I challenge you to rethink what it means to be a leader, and define leadership based upon what is already and always within you -- instead of basing leadership upon the money, power, status and followers.
An "unspeech" birthed from Chris Guillebeau's World Domination Summit in Portland, Oregon, in June 2011.
The document is the first issue of Linchpin Magazine, which brings together stories from Linchpin meetups around the world. It includes reports from over 30 meetups, expressions of the Linchpin concept through doodles and graphics, and contributions from writers on topics around work and life. The editorial team created the magazine to prove that barriers to publishing like budget and resources are no longer issues in the digital age.
Here are some questions to spark discussion:
- Why did you choose those three items? What values do they represent?
- What does it say about your community's priorities?
- How would those three items help build and strengthen your community?
- What else would you need to have a thriving Jewish community?
- What are the challenges in building community?
UJA Mission (10 minutes)
Show the group the UJA mission statement. Ask them to read it over and discuss:
- What is the mission of UJA?
- How does this mission align with or differ from your ideas of building Jewish community?
- What are some ways UJA fulfills this
The document outlines The 10 Keys of Remarkability which are: realize the power of choice, embrace your true self, imagine the unimaginable, master the obstacles, accept and acknowledge your gifts and vision, realize your voice, know your intentions, act, believe, leverage your truth and message, and empower others. It provides a brief explanation for each key emphasizing choosing yourself, being true to who you are, overcoming obstacles, sharing your gifts and vision, using your unique voice, acting with conviction and intention, believing in yourself, leveraging your message, and empowering others. The overall message is about realizing one's power and potential to make a positive impact.
The document provides information about several famous London landmarks, including Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the London Eye, Tower Bridge, and the London Underground. It notes that London has a population of 8 million, was the first city to have an underground railway system, and is where British laws are decided at the Houses of Parliament building. Details are given on the heights of Big Ben's clock hands, the number of rooms in Buckingham Palace, and other statistics about the landmarks.
Winston Churchill was a British politician and statesman born in 1874. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was known for his leadership of Britain during World War 2. He married Clementine Hozier in 1908 and they had five children. Churchill had a rebellious childhood and struggled in school but later joined the military and became involved in politics, serving in both Liberal and Conservative governments. As Prime Minister during World War 2, he helped rally British resistance against Nazi Germany and collaborated with allies to achieve victory. Churchill received many honors for his service and was a prolific writer on history and politics.
The document is the first issue of Linchpin Magazine, which brings together stories from Linchpin meetups around the world. It includes reports from over 30 meetups, expressions of the Linchpin concept through doodles and graphics, and contributions from writers on topics around work and life. The editorial team created the magazine to prove that barriers to publishing like budget and resources are no longer issues in the digital age.
Here are some questions to spark discussion:
- Why did you choose those three items? What values do they represent?
- What does it say about your community's priorities?
- How would those three items help build and strengthen your community?
- What else would you need to have a thriving Jewish community?
- What are the challenges in building community?
UJA Mission (10 minutes)
Show the group the UJA mission statement. Ask them to read it over and discuss:
- What is the mission of UJA?
- How does this mission align with or differ from your ideas of building Jewish community?
- What are some ways UJA fulfills this
The document outlines The 10 Keys of Remarkability which are: realize the power of choice, embrace your true self, imagine the unimaginable, master the obstacles, accept and acknowledge your gifts and vision, realize your voice, know your intentions, act, believe, leverage your truth and message, and empower others. It provides a brief explanation for each key emphasizing choosing yourself, being true to who you are, overcoming obstacles, sharing your gifts and vision, using your unique voice, acting with conviction and intention, believing in yourself, leveraging your message, and empowering others. The overall message is about realizing one's power and potential to make a positive impact.
The document provides information about several famous London landmarks, including Buckingham Palace, Big Ben, the London Eye, Tower Bridge, and the London Underground. It notes that London has a population of 8 million, was the first city to have an underground railway system, and is where British laws are decided at the Houses of Parliament building. Details are given on the heights of Big Ben's clock hands, the number of rooms in Buckingham Palace, and other statistics about the landmarks.
Winston Churchill was a British politician and statesman born in 1874. He served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1940 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1955. Churchill was known for his leadership of Britain during World War 2. He married Clementine Hozier in 1908 and they had five children. Churchill had a rebellious childhood and struggled in school but later joined the military and became involved in politics, serving in both Liberal and Conservative governments. As Prime Minister during World War 2, he helped rally British resistance against Nazi Germany and collaborated with allies to achieve victory. Churchill received many honors for his service and was a prolific writer on history and politics.
The modern resume is an ugly mish-mash of bulletpoints, which over-emphasizes the “what” of our careers while omitting the ever-important “why” that drives us and the “how” that we embrace to excel.
