Recession Proof Your Life: Make a PLAN and Make It Great
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Recession Proof Your Life:
Make a PLAN and Make It Great!
Phil Gerbyshak
Relationship Geek
http://philgerbyshak.com
Background about Phil
How Can You Make It Great?
Do One New Thing
You’ve got to have a PLAN!
P IS FOR PURPOSE
What do you stand for?
"Many persons have a wrong
idea of what constitutes true
happiness. It is not attained
through self-gratification but
through fidelity to a worthy
purpose."
Helen Keller
YOUR PURPOSE IS YOUR
BRAND
Vision
http://www.flickr.com/photos/lollyknit/417661856/
Values
Purpose Question
• Does this decision fit with my life’s
PURPOSE?
Let’s create your purpose pitch
• Short
• To the point
• What you WANT to be known for
L IS FOR LEARNING
"ANYONE WHO STOPS
LEARNING IS OLD, WHETHER AT
TWENTY OR EIGHTY. ANYONE
WHO KEEPS LEARNING STAYS
YOUNG.” - HENRY FORD
Pickups and Drop Offs
Learning Questions
• What did I pickup today?
• What did I drop off today?
A is for Attitude
YOUR ATTITUDE IS INFECTIOUS
– IS YOURS WORTH CATCHING?
ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE
Attitude Question
• How can I reframe my thinking about this
situation to make it more positive?
N is for Networking
Network for Others
Feed Your Friendlies
Network for You
Who Knows You?
New Media
Connect with your team, and
your customers
Rules of New Media
Rules
• No silver bullets
– Every candidate and every company uses it
differently
• No control
– Nobody has to use social media
Rules (con’t)
• GOOGLE IS (and diamonds are)
FOREVER!
• There really are NO RULES!
– Anything goes
Google is (and Diamonds are)
Forever!
• Gmail
• Gtalk
• Google Alerts
• Google Blog Search
Why Should You Care About
New Media?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/3086805262/
Look Who Uses It
• The Army uses podcasts
• Ford Motor Company uses Twitter
• President Obama has 4.5 MILLION
Facebook friends (as of last night)
• RECRUITERS use it instead of job boards
What do you want to do with
New Media?
@philgerb
Connect on a personal level
Build your reputation,
Share your network
Plaxo
Never forget another birthday!
Blogs
• Read ‘em
• Write ‘em
• Share ‘em
#1 Tip for Participating in New
Media
• Show up
Networking Questions
• Who do I need to meet today?
• Who needs to meet me?
Your PLAN
• P – Purpose filled life
• L – Learn as much as you can
• A – Attitude matters (a LOT!)
• N – Network with others and let others
network with you
Do One New Thing
Connect with Phil
• makeitgreatguy.com
• slackermanager.com