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Ed Tate, CSP, WCPS

@ETate

We help your presentations win business.

 Las Vegas, NV
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Joined December 2008
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Check out my latest article: Your Prospect: Buyer or Explorer? 3 Ways to Tell Now! linkedin.com/pulse/your-pros… via @LinkedIn
Your Prospect: Buyer or Explorer? 3 Ways to Tell Now!

Your Prospect: Buyer or Explorer? 3 Ways to Tell Now!

Are You a Buyer or an Explorer? I sent the same person a proposal twice. The first time, they disappeared.

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Author Jeanette Winterson on going for it: "I have noticed that doing the sensible thing is only a good idea when the decision is quite small. For the life-changing things, you must risk it." Source: Why Be Happy When You Could Be Normal?
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Saying “The Quiet Part” Out Loud open.substack.com/pub/edtate…
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More Speaking Bookings, Higher Fees – Early Bird Ends Tonight - bit.ly/GameChangers2025
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More Speaking Bookings, Higher Fees – Early Bird Ends Tonight - mailchi.mp/edtate/reserve-yo…
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Assessing your progress: Avoid "To-Date Thinking," focusing on where your project is to date. Research warns this may lead to a false sense of accomplishment and cause you to slack off. Instead, Embrace...
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"To-Go Thinking." It focuses on the distance left to go, which increases motivation. Never overly congratulate yourself on a half-finished task. Save the praise for when the job is entirely done.
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I think her name was Madz, one of the guest speakers, who said, "I never overthink! Which is why I succeed."
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Improve your productivity by becoming a better procrastinator! 1. Prioritize your #1 project. 2. Schedule it daily. (1 hour or 2) 3. No multi-tasking. 4. Focus on one thing at a time. 5. Procrastinate on the other projects. 6. Rinse & Repeat. Go to priority #2. …
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3 Rules to Start Your Next Presentation. 1. Paper, not your PC 2. I.D. the K.F.D. What do you want your audience to * Know, * Feel, * Do? 3. Slides: Think Billboard, not Document: 10-20-30 Rule: * 10 slides * 20 minutes * 30-point font.
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The crux is the most complex and challenging part of mountain climbing. Unless you solve the crux, your climb will not be successful. As entrepreneurs [or everyday people], we also have a crux. Unless we solve this complex problem, we will not be successful. What's your crux?
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Feelings don't lead you to the right way to act. It's right actions that lead to positive feelings.
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Medicators are not the same as Medicine. Medicators are what you reach for when you are stuck: - alcohol - drugs - food - shopping - watching screens Sometimes, the best Medicine is to face and fix the issue.
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We live in a “Scrolling Society.” Successful people Stop the scroll. In what ways do you stop the scroll?
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You ‘make’ your money during the day. You ‘collect’ your money at night- @chrisrock Make = Your preparation. Collect = Your performance. As a keynote speaker, I make my money by writing & rehearsing. I collect at the keynote. How do you make & collect your money?
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Courage on Demand with I.C.A.M. I: Identify the fear C: Countdown 3-2-1-Go! A: take the smallest Action M: Momentum. No that you have started. Keep it going. Say to yourself, “I’ve got This!”
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Will your presentation pass “The Fire Alarm” test? If the fire alarm goes off, will your audience return or only a few? How can you make your presentation so compelling that everyone rushes back for more?
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What’s your procrastination distraction? Here are my top 3: 1. Reading 2. Exercising 3. Cleaning Not so bad, right? But if I ask if there’s something more important I should be doing, and the answer is yes, then this list isn’t great. What’s your go-to distraction?
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Blow up success with this 4-step formula: Progress = D + A + F + I D: Decide – What’s your goal? A: Act – Stop planning. Start DOING! Get in the game! F: Feedback – Learn from flops & failures. You’re learning! Not Failing! I: Iterate – Keep tweaking till you crush it!
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Shy? Here’s the lesson my cousin taught me: ✅ Don’t say no before they do. ✅ Always ask. My first big pitch? Asking Lolita, the prom queen, to prom. She said yes. A few seconds of courage changed my life.
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