My anti-résumé, however, serves to be a complete visual and rhetorical antithesis to the modern professional 1-pager. The purpose of this anti-résumé is to accelerate the signifi cant evolutions that I feel occurring in my life today. I am literally seeking to create an environment of circumstances through which the changes that I desire can naturally unfold: new employment, new opportunities, and a brand new city.
i4invitation.com is a website that allows users to create digital invitation cards. It offers various types of cards for events like birthdays, weddings, and housewarmings. The process involves picking a design, customizing it by adding photos and videos, and publishing the card online. Users must purchase a credit plan depending on how many credits their card requires. The website aims to bring customization and individual expression to the traditional art of inviting people to events.
The document provides instructions for basic functions and features of the iPad including:
- Using the sleep/wake button, volume buttons, side switch, home button, and status icons.
- Gestures like pinching to zoom and editing text with cut, copy and paste.
- Organizing apps and creating folders.
- Connecting Bluetooth keyboards and headphones.
- Connecting to the internet via Wi-Fi and viewing webpages.
- Opening multiple webpages and adding web clips to the home screen.
This document contains an English exam for students with multiple sections assessing different skills:
1. A grammar section with exercises assessing use of simple past tense and past continuous tense through sentence completion.
2. A listening comprehension section with true/false statements about the history of the internet.
3. A reading comprehension passage about Raven, the first humans, and their origins according to Haida mythology. Questions follow to test understanding of details in the passage.
4. A short writing exercise asking students to write a paragraph introducing themselves, their family and friends.
5. A speaking section instructing students to work in pairs, comparing and contrasting pictures, and discussing what people in the pictures did last
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This document provides summaries of several augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) apps for iOS devices. It describes features of apps like Proloquo2go, TouchChatHD, TapToTalk, TapSpeak Button, Choice and Sequence, SoundingBoard, and others. Many offer customizable vocabularies and boards, text-to-speech, and are designed for individuals with complex communication needs. Requirements and pricing are included to help determine suitable options.
In this section, you will learn how to access the Marketo Community to find help from fellow users as well as Marketo staff. You will learn how to find experts and how to contact Marketo Support after doing some troubleshooting of your own.
The document summarizes features and functions of the WYNN reading software. It describes how WYNN supports students with print disabilities through accessible text-to-speech, study tools like highlighting and notes, and writing supports. It also outlines training options provided by Freedom Scientific to help teachers customize WYNN for students.
This document provides information about Assistive Technology of Alaska (ATLA). It summarizes ATLA's services including demonstrations, short term loans, reutilization of assistive technology, and their role as a state resource. It describes their grant and non-grant activities such as being an assistive technology reseller, providing customized training, and conducting assistive technology assessments. It lists their demonstration centers and resources. Finally, it emphasizes that ATLA is a statewide resource that can help all Alaskans who need assistive technology.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document discusses the structure and use of the present perfect tense in English. It notes that the present perfect tense structure is subject + have/has + past participle. It provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the past participle form. The present perfect tense is used to describe actions that began in the past but continue in the present, actions that began and ended in the past but have present consequences, and unfinished actions that took place within a time period extending to the present.
This document discusses the development of children ages 1-3. It notes that during this time children will grow physically and become more independent, vocal about their wants and dislikes, and interested in exploring everything. The document also lists characteristics of 2-3 year olds such as being rigid, demanding extreme emotions, and preserving things. It provides positive parenting advice such as reading with children, encouraging pretend play, and praising positive behavior.
SIFERA, Houses that issue really an emotional experience with unique qualities of luxury. The SIFERA construction is modular under criteria of sustainability, quality materials, spectacular speed of construction (5-6 month) and very chic and tasty modern design.
Perfect for modern and great resorts. A construction with commitment, welfare, excellent,
Proloquo2Go is an AAC communication app that allows users to communicate through buttons that speak phrases, navigate categories, and type messages. The tutorial covers basics like navigating views, typing and sending messages. It emphasizes customizations like item size and voice settings. It also details how to edit items, add new items, reorder items, and cut, copy and paste within the vocabulary. Maintaining an organized structure through reordering is important for developing memory of an AAC system.
This document provides information about resources for accessible instructional materials, including the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) which provides specifications for accessible files, the National Instructional Materials Access Standard (NIMAS), and the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) which does research on Universal Design for Learning. It also discusses Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM), specialized formats such as braille, audio and digital texts.
Seminar Boost.Co.Uk Why You Need To Go To Personal Development SeminarsKaren Goddard
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The document describes the author's personality characteristics. It discusses how the author sees themselves as intelligent, eccentric, and unconventional. They view themselves as an introvert who feels most comfortable expressing themselves through text rather than in-person. They also describe themselves as a "nefelibata" or someone who lives in the clouds of their own imagination. While some have seen these traits in a negative light, the author embraces their eccentric nature.
