“If
you’re going to make a presentation you need to make it wow!”
- Bill
Reichert
Living a Life of Wow
My friend Bill Reichert is a Managing Director of Garage
Technology Ventures, author, presenter, entrepreneur and innovator. He lives a life of wow and spent a few minutes
talking about what he’s discovered on his journey to a group of entrepreneurs,
Cooperative Venturers and other innovators during the 31st Annual
Investors Choice Venture Capital Conference.
His comments were geared toward making an investment
presentation to investors that would set them apart from others. But, as he presented his top three tips I
couldn’t help seeing them as a way to create a “Wow Life.” Here are Bill’s there steps for getting to
wow.
First, Bill says, “Be clear about what you do.” If someone were to ask you what you do with
your life can you answer them in a clear statement about what it is that you do
and why you do it? Are you perfectly clear
about what you want to do with your life?
If you’re not clear it then others aren’t either. If people don’t know what you want, they
won’t be willing or able to help you get it.
Don’t be afraid to ask yourself what you want out of life.
Second, can you describe your life’s mission in a compelling
way, so others will want to support you in your quest to live your dream? Take some time to look toward the life of
your dreams and then distill it down to a thirty second, clear compelling
statement. When you do, you’ll find
excitement stirring within the most important person in the process. You!
Third, be credible.
In other words, can others believe what you say? Do you live in a way that instills faith in
the words you speak? Look at your
actions and then ask yourself, “Am I taking the steps each day to be who I
really am?” When you’re living as the
person you want to be, your actions will speak louder than any words you could
possibly use.
I love the old story of two friends who were riding on a
train to the East. They hadn’t seen each
other for many years so they sat and talked together. One of them spent the whole trip telling the
other about everything he was going to do with his life. He kept talking and talking and his friend
listened and listened. When the trip was
over and the listening friend shook his hand and walked away, the talkative one
said to a common acquaintance, “You know, he never did tell me what he was
going to doing!”
It was only then that the acquaintance said, “He didn’t need
to say anything about what he’s going to do.
You see, he’s on his way to argue a case before the Supreme Court
today!”
Live a life of credibility.
Finally, as I sat talking with my daughter Jessi on the
phone, after listening to Bill’s presentation, I discovered something else I thought
you should just tack on to his three steps.
She was telling me about her business and how she had made a lot of
progress. I’m impressed with what she’s
done and I told her so. But, as she was
talking she said, “I’m just about there.”
That’s the moment it dawned on me!
So, I said, “You’ve done everything you just described to me
already! Allow yourself the pleasure of
accepting the reality that you are who you dreamed you’d be. You aren’t an outsider in your business
circles anymore. You’re a contemporary,
a colleague to the very best in your industry!
Once you accept that, you’ll find that your path will dissolve into the
present and everything will be within your reach.”
Wow!
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