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Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

#121: How to DECODE The Secret Strategy to Achieving Greatness with Ron Friedman

Creating Confidence with Heather Monahan

Heather Monahan

Self-improvement, Education, Business, Entrepreneurship

4.81.1K Ratings

🗓️ 15 June 2021

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Turns out there IS a formula to greatness! And Ron Friedman, accomplished academic with a Ph.D. in social psychology, best selling author, speaker, and coach, has figured it out. And lucky for us, he wrote Decoding Greatness to share that knowledge! Sit down with Ron and I today as we dive into what top performers do differently, the power of reverse engineering, and busted myths about creativity. If you were ever curious what the secret strategy is that launches people into greatness, press play!     About The Guest: Ron Friedman, Ph.D. is an award-winning psychologist and founder of ignite80, a consulting firm that helps smart leaders build extraordinary workplaces.   An expert on human motivation, Friedman has served on the faculty of the University of Rochester, Nazareth College, and Hobart and William Smith Colleges. Popular accounts of his research have appeared on NPR and in major newspapers, including The New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe, Vancouver Post, the Globe and Mail, The Guardian, as well as magazines such as Men's Health, Shape, and Allure.   Finding Ron Friedman: Website: www.ronfriedmanphd.com Read Decoding Greatness For Courses & Coaching visit: https://www.ignite80.com/  Twitter: @RonFriedman   To inquire about my coaching program opportunity visit https://mentorship.heathermonahan.com/    Review this podcast on Apple Podcast using this LINK and when you DM me the screen shot, I buy you my $299 video course as a thank you!    My book Confidence Creator is available now! get it right HERE   If you are looking for more tips you can download my free E-book at my website and thank you! https://heathermonahan.com    *If you'd like to ask a question and be featured during the wrap up segment of Creating Confidence, contact Heather Monahan directly through her website and don’t forget to subscribe to the mailing list so you don’t skip a beat to all things Confidence Creating!     See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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We're not talking about just copying. We're talking about taking the formula that has worked and then modifying it just a little bit because all of that pressure that you're putting on yourself as we mentioned earlier, if you're trying to be super original, your work is going to be rejected. So that's not the path to doing things. The path to doing things

0:15.1

is to collect the examples that really resonate with you, analyze them to figure out why they're working,

0:21.2

and then create templates.

0:22.8

Templatize those examples that you can then apply to your work and add your unique spin.

0:28.1

Come on this journey with me.

0:30.1

Each week when you join me, we are going to chase down our goals.

0:34.4

We'll overcome adversity and set you up for a better tomorrow.

0:37.8

That's in your seat.

0:38.8

I'm ready for my close-up.

0:40.8

Hi and welcome back.

0:42.3

I'm so excited for you to meet my new friend Ron Friedman

0:46.6

he's an award-winning psychologist who served on the faculty of the University of

0:50.9

Rochester and has consulted for political leaders, nonprofits, and many of the world's most recognized brands.

0:57.0

Popular accounts of his research have appeared in major papers including the New York Times, Washington Post, Boston Globe. I mean he's been

1:04.7

everywhere. Even Harvard Business Review in Psychology today. Ron is the founder of

1:09.4

Ignite 80, a learning and development company that translates research in

1:13.6

neuroscience, human physiology, and behavioral economics

1:17.4

into practical strategies.

1:18.6

Don't be intimidated.

1:19.6

He breaks it down and makes it understandable for us.

1:21.8

His first book, The Best Place to Work, was selected as an

1:24.3

Inc magazine Best Business Book of the Year. And his new book, which is out right now,

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