The modern resume is an ugly mish-mash of bulletpoints, which over-emphasizes the “what” of our careers while omitting the ever-important “why” that drives us and the “how” that we embrace to excel.
My anti-résumé, however, serves to be a complete visual and rhetorical antithesis to the modern professional 1-pager. The purpose of this anti-résumé is to accelerate the signifi cant evolutions that I feel occurring in my life today. I am literally seeking to create an environment of circumstances through which the changes that I desire can naturally unfold: new employment, new opportunities, and a brand new city.
i4invitation.com is a website that allows users to create digital invitation cards. It offers various types of cards for events like birthdays, weddings, and housewarmings. The process involves picking a design, customizing it by adding photos and videos, and publishing the card online. Users must purchase a credit plan depending on how many credits their card requires. The website aims to bring customization and individual expression to the traditional art of inviting people to events.
The document provides instructions for basic functions and features of the iPad including:
- Using the sleep/wake button, volume buttons, side switch, home button, and status icons.
- Gestures like pinching to zoom and editing text with cut, copy and paste.
- Organizing apps and creating folders.
- Connecting Bluetooth keyboards and headphones.
- Connecting to the internet via Wi-Fi and viewing webpages.
- Opening multiple webpages and adding web clips to the home screen.
This document contains an English exam for students with multiple sections assessing different skills:
1. A grammar section with exercises assessing use of simple past tense and past continuous tense through sentence completion.
2. A listening comprehension section with true/false statements about the history of the internet.
3. A reading comprehension passage about Raven, the first humans, and their origins according to Haida mythology. Questions follow to test understanding of details in the passage.
4. A short writing exercise asking students to write a paragraph introducing themselves, their family and friends.
5. A speaking section instructing students to work in pairs, comparing and contrasting pictures, and discussing what people in the pictures did last
This document is a curriculum vitae for Raghvendra Singh that outlines his professional experience and qualifications. Over the past 15 years, he has worked in training, education, health, and livelihood sectors, holding positions such as Project Manager for skill development programs, Programme Coordinator for public health programs, and Sr. Consultant for geriatric care and child development programs. His experience includes conceptualizing and managing social programs, developing training curricula, and implementing initiatives related to health, education, and community development. He holds an LL.B. in law, an M.S.W. in social work, and a B.Com. in commerce.
This document provides summaries of several augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) apps for iOS devices. It describes features of apps like Proloquo2go, TouchChatHD, TapToTalk, TapSpeak Button, Choice and Sequence, SoundingBoard, and others. Many offer customizable vocabularies and boards, text-to-speech, and are designed for individuals with complex communication needs. Requirements and pricing are included to help determine suitable options.
In this section, you will learn how to access the Marketo Community to find help from fellow users as well as Marketo staff. You will learn how to find experts and how to contact Marketo Support after doing some troubleshooting of your own.
The document summarizes features and functions of the WYNN reading software. It describes how WYNN supports students with print disabilities through accessible text-to-speech, study tools like highlighting and notes, and writing supports. It also outlines training options provided by Freedom Scientific to help teachers customize WYNN for students.
This document provides information about Assistive Technology of Alaska (ATLA). It summarizes ATLA's services including demonstrations, short term loans, reutilization of assistive technology, and their role as a state resource. It describes their grant and non-grant activities such as being an assistive technology reseller, providing customized training, and conducting assistive technology assessments. It lists their demonstration centers and resources. Finally, it emphasizes that ATLA is a statewide resource that can help all Alaskans who need assistive technology.
The document discusses the benefits of exercise for mental health. Regular physical activity can help reduce anxiety and depression and improve mood and cognitive function. Exercise causes chemical changes in the brain that may help protect against mental illness and improve symptoms.
The document discusses the structure and use of the present perfect tense in English. It notes that the present perfect tense structure is subject + have/has + past participle. It provides examples of regular and irregular verbs in the past participle form. The present perfect tense is used to describe actions that began in the past but continue in the present, actions that began and ended in the past but have present consequences, and unfinished actions that took place within a time period extending to the present.
This document discusses the development of children ages 1-3. It notes that during this time children will grow physically and become more independent, vocal about their wants and dislikes, and interested in exploring everything. The document also lists characteristics of 2-3 year olds such as being rigid, demanding extreme emotions, and preserving things. It provides positive parenting advice such as reading with children, encouraging pretend play, and praising positive behavior.
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This document provides information about resources for accessible instructional materials, including the National Instructional Materials Access Center (NIMAC) which provides specifications for accessible files, the National Instructional Materials Access Standard (NIMAS), and the Center for Applied Special Technology (CAST) which does research on Universal Design for Learning. It also discusses Accessible Instructional Materials (AIM), specialized formats such as braille, audio and digital texts.
