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Oct 2022
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My Five in Five Discoveries for Success ...

Sarah Archer: Speaker, Comedian, Author, Playwright and Coach
About this episode

Five years ago, I launched The Speaking Club and it’s been an interesting journey. From me talking to myself in a little cubby hole, wondering if anyone would listen, to the show being downloaded in over 190 countries and it becoming a top 1% podcast, regularly in the charts.

To recognise this milestone, I decided that I wanted to share my biggest learnings over the past five years, some of which I’ve already covered with you in podcast episodes and some which haven’t. 

I hope that some of the aha moments I’ve had and share with you here, will help you too. Maybe as a new concept that gives you insight and shifts something that might be holding you back, or as a reminder for something you know but has bobbed below the surface.

Where there is a companion episode, I’ll point you to it in case you want to dig deeper. 

Enjoy!

 

What you’ll discover:

  • The counter intuitive positioning for growing your audience
  • Why letting go of what you want is the best way to get it.
  • The critical distinction between intention and attention.
  • The concepts of hot and cold cognition.
  • When being competitive can lead to less not more.

 

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Companion Episodes:

How to Avoid Drowning Your Future in the Well of Intention - 170

Getting Results with the Law of Attraction… Whether You Believe it or Not! With Andrew Kap - 166

The Biggest Mistake in Pitching and Presenting and How to Avoid it! - 093

Build Your Niche, Not Your Brand - 094

 

Books:

Grab your copy of Straight to the Top - How to Create and Deliver a Killer Elevator Pitch

Grab your copy of Cracking Speech Mate - How to Add Humour to Make You An Amazing Speaker

Play Bigger by Christopher Lockhead et al

Niche Down by Christopher Lockead

Pitch Anything by Oren Klaff 

 

Resources:

Nail Your Signature Talk Programme

Take the Snackable Story Challenge

The Speaking Club ‘Live’ Membership

https://www.saraharcher.co.uk

UNICEF UKRAINE AID

RED CROSS UKRAINE AID

https://www.goodnewsnetwork.org

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