257 Becoming Who You Want To Be
It’s one of the great challenges of life to become a version of ourselves that we are proud of, to become someone who can speak their mind and listen to others with an open mind.
In this episode Sarah Elkins and Rene Rodriguez discuss the stories that shape us and how we get to decide how they define us and how to create change while helping as many as possible.
Highlights
“Our ability to eloquently talk about a subject can create the consoling illusion that we mastered it.” Stanley Kubrick
Being in the moment and giving yourself grace.
Turn frustration into fascination. Choose curiosity over your initial reaction.
Remembering you are in control of your own narrative.
Quotes
“A lot of times we can’t stop the negative thought when it comes to change, or the negative thought when it becomes a stressful moment but we can prevent the verbalization of it. You’re verbalizing a narrative, and the things we verbalize contribute to a narrative and narratives construct our reality.”
“Just because I talk about this does not make me immune to the realities of the human system.”
“Forgiveness will happen. It’ll either happen now or you’re going to wait for someone’s deathbed.”
About Rene from his website
Considered by many as the leading authority on leadership and influence, Rene Rodriguez is a best-selling author, keynote speaker, leadership advisor, and transformational speaker coach. For the last 27 years, René has been researching and applying behavioral neuroscience to solve some of the toughest challenges in leadership, sales, and change.
As an entrepreneur and CEO of multiple companies, Rene integrates a practical business approach that inspires his audiences to take action. Through his keynote, boot camps, workshops and proprietary Amplifii™ course, he helps us own our backstory to build the frame for not only our unique value propositions but also a beautiful picture of life.
His audiences describe him as "powerful", "thought-provoking", and "authentic". They say things like, "you could hear a pin drop as everyone was so captivated."
The result: greater influence, personal transformation, and immediate results in business and life by engaging with courage and grace.
His Best Selling book AMPLIFY YOUR INFLUENCE can be found on Amazon and all major retailers.
Connect with Rene on his LinkedIn and Facebook! And check out his website here!
About Sarah
"Uncovering the right stories for the right audiences so executives, leaders, public speakers, and job seekers can clearly and actively demonstrate their character, values, and vision."
In my work with coaching clients, I guide people to improve their communication using storytelling as the foundation of our work together. What I’ve realized over years of coaching and podcasting is that the majority of people don’t realize the impact of the stories they share - on their internal messages, and on the people they’re sharing them with.
My work with leaders and people who aspire to be leaders follows a similar path to the interviews on my podcast, uncovering pivotal moments in their lives and learning how to share them to connect more authentically with others, to make their presentations and speaking more engaging, to reveal patterns that have kept them stuck or moved them forward, and to improve their relationships at work and at home.
The audiobook, Your Stories Don’t Define You, How You Tell Them Will is now available!
Included with your purchase are two bonus tracks, songs recorded by Sarah's band, Spare Change, in her living room in Montana.