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The document describes the author's personality characteristics. It discusses how the author sees themselves as intelligent, eccentric, and unconventional. They view themselves as an introvert who feels most comfortable expressing themselves through text rather than in-person. They also describe themselves as a "nefelibata" or someone who lives in the clouds of their own imagination. While some have seen these traits in a negative light, the author embraces their eccentric nature.
1. Be Creative!
2. Group Activity SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTION: What helps you to be creative?
3. “Creativity is inventing, experimenting, growing, taking risks, breaking rules, making mistakes, and having fun.” Mary Lou Cook
4. The Target of Life is a very helpful way to understand our individual and collective well-being.
5. When you’re centered in the heart of the Target of Life, you’re at your best and life seems brighter. You see clearly and therefore make optimal decisions. You feel peaceful, loving, energetic, and happy. You’re in a good position to handle just about anything. However, when things happen that go against our desires and expectations, it’s easy to get pulled off center.
6. We experience more fear and negativity. We say and do things we regret. The immune system weakens and our productivity declines. We lose touch with what’s really important to us. Unhealthy stress increases and our sensitivity toward others decreases. And the further away from the center we move, the worse it gets!
7. That’s why it’s so important to catch early signs of stress, and to use all of our creativity to stay as centered as possible. When we are centered in the heart on the Target of Life, difficulties still crop up, but we can handle them much more smoothly and effectively. The more centered we are, the greater our well-being, the wiser our choices, and the more effective we are in everything we do.
8. Creativity is the power to bring something new and useful into existence.
9. You are an enormously creative person! That creativity is always within you, and you must express it in order to experience the satisfaction and joy that is your birthright.
10. Terrorism, widespread public scandals, economic uncertainties, international conflicts, and a host of other problems have launched us into a turbulent, yet potential-filled 21st century. Has the full measure of our creativity ever been needed more?
11. A life brimming with creativity is no longer the luxury of a few; it’s the duty and privilege of all of us.
12. Group Activity SMALL GROUP DISCUSSION QUESTION: What are some factors that keep people from becoming more creative?
13. CAUTION! Roadblocks Ahead Roadblocks that typically prevent capable people from expressing their creativity more fully: Thinking “I’m not very creative.” Fear of criticism from others. “That’s not my job.” Stress, Laziness, Self-Criticism. “There’s only one right way.”
14. CAUTION! Roadblocks Ahead Wasting time on nonessentials. “You have to follow the rules.” Too much talk, too little doing. Fear of failure. Resistance to change. Limiting beliefs. Worrying about who gets credit. Lack of faith.
15. Though we express it in different ways and to varying degrees, creativity is a gift that has been given in abundance to each of us.
16. Continually remind yourself of this truth: You are a
I hosted a session called Listening for Diversity at the 2017 International Forum of Visual Practitioners conference. As visual practice expands, it’s an exciting time for us to share techniques about “Listening for Diversity” that work for practitioners, clients, and communities.
My Personal Identity Essay
Personal Characteristics Essay
Personal Interview Essay
Personality Reflection Essay
Personal Change Essay
My Personal Values Essay
Personal Self Assessment Essay
Essay about My Core Values
Personal Project Sample
My Personal Goals Essay
Personal History Essay
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Reading provides numerous cognitive, social, and personal benefits. It develops mental capacity and vocabulary, allowing deeper understanding of various cultures. Reading improves concentration and self-esteem. Personal development comes from identifying with characters and learning from true stories. Professionally, reading aids growth and helps leaders develop others. Overall, reading is a tool for learning, self-discovery, and assisting others.
Underrated and Undervalued Introverts.
Alana Dew, Heather Kerr, Loretta Pickett, Rebecca (Kat) Ross.
As we all reside somewhere on the introvert/extrovert spectrum, it is important to recognize the potential to undervalue and alienate the quieter individuals among us by forcing them to compete as extroverts do. We seek to explore this subject so that we may better understand how best to engage with introverted individuals, inviting their participation without forcing them to comply with methods that are more dominantly suited to extroverts. By embracing and supporting introverts, we can create a more inclusive and diverse society that values and celebrates all personalities and perspectives. This can lead to greater collaboration, understanding, and overall success in various fields and industries.
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This workbook is designed to guide both beginning and experienced speakers in standing out and improving their public speaking skills. It covers topics such as finding your message, crafting stories, humor, and selling your message. The author, Kelly Swanson, is a nationally known motivational speaker and comedian who shares lessons from her career path, from her shy childhood to a successful speaking business. While public speaking can be challenging, Swanson hopes to help readers embrace what makes them unique and feel empowered to share their message with others.
