Lynn Smith: The Brutal Truth About Why Most People Don’t Show Up Powerfully (And How to Fix It)
The Mark Divine Show
Mark Divine
4.8 • 1.7K Ratings
🗓️ 19 August 2025
⏱️ 57 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of the Mark Divine Show, former news anchor and CEO coach Lynn Smith discusses the power of overcoming fear, shifting from an inner critic to an inner coach, and becoming a magnetic communicator.
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Key takeaways:
̇1. The importance of perseverance and resilience in overcoming challenges
2. Strategies for facing fears and developing self-confidence in both personal and professional life
3. Embracing authenticity and vulnerability as strengths that foster connection and growth
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Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction
00:19 Guest Introduction: Lynn Smith
03:27 Developing Communication Skills
06:58 Overcoming Fear and Building Confidence
16:13 The Power of Vulnerability in Leadership
24:46 Mindfulness and Mental Toughness
27:14 Creating a Game Day Routine
28:07 Rituals for Success
30:07 Executives and Meditation
34:07 The Importance of Teamwork
37:42 Redefining Success and Failure
38:32 Teaching Resilience to Children
41:15 The Power of Positive Energy
45:42 FITS: Decision-Making Frameworks
51:25 Just Keep Going: A Mantra for Life
55:07 Conclusion
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| 0:00.0 | The perceived weakness is actually a superpower. You've got to be able to bring the lessons. Your greatest fear, it birthed the method that I now have people used to overcome what I call their brain bully. Our executive coaching, we talk about shifting from the inner critic to the inner coach. How do you coach them to shift? You got to name your brain bully. It's that voice in your head, that inner critic reminding you of all the things that can go wrong, where your voice is shaky and leads to your outcomes. The voice are different things that the voice is. Just the voice. The voice. How do we become a magnetic communicator? Where what we say, what we do, how we show up, when we walk into a room, people are drawn to you. You got to get out of your head to do that. mindfulness the whole practice is to create that little space so that you see okay thoughts are happening |
| 0:20.9 | but I'm |
| 0:40.9 | not those thoughts. Do you find executives resist that? The ones I'm working for are craving it. |
| 0:45.0 | We need to give people a reason to show up and find that purpose. Engagement is like 35%. That's |
| 0:52.2 | awful. It's awful. I don't think it's laziness. They don't tell |
| 0:56.1 | anybody this, but... Welcome to the Mark Devine show. I'm your host Mark Devine. If you're ready |
| 1:02.1 | to grow and push your limits and lead with greater purpose, then guess what? You're in the right |
| 1:06.4 | place. The show is dedicated to helping you lead with courage, resilience, and greater awareness. |
| 1:12.7 | So hoo-ya for being here. |
| 1:14.2 | And apologize for my voice, by the way. |
| 1:16.2 | We'll talk about that later. |
| 1:17.9 | I'm thrilled to have Lynn Smith again, right, to see you again. |
| 1:22.4 | So good to see you. |
| 1:23.2 | She's former morning news anchor with 15 years at NBC, MSNBC, and HLN. Which is how we know each other 10 years ago when I interviewed you for eight weeks of SealFit. The launch of Eight Weeks of Seal Fit. So good to see you. What an incredible time that was. I really appreciate that. It was really fun. It propelled that to a New York Times best seller. I'll take all the credit for it. You should take all the credit. Now I'll help you. |
| 1:44.5 | You do the same for me. |
| 1:46.2 | I'm going to help you out. |
| 1:47.5 | She runs now Rylan Media, where she coaches CEOs and leadership teams to become more |
| 1:52.1 | confident, compelling communicators, and all that through elite media training and her |
| 1:57.9 | mindset work. |
| 1:59.2 | She's gotten some incredible programs, green room, confidence quotient, and crush it on video. |
| 2:04.9 | And she works with kids. |
| 2:07.6 | I think that's really cool. |
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