Be Authentic
Wednesday, 16th June 2010
Hi Folks! I’m really sorry for the extremely late posting. Things have been a bit crazy over here and I didn’t get a chance to post up an entry for this week. Hope you can forgive me! This week I’ve got something cool for you. A quick interview with the legendary Warwick Merry - The Get More Guy.
Warwick is a professional speaker that focuses on “Getting More” as his topic. So his speaking topics include Get More Energy, Get More Results and a host of other topics that are designed to help you get more out of your business and your life. I was lucky enough to have lunch with Warwick while he was up here in Darwin and we had a lot of great laughs. He’s a great guy.
Amongst the laughs and the stories Warwick mentioned something really interesting. He spoke about the concept of authenticity and it really got me thinking. See for those of us who play to win in life it’s quite easy to succumb to the glamour and glitterous world of being successful and unless you’re grounded properly there is a strong chance your ego will soon start to outweigh your bank account. That’s when problems start to happen and usually you’ll be the last to notice it.
Warwick spoke about the importance of being authentic and congruent in all of your messages. So basically a “this is who I am take it or leave it” attitude and I think there’s something remarkably calming in that thought. I know tonnes of people who behave VERY differently at work to a social setting. Sure you might need to be professional at work but that doesn’t mean you have to be boring and stiff. Bring your personality into your work and if you feel you can’t, then perhaps you need to think about why you feel that way. I can’t imagine the stress involved in feeling as though you have to be someone else during 9am - 5pm.
Going back to Warwick, after lunch I had the opportunity to hear him speak later on that night and he delivered his “Get More Energy” speech. I’ve never laughed that hard in a professional presentation before in my life and it wasn’t just me. The entire room thoroughly enjoyed him and his topic. Can you guess the secret of his success? Yep. He was authentic. “This is who I am, this is what I do, here are some stories about me and what I’ve found and you might be able to relate to them.” It’s an ingeniously simple formula - and it works!
Warwick was kind enough to let me interview him for Dream,Build,Inspire,Lead! so here’s the clip:
So this week I challenge you bring in a level of authenticity to your life. Be congruent in your messages both in and outside of work and see what results it brings you. Good luck!
Special thanks to Warwick Merry for being himself and Michelle O’Hara from Intimo for helping me film the big guy in action.
Dream, Build, Inspire, Lead!
AJ~
Author: AJ Kulatunga
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