This document contains the text of a speech given by Fiona Dawe at an AVM conference on finding the voice of volunteer managers. In the speech, Dawe discusses how volunteer managers often feel undervalued in their organizations and provides suggestions for how they can gain legitimacy and influence. She shares examples from her experience of how empowering personal stories and changing limiting narratives can influence perceptions. Dawe encourages volunteer managers to question assumptions about themselves, define their value through a "true liberating assumption," and have courageous conversations to influence their organizations from the inside out.
"Communicate Powerfully - Get What You Want (Without Turning People Off)" - M...Michelle Villalobos
The document provides tips for women to communicate powerfully and get what they want without turning people off. It discusses facts about lower representation of women in leadership positions and higher returns for companies with more women leaders. The tips include learning to negotiate like a woman by focusing on mutual benefits, watching language by removing hesitations and qualifiers, developing a strong personal brand, promoting one's brand, and finding a happy medium between being too passive or aggressive. The goal is for women to advocate for themselves effectively without reinforcing negative stereotypes.
This document provides guidance on developing confidence and skills for public speaking. It discusses managing nervousness, choosing topics, organizing speeches, delivering content, analyzing audiences, gathering materials, using language effectively, and preparing for questions. The key points are:
1) Public speaking anxiety is common but can be transformed into "positive nervousness" through practice and experience.
2) Speeches should be thoroughly prepared, organized into an introduction, body and conclusion, and delivered extemporaneously with vocal and physical expression.
3) Speakers should select topics they are passionate about, understand their audience's interests and perspectives, and support their points with examples, statistics and vivid language.
4) Preparation involves researching,
This document is the magazine for TEDxRyersonU 2014. It includes letters from the curator and editor, and profiles of the steering team leads. The curator's letter introduces the theme of echoes and how the team aims to share ideas. The editor's letter discusses empathy and self-care. The profiles provide details on the roles and favorite TED talks of the production, marketing, finance, speakers, and other steering leads in planning the conference events.
This document provides a collection of life philosophies and advice on how to live a great life. It includes sections on life advice, such as forgetting regret, asking for help when needed, and believing you are worthy. Relationship advice focuses on listening to others, expressing love daily, and showing appreciation. The overarching message is that small acts of positivity, like kindness and forgiveness, can help one achieve fulfillment and build strong relationships.
1. The document discusses how collaboration and sharing ideas ("none of us is as smart as all of us") can help shape our futures. It focuses on a "nail puzzle" challenge and how teams solve problems through discussion, experimentation, and learning from each other.
2. Learning is described as not being linear, but more like a "tropical garden" where people explore different areas that interest them. True learning involves both cognitive and affective domains, involving feelings and experiences not just facts.
3. For digital offerings to be truly transformational, they must focus on how audiences actually receive and internalize information, through listening, sharing, and prioritizing user experience
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CRazYZoo! is a simple and personally meaningful method of learning about oneself and about others by determining to which of the six classic human types you belong. This helps you to grow self-esteem, open-mindedness and tolerance, and improve your communication and relationship skills. It is written as an action-filled fable in which lions, St-Bernards and foxes help you make important choices as you progress through the story.
Positive Change Maker Interview: Tash WillcocksMichael Kurz
Tash Willcocks sees her contribution as enabling and empowering others to create positive change through small, incremental actions that ripple out. She has been inspired by seeing talented older women make a difference and started the #aceatanyage project to highlight them. Working with students at Hyper Island has triggered her own transformation as she adapts to new ways of thinking each year. She finds movements toward sustainability and youth activism moving, but fears consumption patterns may bounce back after COVID. She recommends Liminal Thinking by Dave Gray to challenge limiting beliefs and Jameela Jamil's positive activism on social media.
You can speak with confidence. If you follow the pointers
and tips in these coming pages, I have no doubt you’ll
become an accomplished public speaker. That may sound
like a bold assertion but I’m absolutely convinced it’s true.
Everybody can learn to speak well.
Despite this, many people are scared of getting up to talk
in front of an audience. There’s even a technical term for
this: glossophobia. It’s so common that it’s believed to
affect up to 75 per cent of the population, with an
estimated 10 per cent of those at the more extreme end of
the spectrum. If you are one of the many who make up this
number, it may strike you that your glossophobia is
insurmountable. It isn’t. With the right preparation and
support, you can overcome your barriers and stumbling
blocks. In the following chapters I will help you look at
speaking in a fresh way that will dissipate much of the
anxiety and put you in control. I say ‘much’, rather than
‘all’, because some nerves are a good thing. Harnessed in
the right way, they bring the necessary energy to your
performance. They help you to focus and connect.
One of the fundamentals of successful public speaking is
to understand that, no matter how good at it you become,
it’s always the audience that is the star. They’re the focus.
