Episode #133 - Finding Your Niche (In This Ever Changing World)

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Welcome to the podcast where relationships, confidence, and

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determination all converge into

an amazing, heartfelt experience.

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This is Speaking From The Heart.

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Joshua: Welcome back to episode number

133 of Speaking From The Heart, and I'm

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asking you to dig a little bit deeper

than you usually would in today's episode,

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because I want you to harness not only the

existing knowledge, skills, and abilities

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that you have, but to think about what

it means to have those skills in this

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ever changing world so that you can

find that existing niche, or new niche,

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that you're about ready to enter into.

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I know that this world is ever

changing, and we've even talked about

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the fact that in this ever changing

world, we have to be adaptive.

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We have to learn new ways in which

we can process and identify different

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types of mediums, or even different

types of ideas or concepts, that we

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normally wouldn't have explored before.

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These new niches, especially with the

rise of artificial intelligence, better

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known as AI, has really helped with

the technological advancements over

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the last year and a half or two years,

depending on how you look at it, but

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even with all these advances, the age

old question of: "Is my job going to

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exist?", is on many Americans, let alone

the whole world's minds, especially as

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we continue to evolve the technology.

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I want you to feel comfortable knowing

that technology is something that we

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shouldn't be scared about if we know how

to harness it and be able to use it with

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the things that we're able to grow and

adapt in, so I want to explore not just

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the ways in which technology can help

you, but maybe to rethink the ways in

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which you're thinking about this subject,

contrary to what the media and other

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individuals will tell you, because as

always, we always have to read in the news

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about the fact that the technology that

we're developing is replacing jobs, and I

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know that it can be very scary, especially

if we are in one of those industries that

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have that problem coming up, especially

in the next 10, 20, 30 years, but if

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you start planning today, and you start

looking at how you can take your skillset

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into something that is a lot more

comfortable to deal with, maybe even using

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what you have learned to help advance that

technology, it can go such a long way.

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I have even heard in my industry, the

coaching industry as a whole, about how we

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can easily be replaced, but I don't think

anything will ever change the fact that

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our ability to interact with individuals

on a one on one, group, or even overall

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level of interactivity on the physical

sense will be able to be replaced by AI.

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We have to use the powers that we already

have mastered inside of ourselves,

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so before you go ahead and think that

you have to learn black magic or white

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magic like you would in a fantasy video

game, especially one of my favorites,

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Final Fantasy, hold on to your hats, and

even those pointed little hats, to hear

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what I have to say about this subject.

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The skills that we have already learned,

the things in which we've been able

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to learn not only in terms of the soft

skills, whether that's communicating,

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maybe even learning how to write, maybe

even learning how to grow in a variety

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of different techniques and skills, such

as learning another language, can make

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such a vast difference in this world,

especially with the things that we still

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have to develop, but what if I told you

that the hard skills, the things in which

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you might have gotten certifications,

degrees, even other skills that you've

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learned, can make such a big difference

in transferring it from the industry that

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you're in into something completely new?

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We have to think outside the box

a bit, and it takes a lot out of

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someone, especially if you're stuck

in the mindset of always thinking that

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you're going to be stuck in that job

that you've always been in forever,

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to try to change your perspective.

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Look at me, a state civil servant, still

trying to think myself outside the box,

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knowing that I have the capability and

the abilities to do just the same, but

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even with all those things said, being

able to take that comfort level and apply

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it to something else takes great skill.

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It means mastering something that

you normally don't think about

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before, and you have to learn how

to take that skillset to use it into

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a whole other realm of possibility.

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I think it's about an exercise of

not only listing out all the skills

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that you have, whether they are with

communicating, whether they are doing

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process improvement, whether it is

developing business strategy, maybe

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it is welding, maybe it is carpentry,

maybe it is electricity; depending on

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what you have going on, it can have all

kinds of implications if you're able

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to transfer those skills into something

that is more packageable, and when I

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mean by packageable, I actually mean

repurposing them into something that is

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a lot more attractive for people to see.

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I usually do this in my resume services

that I offer through my business, Your

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Speaking Voice, LLC, in which I take

a client's resume and revamp it into

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showing what the true possibilities

are, not only in the skills that they've

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learned and some of the jobs that

might be considered entry level, but

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actually digging deep into what they

actually had in terms of challenges.

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What are some of the things that they've

actually have accomplished, while at

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the same time, be able to showcase what

they have been truly able to achieve.

