#47 Dave Lourdes | On Becoming The Best You Can Be

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James Fricker
September 13, 2022

This man is incredible. 

Never have I heard so much wisdom packed into a single hour! 

In this episode, you'll hear gems like 👇

  • busyness is very different to achievement

  • MLK didn’t say, “I have a plan”

  • long term consistency, always beats short term intensity

  • well done is better than well said

I'm excited to share this episode with you. 

Listen to the episode here. 

Dave Lourdes is a professional speaker, elite performance coach and facilitator. His experience exceeds three decades and over 700 workshops, seminars and special events, addressing more than 15,000 people in talks and seminars worldwide, from everyday employees to middle management as well as C-Level audiences.

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👇 Episode Takeaways

Confidence

Dave says that Confidence is one of the most important traits a person can have. 

There are three things you need to be confident

  1. courage

  2. conscious choice

  3. consistency

Decide to be confident. 

Act with courage. 

Be consistent. 

Three Kinds of People

Dave shared with me that he thinks there are three kinds of people. 

  1. Knowers

  2. Learners

  3. Implementers

Knowers like to know things. They know, and then they stop. 

Learners like learning. They learn things, reading books and doing courses. They know so much about everything. 

Finally, the implementers. They might not know as much as the knowers or have learned as much as the learners, but they are actually doing what they seek to do. 

As Dave said, it's one thing to learn about riding a bike, and quite a different thing to actually get on one and start riding. 

Which one are you?

Principles

Dave shared with me the four principles that he lives his life by.

  1. You choose how you think

  2. you choose how you communicate

  3. you have the capacity to change

  4. you can always improve

I love these and will make sure to come back to them. 

Which principles do you live your life by?

Recommended Books

Dave recommended some books during the episode, here they are. 

  • emotional intelligence - Daniel Goleman

  • 7 Habits of Highly Effective People - Stephen Covey

  • Think and Grow Rich - Napoleon Hill

  • Mindset - Carol Dweck

  • Man's Search for Meaning - Viktor E. Frankl

📝 Content Timestamps

00:00 Intro

00:17 From Social Anxiety to Coaching

08:26 10% of your income on skill development

20:01 Improving your confidence

26:43 Implementing Advice

29:18 Unblock your performance

38:56 Dave Advice for Graduates

46:12 Outro