chapter 9

Week five: Inspire

Storytelling, influencing and motivating people with your ideas

A human hand holding up a magnet which attracts and holds other miniature people.

It’s always been important to be able to inspire and influence others as we are all salespeople, selling something. A product or a service are the obvious ones, but what about selling your vision, ideas, solutions, or even yourself. You don’t have to be famous or in the news to inspire. Sometimes the most inspiring people in the world are completely unknown, because they are doing their thing locally for something they believe in, or they are inspiring their team on a project they all care about. Think about Captain Tom Moore the war veteran, who raised ...

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