Do you want to grow your business? Are you willing to grow yourself in order to grow your business? Are you willing to be uncomfortable? In what ways would you and your business grow IF you were 30% more courageous?

Our special guest David Wood will answer these and other questions about personal growth, leadership, entrepreneurship and courageous leadership.

David Wood is a former consulting actuary to Fortune 100 companies. He built the world’s largest coaching business, becoming #1 on Google for life coaching and coaching thousands of hours in 12 countries around the globe.

As well as helping others, David is no stranger to overcoming challenges himself, having survived a full collapse of his paraglider and a fractured spine, witnessing the death of his sister at age seven, anxiety and depression, and a national Gong Show! (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YgKwAJieQes).

He coaches high-performing business owners to double revenue, and their time off by focusing on less and being 30% more courageous in their business or career.

Show Notes

Episode highlights…

Understanding role of vulnerability and authenticity in true influence and leadership
Role of humility in leadership
Relationship between humility and intimacy in leadership
Practice more revealing to create more intimacy, influence and trust
Power of authentic relating in life and leadership
Practicing vulnerability in leadership
Vulnerability is risk, but worth it (especially in leadership)
Shifting the question from what could go wrong to what could go right
Role of patterns in life, relationships and leadership
Impacts of preambles in communications and relationships
Using ownership language in your relationships and leadership
Being 30% more courageous in your business and leadership
The trap of being comfortable and strategies for being intentionally uncomfortable
Why playing it safe is the most dangerous thing you can do
Critical question: What’s one thing you’re willing to do in the direction of your dreams?
Importance of dignity for yourself and others in leadership

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