Aug 13 2024 72 mins
Chris Ruden is an amputee, Type 1 diabetic record-holding powerlifter, motivational keynote speaker, author, and disabled model who was featured on The Rock’s hit TV show “Titan Games”. From being humiliated and labeled broken because of his disability to struggling with mental health and living in a non disabled-inclusive world, Chris learned to turn his obstacles into opportunities, now using his badass bionic arm, diabetes technology, and message of “creating your world without limits” to impact people around the world.
About the showThe Learning With Lowell show is a series for the everyday mammal. In this show we’ll learn about leadership, science, and people building their change into the world. The goal is to dig deeply into people who most of us wouldn’t normally ever get to hear. The Host of the show – Lowell Thompson- is a lifelong autodidact, serial problem solver, and founder of startups.
Learning with lowell linksYoutube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzri06unR-lMXbl6sqWP_-QYoutube clips:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-B5x371AzTGgK-_q3U_KfAWebsite: https://www.learningwithlowell.com/
Chris ruden linkshttps://chrisruden.com/https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisruden
Timestamps:00:00 Chris Ruden becoming one of the most successful speakers02:30 Finding people’s story04:22 Core message plus solution06:15 Speak to the person you were 5 years ago08:15 Turning negatives into positives10:55 Martin Luther King Jr. / Steve Jobs speaking broken down13:30 Process to go from 0 to speaking16:05 Gary Vee / Practice speaking19:33 Working for free22:05 Making money in weeks / how25:40 Example of figuring out what you could speak about29:00 Subtract / minimalism30:55 Focus / reducing stories34:30 Book recommendations36:40 Managing stress tips40:15 Remembering what to say42:40 Improved based speaking45:10 Inperson vs virtual speaking / getting paid more47:25 More is not a place49:35 Moderation50:55 Post speaking process / networking53:22 Counter sharing story56:10 Building relationships58:20 Don’t rush / one extra step01:00:20 Speakers fee explained01:03:00 Speaking contract01:05:08 Speaking in Ghana01:06:07 Fitness event/ worst event01:07:48 Speaking at google01:08:21 Pausing more01:09:15 Eye contact / being comfortable with silence01:10:30 You have six figure story in you right now01:12:20 Free advice if tag chris
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