Not you. Later on in this book, I’ll explain how this works
and how to use it to your advantage – because by truly
understanding this, you can boost your self-confidence and
performance. I’ll also be exploring why public speaking is
most definitely not one-way traffic. The best speeches
mirror a conversation, and actively provoke interaction and
reaction.
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1. A Brief Introduction to the Alternative Leadership Philosophy
lead
how to
without followers
By Dave Ursillo
2. Hi, I’m Dave Ursillo
and I’m really honored to borrow your attention for a few minutes.
“Lead Without Followers” (formerly, The Quiet Leader) is what I call an alternative
leadership philosophy: a radical redefinition of what it means to be a leader.
In a world that desperately needs a new generation of selfless, inspired and dedi-
cated leaders, my new book Lead Without Followers (September 2011) empowers
men and women in any and every walk of life to become genuine, effective and
influential leaders—every day.
This philosophy is the culmination of the last 3 years of my life. It’s why I started
blogging. It’s why I quit a job I hated, abandoned a life of unhappiness and have
dedicated every minute of every day to share this positive message with the world.
But you’ll learn more about all of that as you read on :)
This e-book is a brief introduction to the Lead Without Followers philosophy. I was inspired to hire the very
talented Lisa Valuyskaya of IdeaStylist to design this e-book as a free gift for my blog readers, friends and fel-
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Dave Ursillo How to Lead Without Followers: the World Domination Summit Talk I Never Gave Introduction
3. How do you tell a conference of 500 of some of the
most talented and ambitious game-changers around
that—in spite of their noble aims, world-shifting aspirations
and even with their current successes—they’re all…
kind of going about it wrong?
Well, at Chris Guillebeau’s worLd domination summit (wds) in Portland,
Oregon this past June, I didn’t quite get the opportunity.
You see, a few months ago I was totally surprised to have been selected as a
potential speaker at WDS. All 500 conference-goers voted on about a dozen
“attendee-led” workshop proposals, including my own. What I submitted to
Chris’ amazing team of volunteers was called, “H ow to L e ad w i tHout F oLLo -
wer s .”
Well, I never got the opportunity to present the workshop, but simply being
included in that list of potential presenters (some wildly successful authors,
speakers, bloggers, businesspersons and entrepreneurs) was truly an incredi-
ble and humbling honor.
And yet, as I sat in the crowd in Portland this past week—as one of
five-hundred faces—I couldn’t help but drift into vivid daydreams of
what I would say, and how I would say it, as if I was on that stage
after all.
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4. After red-eyeing back to Boston from Portland early one morning,
I wrote the speech as it flowed to the forefront of my mind;
raw and hardly-formatted, authentic and in free form.
Read it in your head as you would on stage, in a group,
in front of a crowd… or however you please.
Whatever you do,
use your imagination.
5. The World Domination Summit Talk I Never Gave
“There’s truly a special feeling among the room
here—and I think you feel the same thing.
it’s not a pat-ourselves-on-the-back sort of thing. it’s an indefinable, indistinguishable,
impossible-to-totally-describe sensation of what brought us all here. that’s what is so
special about coming together for an event like this.
if it’s here at the World Domination Summit, or at a ballgame for your hometown team,
or at a fashion show… you and that crowd of complete strangers are brought together
for something beyond your differences.
there’s a sensation of unabashed unity, a common denominator among
us, a shared foundation of support and learning that makes us each
a complete equal to those sitting around you. you share a passion,
an interest, a hobby, an “appreciation of,” and upon that humble
basis you are suddenly interwoven with hundreds and thousands
of amazing and unique people, in a very special way.
...but what is it about WDS that feels so special to us here today?
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6. in spite of the titles and taglines of all of the wonderful workshops
and spectacular speeches this weekend in Portland, you know,
I really don’t think that “special feeling” we all feel has been about
attracting a following… or gaining popularity… or achieving
mega-noticeable goals.
what has united us is far less about writing and speaking, or tweeting and SEOing.
so, what is it that brought us here?
Well, there’s location-independence, lifestyle design,
entrepreneurship, authorship, blogging, social media
and much more, but, even still, the World Domination
Summit promises to one major encouragement…
one special take-away… one thing, one reason why
we’re all here: to lead.
Lead in your field, lead in your line of
work, lead your life, lead among your
communities, lead in your industry…
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7. Yes, every one of these speakers is here to intrigue you, to entice you, to encourage you
and to absolutely implore and even demand you to lead. Think to the shared
message each presenter has spoken, the true reason that drew us here and that we each
feel cascading and flowing between us in this room:
• take personal responsibility,
• take the initiative,
• take charge,
• take the time,
• take a chance,
• take advantage of the moment,
• take hold of all of the wonderful opportunities that lay before you.
that. is. leadership.
but we don’t call it that.
what i’m here to ask you today is.................. why not?