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Now, I know that you could already

say that AI can do all those things,

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but what if I told you that AI is not

smart enough quite yet to identify

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what that panel is that you're sending

that resume to, or even dealing with

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a variety of different personalities,

skill sets that you probably didn't

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put into AI, let alone learning about

the overall company, process, and

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procedures in order to understand and

get in front of an interview panel

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that will help you to be successful?

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Are you going to go back to AI for

that, or are you going to work with

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someone that has been through that

experience time and time again in

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the industry that they are choosing?

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I think that we need to be heralds of

our own mastery, the witchcraft that

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I've talked about earlier, which,

although I chuckle at it, I think that

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we are all wise sages and mages for that

matter to be able to learn and harness

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the unbelievable power of potential

that we have inside of ourselves.

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I've always talked about it on this

podcast, but what if I would just

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say to you that if finding your niche

means looking at what you already

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have, and transferring it into

something that is a lot more seeable

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and believable, that you'll be able to

survive any sort of change that occurs?

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Let me explain what I mean by that.

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AI in itself is in its infancy.

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It still has a lot of bugs and

kinks to be worked out, and

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it doesn't have the world's

repository quite at its fingertips.

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It's not always thinking and evolving

in the ways in which we're able to learn

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and grow from each other, so there always

will have to be a human interaction, or

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human component, in order to harness the

imagination and creativity that the human

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race has been able to enjoy for hundreds,

let alone thousands of years, but yet,

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if we're able to take the niches and the

skills and be able to constantly evolve to

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keep pushing ourselves forward into that

new dimension that we normally don't push

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ourselves into, we are able to brainstorm

and even capitulate a variety of different

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new ideas, new careers, new avenues in

which we normally don't even consider.

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Inventions, such as the steamboat,

the lightbulb, all the variety of

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different machines, the personal

computer, the microchip, all those

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different types of inventions, whether

physical or even service oriented,

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actually came from brainstorming.

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Literally, inventions were made

from concepts that were around

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us and in nature, and challenging

the status quo, which, let's face

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it, AI has not quite achieved yet.

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I think that we have to

learn and understand that

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AI right now is just a tool.

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That tool can be used for good and evil,

and I think that we have to understand,

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along with all those considerations,

that we can dictate how much output

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it will provide, but at the same

time, how much input that we give.

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It's no secret.

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I use AI in my business not only to help

streamline the variety of different ideas

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that I have for workshops, presentations,

speaking engagements, the whole variety of

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different realms of thought and discovery,

but I think it means taking a little bit

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more than what I have already inputted

into AI, but examining what the gap is.

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I have also been following a lot

of different types of coaches.

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We've had them on the show, but at the

same time, I've followed other groups that

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haven't been on the show and I've learned

so much about what their thought process

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is when it comes to hiring somebody else.

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What it actually means to engage with

a speaker that isn't just fluff, but

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is able to understand and learn and

grow from the variety of different

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things that that speaker possesses:

knowledge, skills, and abilities.

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Sound familiar?

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They have learned not just through

all those different avenues, but

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they also have been able to gain

experience, and that is what makes AI,

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and me, and you, all interconnected.

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We are all evolving.

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If we are able to harness the power of

AI and push it forward into new changes,

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new abilities, new opportunities that

we normally wouldn't consider, of

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course we're going to be successful.

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Of course we're going to be able

to challenge ourselves, but the key

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to it, in order to be able to find

that niche, means that we have to

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challenge not just this ever changing

world, but to challenge ourselves.

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In other words, the knowledge, the skills,

the abilities, the experiences are only

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as good as our mindset is in challenging

everything that we ever want to achieve.

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It's a sad thought for me to consider

because of how many years I've

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spent dwelling on the thought that

I need to always look at the past.

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I needed to look at what happened

instead of looking forward.

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Taking the experiences that I've learned.

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All the mistakes.

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All the failures.

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All the missed opportunities.

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All the missed dreams, and be

able to learn what it means

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to unlock my true potential.

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As of the time of this recording, I

was at a recent vendor fair in which

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people were walking up to me after

almost a year in business saying

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that they've been listening to the

podcast, they've really enjoyed the

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conversations and the guests that I've

had with a variety of different people.

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I've had all the different conversations,

all the different ideas, all the

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interactions that I've had with

guests, but something stood out to

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me about all these interactions that

I've realized that what I am doing is

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challenging this niche, which I think

all of us have this ability to do.

