1. @SPUDVancouver
2. Listening
2.1. communicate without judging
2.2. do you hear your own voice when you are listening to someone? Are you really listening then?
2.3. Acknowledge what's being said!
2.4. All greatest successes have come from listening, and failures come when you don't listen.
3. how we deal with the future
3.1. Dreams
3.2. Plans
3.3. Future is about change
3.3.1. How we will adapt to change will define our lives
3.3.2. Be comfortable with change
3.3.3. Leo Tolstoy: everyone thinks of changing the world, but no one thinks of changing themselves
3.3.4. We start the change, it's personal
3.3.5. We don't do it because it's scary
4. Creating the company
4.1. employees have to be emotionally connected
4.2. stakeholders have to be emotionally connected
4.3. Start with building relationships with your stakeholders if you are looking to start a business.
5. How to deal with change:
5.1. understand the future by listening
5.2. Change and death are what we have in common
6. Key to Success:
6.1. use your ears and mouth in proportion!
6.2. You have 2 ears and 1 mouth
6.3. your ears won't get you in trouble
7. Planners & Dreamers
7.1. Greatest dreamers are those who learned how to plan
7.1.1. MLK
7.1.2. Ghandi
7.2. What's important:
7.2.1. Imagination
7.2.2. Heart
7.2.3. Feelings
7.3. Incorporate those into your plan, and you'll have success
7.4. Focus on the future, rather than reacting to the present. Be present for tomorrow!
7.5. Encourage your children to plan their dreams, and they will be happy!
8. Dreams
8.1. Wonderful stories
8.1.1. Mother was a dremer
8.1.1.1. Follow your heart
8.1.1.2. Needed the freedom that dreams provided
8.2. allows us to create our own future.
8.3. Give us a sense of freedom
9. Plans
9.1. Dad was a planner
9.1.1. Provided him a structure for his life
9.2. Allow us to be comfortable with the future
9.3. New node
10. Fear
10.1. of change
10.1.1. for planners
10.1.1.1. it means giving up control
10.1.2. for dreamers
10.1.2.1. It's accountaibility
10.2. summoning courage
10.2.1. finding sayings : what do you have to lose?
10.2.2. family loves you
10.2.3. could lose money, but that's business
10.2.4. Totally freeing to be free from those fears
10.3. Created a culture that was comfortable with change
10.3.1. Did something different
10.3.1.1. Paintball
10.3.1.2. Bungee Jumping
10.3.1.2.1. all the women jumped, 1/3 of men jumped
10.3.1.2.2. Judy: got out of her fear!