real. I was just trying to look more than I really was because somehow, I felt like JUST me, wasn\u2019t enough.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Why do we have this tendency of trying to look like we are MORE than we are? Why don\u2019t we LOVE ourselves?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s when I realized I needed to find a system to shut down the negative self-talk in my head and start changing the way I talk to myself!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So, I spent the last decade studying neuroscience and negative self-talk and how to program our inner voices differently. That\u2019s the system I shared in my 8 International No.1 Bestselling books\u2026 So in the afternoon session, I showed how the brain works, how people use it wrong and the things you need to do to make it work for you.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>BRAIN 1-0-1.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>LOGICAL MIND<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our brain has many parts. I mainly talked about two parts: THE LOGICAL MIND and the UNCONSIOUS MIND. The logical mind can process an average of five to ninepiecesofinformationat atime.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>We multitask all the time! Let\u2019s say you are driving to a new address, music in on, as you come closer, you slow down and you start looking at the numbers on houses\u2026 Have you ever had to \u00a0lower the volume on the radio? Do you do that? I am sure a lot of you do this, unconsciously\u2026 Now what does the volume of the music have to do with being able to see the numbers on the houses? Somehow, As you are driving, with the foot on the brake\/accelerator, noticing the red light ahead, the child about to cross the street, the woman that more likely will cut you off and the weird guy in the car next to you winking at you, gross, somehow, when you add, looking at the numbers on the houses, the music becomes the one too many. your \u2018five to nine&rsquo; pieces of information get filled up very quickly.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>The other thing that\u2019s not so great about the logical mind is that research shows that 70% of our thoughtsarenegative.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe would not have any friends if we talked to them the same way to talk to ourselves.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Our logical might not be that great after all, right?<\/p>\n<p>Your logical mind is working really hard trying to do everything right.<\/p>\n<p>Living at a logical level, is like this: You go in one direction, trying to build your speaking business. Following your dream life. You get up early, you prep your slides, you refine your keynote, you organize your travel schedule, you go over and above to wow your clients, you prospect new speaking gigs, you check your eSpeaker profile, you listen to Jane Atkinson\u2019s Podcast, you stay connected to the CAPS facebook group, you network, you go to conventions, you post on social media, you take your kids to school and sports in between calls with clients and while you are at soccer practice you create new content in your head, you work hard, you do everything right and yet, you sometimes you are not charging your full fee or just don\u2019t get the gig altogether, the harder you work, the more exhausted you feel, you have zero life balance, you still live paycheck to paycheck because building a business costs a lot of money and you are going further and further away from your dream life, and <strong><u>it\u2019s like\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>you want to go to Halifax, but you are in an airplane that\u2019s flying to Vancouver.<\/p>\n<p>You can work as hard as you possibly can, but the airplane is exponentially so much more powerful and fast, that you feel you will never get there if you stay in that aircraft.<\/p>\n<p>Do you feel you should get off that plane?<\/p>\n<p>No! you should stay on the plane and talk to the pilot and say: Can you turn around, that\u2019s where I want to go. Imagine how fast you will get there once the pilot is on board! When your plane is going the wrong way, you talk to the pilot. In real life, this translates to talking to your your own pilot. I call it your Personal Assistant.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>THE UNCONSCIOUS MIND<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>So your Personal Assistant is this other part of the brain that I am VERY excited about: YOUR UNCONSCIOUS MIND. It is your PILOT. It can handle over 2.3 million pieces of information every second. Logical mind: 5 to 9, unconscious mind: 2.3 million pieces of information every second. That\u2019s where the power is!!<\/p>\n<p><strong>PERSONAL ASSISTANT<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>So your personal assistant is inside your head taking notes and making sure that everything that you say or think gets done. Just like a pilot follows a flight plan, your personal assistant will follow your life plan.<\/p>\n<p>The problem is people wake up in the morning and look at themselves in the mirror and say: \u201cOh my! I look <u>tired!<\/u>I am so <u>stressed out<\/u>! I think I <u>am getting fat<\/u>\u2026 \u201d Your personal assistant writes it down on your life plan and makes it happen. What\u2019s my itinerary for today? Tired\u2026 What can I do for this? Oh, I know I will keep her awake all night so that she\u2019s gonna be really tired in the morning. Got this. What\u2019s next? Stressed out. I know, I will make her forget something at home and she will have to turn around in traffic on the 401. That\u2019s gonna be stressful! Got this. Check. I think I am getting fat. Easy one, I can surely find a chocolate bar or something deep-fried for her to eat today.<\/p>\n<p>Your personal assistant is your pilot following your life plan.<\/p>\n<p>So I used Robert Dilts six neurological levels on which my D.N.A. System is juxtaposed to help the participant reprogram each layer of their brain from Environment, Behaviours, Skills, Beliefs and Values, Identity and Life Purpose.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u00a0<\/em><strong><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5122\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_3531.jpg?resize=4032%2C3024&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>THE POWER OF POSITIVE LEADERSHIP<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Robin Levesque<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Robin shared with us five practices that he learned when, in his life, he faced a perfect storm.<\/p>\n<p>Drawing from positive psychology to decide what you do as a speaker. Like a Social contract with yourself.