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8. Lead Without Followers
the message I’m here to deliver is an “alternative leadership” philosophy—really,
a mindset, a different perspective on leadership and what it means to be a
leader—that we arent used to hearing on the news, or discussing with people or
simply thinking about in our own heads.
i call this alternative leadership philosophy, Lead Without Followers.
......what do you think when you hear that phrase?
what sensation, emotions or thoughts spring forth from within you?
if you’re like me when I first thought of this little phrase…
do you think it’s backwards? nonsense?
a complete contradiction? outright hypocritical?
to be honest, I wouldn’t blame you for saying right now,
“ you know, guy-whose-name-I’ve-already-forgotten-because-I-just-
heard-your-name-for-the-first-time-and-really-don’t-know-who-you-are…
you’re on stage right now, in front of a massive PowerPoint slide that
reads ‘Lead Without Followers’ … while you stand in front of an
audience of 500 f$!*&ing people!”
......fair point :)
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9. Before we go any further, we should step back. I want to introduce myself and
tell you a little bit about my story. after all, the reason we’re all here is to con-
nect with one another as human beings, and to share our human stories.
my name is Dave Ursillo (since you’ve all probably already forgotten)
I’m a 25-year-old writer from Rhode Island currently living in Boston, Massa-
chusetts. And outside of simply calling myself a writer because writing is truly
my deepest passion in life, I suppose I would also call myself a leader.
Although I’m not quite sure why.
when I was young, still watching Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and pretending to be
a superhero in my backyard, my parents would tell me that my teachers said I was a
leader among my peers. I had no idea what that meant, and i also didn’t care much
(“…Did Mrs. Stanley mention that I scored 2 goals in recess yesterday?!”).
• I’m not sure if hearing this as a young kid planted proverbial seeds in my
head, but as I grew up and got to the age of around 12, I began taking a strong
interest in government and the ways politics worked.
• By 13 or 14, I felt like I could actually shoulder the responsibility of being a lea-
der, and felt that I should take a huge leap of faith and run for class president,
which would take effect the following year as a freshman in high school.
• And then, by the age of 15, September 11th, 2001 occurred.....................
…and suddenly, being the best leader that I could be — in a world that appeared to so
desperately need it — became the single biggest, solitary priority in my young life.
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10. I naturally felt the draw of a leader, a calling to leadership,
but, who was I to lead?
From this point, my story goes a little like this:
• 4 consecutive years of elected student government (didnt really like it)
• co-captain of my league champion high school lacrosse team (wasnt good
enough to do anything more with that)
• recipient of the Military Order of the World Wars Bronze Award as an Army
ROTC cadet with the Bay State Battalion in college (i write about flowers, not
exactly a typical military dude)
• contributing writer, sectional editor, and eventual editor-in-chief of the only of-
ficial student newspaper at my Alma matter, the College of the Holy Cross, and
acting as one of two student-liasons to the dean of students about on-campus
affairs (i got named as a defendant in a federal lawsuit, which kinda sucked…)
• meanwhile I worked and interned in 5 federal and state governmental offices
over 6 years from 2003 to 2009, including,
• the White House Council on Environmental Quality in 2008 (and eventually in-
terviewing for a position in the Office of the Staff Secretary in the West Wing…
but a Harvard grad stole that job from me)
• and as a “body man” to a popular gubernatorial candidate in 2009 (not body
double… or body guard… or because of my incredible, hulk-like physique.. the
job woulda more accurately been called, “assistant bitch” )
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11. i found problems and had qualms with just about every one of these experiences,
and was ultimately turned away from them—or simply realized i was not passio-
nate enough to invest my entire life into them as fully as i possibly could have.
…and i began to wonder what was wrong with me.
why couldnt i seem to find any true “fit” for my deep-rooted
passions for helping people, and serving others, and doing good,
and making positive change in the world?
why could i not find the right field of leadership that suited my
talents and skills, as well as my passions and drives…?
what was wrong with me?
one night, when i was still living in washington dc (shortly after my White House internship) and as the
international economy truly imploded across the globe—this was even before i was a body man a few
months later in 2009—i found myself battling a very odd and uncharacteristic bout of insomnia.
i was sitting in my really nice apartment in the nation’s capital,
feeling very lonely, and lost, and helpless.
and i couldnt sleep.
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12. so, as a true writer, i grabbed my journal. it was a cool night but i wanted to be out-
side so i wheeled my computer chair onto my little cement patio, bundled up a bit
and wrote to the glow of the street lights below.
