• Host: Dr. Allen Lycka
• Guest: Corey Poirier
• TEDx speaker (5 times)
• Wall Street Journal USA Today best-selling author
• Recognized as one of Success Magazine's 15 Emergent Entrepreneurs

Corey Poirier's Journey

• Background: Raised in a small town by a single mother
• Early Challenges:
• Barely graduated high school
• Didn't read his first book until age 27
• Turning Point:
• Influential Books: How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie, Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
• Serendipitously discovered stand-up comedy and professional speaking

Stand-Up Comedy Beginnings

• First Experience: Tricked into performing, faced fear by going first, bombed twice but persisted
• Career Development:
• Continued performing despite early failures
• Performed approximately 700 times over nine years
• Transitioned from comedy to professional speaking

Becoming a TEDx Speaker

• First TEDx Talk: Gained an opportunity after a cancellation, applied late but got selected
• Strategy for Success:
• Reverse-engineered the process of getting selected
• Built relationships with organizers
• Plans to retire from TEDx after five talks

Public Speaking Insights

• Building a Career: Emphasizes the difficulty and competitiveness of the field
• Importance of Relationships: Critical for securing speaking engagements
• Proving Worth: Demonstrating the ability to solve problems for the audience

The Power of a Purpose Statement

• Definition: Similar to a mission statement for individuals
• Corey's Personal Mission: To motivate, donate, educate, inspire, and entertain daily
• Using a Purpose Statement:
• Helps in decision-making (what to say no and yes to)
• Example of how to say no without burning bridges

Finding Your Purpose

• Ikigai: Japanese concept for finding purpose (combination of what you love, what you're good at, what the world needs, and what you can be paid for)
• Passion as a Gateway to Purpose:
• Identifying passions through a list and baby steps
• Passion leads to discovering one's purpose over time

E + R = O Formula

• Explanation:
• Event (E) + Response (R) = Outcome (O)
• The pause between event and response is crucial
• Practical Application:
• Helps in controlling reactions to everyday events
• Example: Responding calmly to someone cutting you off in traffic

Conclusion

• Corey's New Book: The Enlightened Passenger
• Final Thoughts: Emphasizing the importance of purpose and thoughtful responses in life

BIO:

Corey Poirier is a multiple-time TEDx Speaker, a Wall Street Journal / USA Today Bestselling Author, and was recently announced as one of just 15 SUCCESS Magazine Emerging Entrepreneurs (a first-time award).

Social Media:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/speakercoreypoirier/

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