Host: Dr. Allen LyckaGuest: Corey PoirierTEDx speaker (5 times)Wall Street Journal USA Today best-selling authorRecognized as one of Success Magazine's 15 Emergent Entrepreneurs
Corey Poirier's Journey
Background: Raised in a small town by a single motherEarly Challenges:Barely graduated high schoolDidn't read his first book until age 27Turning Point:Influential Books: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon...
- Host: Dr. Allen Lycka
- Guest: Corey Poirier
- TEDx speaker (5 times)
- Wall Street Journal USA Today best-selling author
- Recognized as one of Success Magazine's 15 Emergent Entrepreneurs
Corey Poirier's Journey
- Background: Raised in a small town by a single mother
- Early Challenges:
- Barely graduated high school
- Didn't read his first book until age 27
- Turning Point:
- Influential Books: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- Serendipitously discovered stand-up comedy and professional speaking
Stand-Up Comedy Beginnings
- First Experience: Tricked into performing, faced fear by going first, bombed twice but persisted
- Career Development:
- Continued performing despite early failures
- Performed approximately 700 times over nine years
- Transitioned from comedy to professional speaking
Becoming a TEDx Speaker
- First TEDx Talk: Gained an opportunity after a cancellation, applied late but got selected
- Strategy for Success:
- Reverse-engineered the process of getting selected
- Built relationships with organizers
- Plans to retire from TEDx after five talks
Public Speaking Insights
- Building a Career: Emphasizes the difficulty and competitiveness of the field
- Importance of Relationships: Critical for securing speaking engagements
- Proving Worth: Demonstrating the ability to solve problems for the audience
The Power of a Purpose Statement
- Definition: Similar to a mission statement for individuals
- Corey's Personal Mission: To motivate, donate, educate, inspire, and entertain daily
- Using a Purpose Statement:
- Helps in decision-making (what to say no and yes to)
- Example of how to say no without burning bridges
Finding Your Purpose
- Ikigai: Japanese concept for finding purpose (combination of what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for)
- Passion as a Gateway to Purpose:
- Identifying passions through a list and baby steps
- Passion leads to discovering one's purpose over time
E + R = O Formula
- Explanation:
- Event (E) + Response (R) = Outcome (O)
- The pause between event and response is crucial
- Practical Application:
- Helps in controlling reactions to everyday events
- Example: Responding calmly to someone cutting you off in traffic
Conclusion
- Corey's New Book: The Enlightened Passenger
- Final Thoughts: Emphasizing the importance of purpose and thoughtful responses in life
BIO:
Corey Poirier is a multiple-time TEDx Speaker, a Wall Street Journal / USA Today Bestselling Author, and was recently announced as one of just 15 SUCCESS Magazine Emerging Entrepreneurs (a first-time award).
Social Media:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/speakercoreypoirier/
https://www.facebook.com/corey.poirier.1
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