……what was wrong with me?
i remember looking to the stars for answers, and hearing no response.
i remember looking across the street and seeing dim flickers of televisions
in dark apartments and wondering who was inside… what they were doing
with their lives… what drove them… what held them back….
i remember replaying the experiences i just described to you, over
and over again in my head. all those fields of leadership. politics,
government, journalism, military, athletics…
and i tried in that moment to find the missing link.. the hiding key…
what was evading me so well and spinning me into a confused and
desperate state at 22 years of age. and then, i remember writing,
“I know in my heart that I am a leader.
But who am I to lead?”
13. you see, ingrained in my mind was a social paradigm, a cultural meme,
something that dictated i was a follower, not a leader.
that i needed to “work my way up” to be any sort of “real” leader.
that i needed to play the game, invest my entire life proving something
to someone for some set of reasons i didn’t agree with, but were (apparently)
unquestionably unchangeable, static, stagnant, permanent and forever.
and when i thought of that possibility, i felt dead inside.
I refused to invest 10, 20, 30, even 40 years of my life or longer to “play the game”,
to kiss up to powerbrokers and shake hands with assholes who think theyre bet-
ter than you just for wearing a nicer suit—and all for the possible opportunity to
maybe, just hopefully, “some day” far away have barely a chance to maybe express
my deeply rooted love of others and my want to serve people and my need to share
kind and positive and intrinsically good messages to inspire others to live better,
right now, and to help others do the same.
but everywhere i had been looking, there were rules, regulations,
confinements and constrictions that made you play the game.
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14. in a system that requires you to “play games” with real human beings,
encourages to throw out your moral character and your values…. who
even knows if by the point where i could have possibly done some good by
elevating my way through that system, reaching some place or position of
genuine power and status and influence… who knows if I’d still be even a
shred of my former self… or if I’d just be another corrupted, compromised
“player” who cut corners and cheated himself out of who he truly was… just
to get ahead.
i read that line over and over again in my journal:
“I know in my heart that I am a leader. But who am I to lead?” and in a
moment that i will always remember, without knowing what i was thinking
or why, i wrote,
“Is it possible for one to lead,
without having others follow?”
and suddenly, everything that I thought I knew about leadership changed.
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15. what is leadership? and what does it really mean for someone to be a leader?
Your drive, your passions, your talents, your loves and wishes and dreams—
your ability to lead your life by good example, by your own choosing and in
your own unique ways...... who says we need anyone else’s permission
to do that?
does anyone outside of your individual self give you power or
permission to take charge, to assume personal responsibility, to
take positive action, to fight the status quo, to overcome acts of
evil and indifference, to inspire, to take up the torch and carry it
on, and on, and on, in the darkest of nights?
No!
No. the answer is simply, no.
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16. And so for what reason would you ever allow someone to say
that you’re not a leader… because you don’t have followers?
and command an audience of hundreds? or wear a fancy suit? or get called
Senator or Congressperson? or make a 6-, 7-, or 8-figure salary per year?
or drive an expensive car?
don’t these things — what I call “social qualifiers of success” that we all
innately and often subconsciously recognize as qualifying someone as
“successful” and “powerful” and “influential” and, thus, an “expert” or
“pro” or “leader” — arent they the very things that corrupt people, that
distract our attention, and cloud our judgement, and stain the purity
of our souls?
why should we rely upon these things to tell us
and the world at large who are leaders when we
can lead by good and noble example more purely
and freely and boldly without them??
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17. ….although the name of this session is ‘how to lead without followers’ the truth is
that here today, i’m not going to deliver the ‘how’ part, only the ‘why’.
now is simply the time to deliver the ‘why’.
because somehow, some way,
i think i want to leave it up to you
— each and every one of you, in your own unique ways, in all of your walks
of life, with your own ambitions and longings and dreams to guide you —
to determine the ‘how’ for yourselves.”
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18. you’ve gotten a taste of the why...
now you need to learn the how!
In spite of it’s “How-To” title, this non-speech was meant to be a tease — merely an introduction to
some of the compelling and powerful ideas that constitute this revolutionary alternative leadership
philosophy called, Lead Without Followers.
The good news? The “how” is here!
19. About Dave Ursillo
Alternative Leadership Writer, Blogger & Speaker
Dave Ursillo is a 25-year-old writer, speaker and life-explorer at DaveUrsillo.com.
The former “politico” insider abandoned his career path in public service amid
an identity crisis and depression at age 23, instead opting to pursue his dream
of becoming a career-long author and speaker.
As the founder of the Lead Without Followers alternative leadership philosophy,
Dave teaches people how to become leaders in any walk of life by nurturing
quiet, profound senses of personal leadership.
Ursillo can be read throughout the web and has been featured on local and national media outlets, recently
including CBS Sunday Morning. For speaking engagement inquries and interview requests, email Dave now!
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