Jim Steele - it's about how you respond

Jim Steele, Motivational Speaker, Writer and Coach.  

I met up with Jim Steele again last week.  Jim is a brilliant speaker and motivator, having worked with audiences all over the world.  We worked together on several events a few years ago, but nothing for a couple of years.  Jim has a flashy new website here, and I am planning to do two events with him this autumn.  Some of the concepts/motifs he uses are the most memorable I have seen.  Colleagues are usually impressed by the way he gets a barn full of people to perfectly remembers 20 random things forward - and then backwards.  He does it with great panache and humour.  Our favourite here at WYA is the idea of “third boarding” - an analogy he draws from childhood, in swimming pools where you jump terrified off the first board, but the bigger kids do the second and third.  You HAVE to keep moving higher.  The way he tells the story is compelling for audiences, but works best where audiences see themselves in the top cluster of firms, or individuals who aspire to get to the top of their profession.  When someone else is already jumping from the second or first board, it’s not what they do that’s important - it’s how YOU respond.  You could write a book on this stuff....and I am sure Jim has.