The Cycle of Fear, Adversity, and Paralysis with Gerry Valentine

Learn the skills to empower yourself in the face of difficulty and adversity. Shift your paradigms around fear and become adaptable in a world that is always changing.  Gerry is an executive coach, public speaker, and the author of The Thriving Mindset–Tools for Empowerment in a Disruptive World. He inspires people to build resilience, and to understand that adversity can become a source of opportunity. Quotes to remember:  “No matter how tough things got… it did not compare to what I had come from.”  “Adversity causes some people to break, and other people to break records.”  “There is nothing wrong with being afraid. It’s what you do when you’re afraid that matters.”  “You have to leap. You will fall. You will struggle. And if you have the power of persistence you will evolve.”  Takeaways:Disruption and opportunity come togetherAdversity is a natural part of life, and the normal response to adversity is fearThe problem with fear is getting stuck in paralysis, which creates further adversityA leader without fear doesn’t existClarity comes from knowing what is most important to you and how you seek to add value to the worldIt is possible to become a victim of your own successAsk yourself: What might I not know? The world will constantly change in ways we cannot predictThe claim that you are an expert and have nothing more to learn is actually a fear responseWe can’t go backwards and put the genie back in the bottle in terms of technologyThere will inevitably be struggle after you take a courageous leap out of your box   What you’ll learn:The bio behind Gerry’s bio of the tough situation in which he grew upThe skill of the thriving mindset and how to cultivate itHow Kodak went bankrupt despite their having invented the digital cameraHow to rethink what education is, because one set of skills will no longer carry us forty years into the futureWhat intellectual capital is, why you should cultivate more of it, and howAn example of Gerry responding to his fear around releasing his book Mentioned on the podcast: https://gerryvalentine.com/The Thriving Mindset book Links: LinkedIn Twitter Facebook