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Stan Phelps New Speaker Reel
https://youtu.be/YIHqAf2fogc New Speaker Reel Excited to share my NEW 2-minute Speaker Reel. Here is the world debut...Huge thanks to Aaron Lympany for his amazing work on the Project. From briefing, to scripting, to shooting and editing, it was a super fun process....
New Speaker Reel Coming on 2/12
Excited for my NEW speaker reel to debut on Monday, 2/12. Huge thanks to my awesome videographer Aaron Lympany of Rhymes With Timpani who has been there every step and frame of the way.Like a good Super Bowl commercial, let me give you some teasers:- there will be...
Extrinsic vs. intrinsic Rewards – What Makes a Difference to The Bottom Line?
Extrinsic factors like salary and benefits don't necessarily lead to employee motivation or boost firm performance. What does? Intrinsic elements. That's what Dan Ariely shared on a recent episode of the Prof G podcast with Scott Galloway. The Green Goldfish concept,...
The 8 Purpose Archetypes
"People don't buy WHAT you do... they buy WHY you do it." This famous quote by Simon Sinek speaks to the power of a company's PURPOSE and its role in driving customer engagement and loyalty. In "Red Goldfish," Graeme Newell and I examined more than 300 companies. We...
What Can Andre Agassi Teach Us About Excelling Under Pressure?
What can Andre Agassi teach us about Excelling Under Pressure and winning in business?Plenty.In this 8-minute talk from the 2023 AENC Speaker Showcase, I share lessons from the book, "Diamond Goldfish". https://youtu.be/Q8fDW4oow9M In the words of Marcel Proust, "The...
Celebrating 10 years as an ANA instructor
I'm typically not a fan of when LinkedIn publishes your work anniversaries. But today is a rare exception. Today marks my 10th anniversary of being an Instructor for the Association of National Advertisers (ANA).I've been honored to be part of ANA's Marketing Training...
The “Barbie” movie’s quest for PINK paint led to a global shortage
It was because the movie decided to leverage the Pink Goldfish strategy of Lopsiding. Greta Gerwig, who directed and co-wrote the script with Noah Baumbach, told "Architectural Digest" that the color was all-important to the movie. "Maintaining the ‘kid-ness’ was...
Life Lessons from Ted Lasso
"Be Like a Goldfish." That was the last four words of Ted Lasso. It is also the first of three life lessons from the iconic show. OK - you might think I'm partial to Goldfish because of my books. But to steal a line from Will Ferrell in the movie Elf, "It's just nice...
Rick Rubin’s New Book “The Creative Act”? celebrates the Pink Goldfish concepts of embracing imperfection and defying norms
Through vivid examples like the Leaning Tower of Pisa, the Japanese art form of kintsugi, and even the unexpected triumph of AI in the game of Go, Rubin demonstrates how embracing flaws and deviating from accepted norms can lead to remarkable breakthroughs. One of the...
Together We Can Change the World 2023 Fundraiser
Are you navigating the gray areas of leading across five generations in the workplace? Today, I'm announcing a limited time fundraiser to benefit Together We Can Change The World. You can support a worthy cause while unlocking the secrets to successful leadership...