Lisa Nichols: How to Go From Terrified of Speaking to Magnetically Captivating Any Room

Habits and Hustle

Jen Cohen and Habit Nest

Education, Health & Fitness, Business, Self-improvement, Entrepreneurship

4.4 • 763 Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 38 minutes

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Summary

Think you need to be a "natural" to be a powerful speaker? Think again. In this episode of Habits and Hustle, I sit down with Lisa Nichols, a transformational speaker, who breaks down exactly how anyone can go from terrified of speaking to magnetically captivating an audience. We discuss the four types of speakers and why most people get stuck in the "information trap." Lisa reveals her signature "scooping" technique that makes audiences see themselves in your story, and explains why we're now living in an influence economy where connection trumps credentials every time. Lisa Nichols is a transformational speaker, CEO, and New York Times bestselling author who co-authored The Secret and multiple Chicken Soup for the Soul books. She's built a multi-million dollar company and has spoken to over 3 million people worldwide. She now dedicates her time to teaching others how to master their message. What We Discuss: (00:15) Why information doesn't inspire and the #1 mistake speakers make (03:00) The 4 types of speakers: Which one are you? (05:34) How to make any audience see themselves in you (the "scooping" technique) (11:01) How to pull a powerful story out of your life experiences (12:00) Show vs. tell: The storytelling technique that moves rooms (17:32) The personality trait that's often misunderstood in successful people (19:30) How Lisa handles massive business failures and still trusts herself (20:47) The $5 million fraud that nearly destroyed her company (29:03) Why storytelling is the most important skill in today's influence economy (34:56) Why your lived-through story no longer belongs to you …and more! Thank you to our sponsors: Momentous: Shop this link and use code Jen for 20% off Therasage: Head over to therasage.com and use code Be Bold for 15% off TruNiagen: Head over to truniagen.com and use code HUSTLE20 to get $20 off any purchase over $100. Magic Mind: Head over to www.magicmind.com/jen and use code Jen at checkout. 99designs by Vista: 99designs.com/jen20 – click "Claim my discount" to get $20 off your first design contest. Find more from Jen: Website: https://www.jennifercohen.com/ Instagram: @therealjencohen Books: https://www.jennifercohen.com/books Speaking: https://www.jennifercohen.com/speaking-engagement Find more from Lisa Nichols: Website: https://motivatingthemasses.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lisa2motivate

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0:00.0	Hi, guys. It's Tony Robbins. You're listening to Habits and Hustle. Crush it.
0:07.1	Before we dive into today's episode, I first want to thank our sponsor, Therasage.
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1:36.6	Okay, everybody, this is going to be a brief podcast, a powerful but short, powerful podcast, because I have my friend Lisa Nichols here again.
1:39.4	Thank you for being here.
1:40.2	I'm so glad to be back.
1:41.2	Thank you for having me back.
1:42.1	This is a pleasure.
1:43.1	The pleasure is all mine.
1:44.4	But before we start, we have only like a few minutes with you today. However, we need to be as focused and alert as possible because God knows it's, we've got to be on point. So we're doing a little healthy shots. One of my husband's favorites. I love it. So this is magic mine. This one has no sugar, by the way, and no caffeine. So it's for, it's, let me tell, well, let me know if it works, all right?
2:06.3	Just to you.
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