158: Connect with people who encourage you to do better - a podcast by Jason W. Womack MEd, MA

For a few moments, today, pause long enough to think of some of YOUR goals for improving and increasing your connections. I believe that you will be where you are 60 months from now…

Working where you work
Living where you live
Loving who you love
Experiencing what you experience

60 months from now you will have what you have based on the 5 or so people you connect the most with. So, starting today, think about those influential people in your life, and consider reaching out to them to reconnect.

In this podcast, let me share just a couple of my thoughts about the importance of sincerely connecting with those you work, live and love with. And, when it comes to making your best even better, any of these tactics will help you connect - and communicate - more clearly at work and in life next week (or, this weekend!).

Number 1: bring to mind someone influential in your life. Ok, I know that’s a big, heavy prompt. Instead, answer this question - a question I asked 120 business leaders in Mexico last Monday- “Who is someone in your life who asked you a question at some point in your career and that question made you really think?

Whether you call that person a coach or a mentor, there have been people in your life who you know have helped you a long the way. This month, Get Momentum members around the world spent about an hour thinking about how their network has influenced them in positive ways, and how to continue growing those meaningful relationships through time.

Number 2: how do you feel after you walk away from conversations with people?

I talked about this during some of my 1X1 coaching meetings with clients earlier this week. I remember when I lived in Mexico City a long time ago, I was impressed by the culture of “togetherness” and at the same time I was enamored with the honesty and frankness of conversations. At one point, during a long dialogue with a small group of leaders, I told a story about leadership and developing leaders.

No more than 2 minutes later, one of other people in the conversation referred to what I had mentioned, but he did so by “saying it more correctly.” In some of the translation that I did in my head, I had mixed up a few words and phrases. What was so amazing to me was that he was able to “correct” what I had said, but he did so without putting me in the spotlight or bringing a lot of attention to the error I had made. I walked away from that conversation feeling really good about the interaction with everyone.

And, at the end of EVERY conversation with someone ask yourself how you “feel” having spent time with them. My advice, spend more time with people who make you feel good while you’re talking with them. That way, your life will change…For the better.

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