<\/p>\n<p>Robin landed his dream job a few years ago. Dream employer, dream job, dream location, for the government. The leadership changed and somehow, this dream job, was not his dream job anymore. He was miserable. He was being second-guessed, micro-managed and never good enough. He started seeing signs of high blood pressure, kidney failure, his marriage was falling apart\u2026 he decided to look for other opportunities, could not find anything, he had been practicing doing speaking and workshops on the side and aspiring to do this \u201csomeday\u201d. He somehow got offered a package and the feeling at that point was a huge relief and, at the same time, he felt lots of anger, fear on how will he replace a six-figure income in Victoria? Lack of control on what is going to happen next. Somehow, the universe decided for him. The perfect storm continued with his wife leaving and his pet being put down.<\/p>\n<p>Here is a recap of a few tools he used to regain calm after the storm.<\/p>\n<p><strong>CONTRASTING EXERCISE<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Think about the best speaker you have ever seen. What did they do for you enjoy this. Then, on a scale, how engaged were you and what was your level of satisfaction.<\/p>\n<p>Vulnerability \u2013 schocking truth \u2013 humble \u2013 walk the talk \u2013 confident &#8211; organized<\/p>\n<p>Think about the worse speaker you ever had and what was your level of engagement?<\/p>\n<p>Some of the ideas that came up: \u00a0Sell \u2013 reputation \u2013 arrogant \u2013 not prepared &#8211; busy slides \u2013 powerpoint \u2013 canned \u2013 no mic \u2013 distracting \u2013 me, me, me<\/p>\n<p>How do you want to show up in your speaking business?<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Dream Matrix <\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5111\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1673.jpg?resize=4032%2C3024&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/p>\n<p><strong>D<\/strong>iscover, what you want.<\/p>\n<p><strong>R<\/strong>each for the stars, what is your personal vision<\/p>\n<p><strong>E<\/strong>ngage and elaborate, what are the steps<\/p>\n<p><strong>A<\/strong>ct, put plan into action<\/p>\n<p><strong>M<\/strong>onitor and motivate, metrics to measure<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Whole Life Garden<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5112\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1779.jpg?resize=4032%2C3024&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>It starts with me, because Me is the only person I can change.<\/p>\n<p>Me: spiritual, mental, physical<\/p>\n<p>We: Relationship, friendship, team<\/p>\n<p>Us: career, income, wealth<\/p>\n<p>+: Calling, contribution, adventure, membership<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Inner-Outer Life Iceberg<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5113\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_1973.jpg?resize=2842%2C2117&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"2842\" height=\"2117\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Most of things are unconscious.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Four soul questions:<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Who I am?<\/p>\n<p>What do I want?<\/p>\n<p>What\u2019s my purpose?<\/p>\n<p>What am I grateful for?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Robin\u2019s Hedgehog Principle<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-5115\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_8226.jpg?resize=4032%2C3024&#038;quality=89&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"4032\" height=\"3024\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Life S.A.V.E.R.S<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>S<\/strong>ilence \u2013<strong>A<\/strong>ffirmations \u2013 <strong>V<\/strong>isualization \u2013 <strong>E<\/strong>xercise \u2013 <strong>R<\/strong>eading \u2013<strong>S<\/strong>cribing (journaling)<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Positive emotions<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Robin finished the day with a meditation asking the following three questions for each of these words, as we processed with our eyes closed, brilliantly feeling the magic in our minds, feeling the results of the answers generated in results of these powerful questions. \u00a0He suggests to start every day using these powerful questions. Priming and stacking to create a positive mindset for ourselves at the beginning of the day.<\/p>\n<p>Why Is there so much <strong><u>joy\u00a0<\/u><\/strong>in my life today, what is the source of this joy, how do I attract even more of it today tomorrow and in the future.<\/p>\n<p>Joy \u2013 gratitude \u2013 serenity \u2013 pride, interest, hope, pride, amusement, awe, love<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>TOAD\u2019S LANDING<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here is how to connect with Toad\u2019s Landing \u2013 Johnson Island.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"mailto:Frances.carere@live.ca\">Frances.carere@live.ca<\/a><\/p>\n<p>250-888-6497<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The perfect day ended with an <\/strong>evening social\/dinner mix and mingle event at Stephen Hammond\u2019s in Victoria where the charm of his home mixed with the amazing food and the great company contributed to an elegant and warm closing to CAPS BC Island Reboot!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CAPS BC brought their monthly event to Toad\u2019s Landing Private Island on Saturday, September 21st, 2019, connecting with the champions in the industry for personal and business development to immerse themselves in island feel private retreat! &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Five Amazing CAPS [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":5128,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[672,696],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-entrepreneurship-business","category-non-classifiee","post-wrapper","thrv_wrapper"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thinkyourself.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/IMG_9776-e1569171841362.jpg?fit=1512%2C2016&quality=89&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5109"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5134,"href":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5109\/revisions\/5134"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5128"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thinkyourself.com\/fr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}