On October 15 at 10:00pm CST I will be speaking at PajamaConf, and by speaking at… I mean virtually from the comfort of my home office. Fine, I don’t have a home office. Also, there’s a reason I’m speaking so late… We’ll get to that momentarily. First a little about the conference from the website:
On Oct 15 & 16, passionate entrepreneurs, doer, and starters will converge online to teach you from their personal experience. Learn tactics for conquering fear, learning from failure, writing simply and effectively, and becoming more persuasive — all while staying in your pajamas
The bottom line is that there are a lot of smart people speaking and you absolutely cannot beat the $10 price tag.
Now, back to why I’m speaking at 10:00pm CST. If you attend my session, I’m encouraging you to have a couple of glasses of your poison of choice before our workshop. It’ll help put you in the right frame of mind AND potentially make me more interesting to listen to.
My topic is, “A Few Beers Deep: How to Overcome Fear & Complacency by Approaching ALMOST Everything You Do as if You Had a Nice Buzz”
Some of the things we’ll explore are:
- Exploring worst case scenarios
- Taking the “right” risks
- Reframing to leverage the little steps
Also – I’ll share some personal examples where I’ve used this strategy and it has led to some really amazing professional opportunities. Finally, I’ll reserve more than half the time just to answer questions and have a candid discussion with everyone about anything related to overcoming fear & the art of persuasion as it relates to entrepreneurship.
What other things would you like to learn about? What fears do you want to overcome? What’s your biggest hurdle with respect to entrepreneurship? Let me know in the comments and I’ll randomly select two people to receive a free ticket to the conference.
Hey Ryan! This sounds like a great conference, and I’m excited to check it out! To answer your questions, I’d be interested in learning more about this “art of persuasion” you mention. It is something that has always felt very unnatural to me, so I’d love to hear what tips you have in that respect, especially on how to “sell” oneself. Regarding fears I wish to overcome, I’d say I’m sometimes paralyzed by overanalyzation — though, perhaps that’s where the “nice buzz” part comes in? 😉 For your last question, I wouldn’t call myself an entrepreneur by any means, but I do have aspirations for freelancing, so I would say a major hurdle I’m facing is just configuring a plan to get started. I’m a big believer in the idea that you don’t need to have every duck in line before you jump in (because things will change as you learn more anyway), but, when it comes to business, how much can you afford to leave to chance?