Ep. 369 GREATNESS WITH DON YAEGER AND PATRICIA FRIPP

How does one achieve greatness in one career, then do the same in another? Today, Darren and Mark find out from best-selling author and Hall-Of-Fame speaker Don Yaeger, and his coach, Hall-Of-Fame speaker Patricia Fripp. They discuss Don's transition from professional writing to world-class public speaking and examine Patricia's role as his professional coach.

SNIPPETS:

• Greatness is an iterative process

• Feedback is the breakfast of champions and champions eat breakfast

• Anybody worth their salt hires a coach

• Conduct pre-calls with prospective coaches to find the right coach for you

• Don't expect to be a good speaker if you don't spend time focused on it

• If you can't say anything worthwhile in 3 minutes, you don't deserve an hour

• Watch game film with your coach

• Watch your videos pretending that the speaker is someone else

• Conduct post-speech calls with clients

• Reverse your 'I/YOU' ratio