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Finding our niche doesn't mean that we

have to paint ourselves into a corner.

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It means that we have a speciality.

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It means that people, when they think

of us, we want to go to them for

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something that we really love doing.

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Just as much as I love doing public

speaking, that is my niche, but it doesn't

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mean it paints me in a corner because

of all the other things that I offer:

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business coaching, career coaching, even

life coaching, but even with all those

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services and all those opportunities

for people to interact with me, I also

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know that I have to harness the power

of change to always be paying attention

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to what's not only around me, but also

master the technological advances, and

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the knowledge, that I have deep inside

of myself to pave my path forward, not

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just with my mind, but also my heart.

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To make the connections with the variety

of different people, places, and things,

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that I will need to have in order to

find that niche that is ever changing.

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This means that I have

to have a growth set.

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It means that I have to keep reading.

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I have to keep listening

to other podcasts.

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I have to keep looking at

what has happened, react to

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changes, learn from my mistakes.

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If I know that I'm not doing a good

job, why am I not doing a good job?

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Seeking feedback from a coach, which

I'm even looking at too, but even with

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all those things said, you have to be

able to understand that the skills that

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you've learned as of yesterday might

not be as good as today, and definitely

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won't be as good as in the future.

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Even if you wanted to say that,

yes, I'm a plumber, I'm an

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electrician, I'm a carpenter.

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I don't need to learn all new skills

because all the things that I've learned

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from many years ago are the same.

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I would call that hogwash, because things

are always evolving in terms of the

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taste, attitudes, and even perceptions of

customers, clients, and all the like, that

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are looking for that vast new opportunity

that is in this ever changing world.

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Finding your niche doesn't necessarily

mean, as I mentioned, painting

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yourself in the corner, but actually

learning a specialty that allows

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you to be looked at, not just as a

role model, but an industry leader.

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For all my folks out there that

are thinking that this idea, this

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concept only applies to professional

development, you're so very wrong.

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If it wasn't for the moms and the dads

and even the children for that matter

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that had that entrepreneurial spirit, we

wouldn't have shows such as Shark Tank

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that allow us to pitch new ideas, new

concepts, new opportunities for us to

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keep learning, to keep growing for that

matter, because finding our niche doesn't

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necessarily lie within ourselves, but

it also means exploring and mastering

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the ways in which we can harness that

with other people, so let's take what

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we've learned today and apply it in

this overall grand scheme of things.

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If you're able to find that niche, if

you're able to learn what your skills are,

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if you're able to take what you've learned

in the past and you put it in the present,

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but you also looking ahead in the future.

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If you're able to take all the opinions,

opportunities, all the threats that

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might come near you, and you're enhancing

your strengths and minimizing your

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weaknesses, that will allow you to not

only just embrace AI, not only address

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the technological advancements that are

occurring, but you're going to find even

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more comfort, new skill sets, new powers,

and oh yeah, more of the opportunity to

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cast your magic in ways in which you're

evolving in this ever changing world.

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If there's anything I've ever learned in

the last 37 years of my life, it's this.

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If we paint ourselves in a corner, we're

never going to grow, but if we're able to

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paint the road in which we're able to walk

on, and maybe even pave the road that's

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ahead of us, even if we're able to pave

over the potholes that we see along the

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way, of course, we're going to be able to

use the things that are available to us.

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We're going to have not only all the

artificial intelligence that we can

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have at our fingertips, but we're going

to be able to learn things that we

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never imagined before, but it doesn't

mean that we need to be replaced.

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We just need to evolve, so stop thinking

that you can't do anything right.

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Stop thinking that your job is going to

end, and stop thinking, of all thinking,

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that you stink, because you don't.

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If anything, you're going to explore

new things, new synapses, new

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opportunities to rewire your brain,

which not only allows you to connect

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it to all areas of your life: personal,

professional, business, or whatever,

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but it'll allow you to become just as

smart as AI and even smarter, if that.

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Don't let anything hold you back from

evolving that all important niche in

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this ever changing world, because as I

always mentioned, you have a place in it,

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and I want you by my side the next time

that I need some white magic, or even

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black magic for that matter, to be cast.

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You have that niche, I don't, and that's

why I'm going to be looking for you.

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Thanks for listening to episode

number 133 of Speaking From the

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Heart, and I look forward to

hearing from your heart, very soon.

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