Brad Montgomery was the second motivational speaker booked to appear in a conference I attended this week: National Association of Mutual Insurance Companies (NAMIC). He appeared on our final day of the conference. Interesting guy, was a comedian and a magician in the past. Now he does motivational speaking... I will say he is pretty funny. His main focus was on how we should motivate others and be positive if we want to be leaders and successful... but beyond organizations we should be that way in all facets of our life. He wanted us to remember how it felt when someone we trusted, we admired built us up... and how we should in turn do that for others. He said, and I will paraphrase: when we nourish others, we improve our satisfaction, our happiness, our sense of worth. We make others better, our relationships better, our organizations better. Very positive message. He believe it was important especially to cherish people in our lives and remind them they are important to you. He challenged/forced us to send a text message telling someone we care about how important they are and how great they are. I, of course did that. While I was waiting a response, he showed previous funny responses from others to those text messages at prior conferences.. hilarious... especially when my dear friend sent me a similar one. Lol I remember one moment Brad had me in stitches when he said: "Women are better at giving support. You won't see two guys walking out of this room and one guy Turing to the other and say: 'oh wow dude, you look great in that shirt! The color just makes your eyes sparkle'". Lol. I decided that I will try to remind those important in my life how much they mean to me an build them up. So, for all those I talk to, share moments and memories with, are friends or dear family members: thank you. You are awesome and important! Since this is still me, I want to add an addendum. To everyone I don't talk to anymore: you suck! you missed out! you failed! Hah! In all seriousness, it was a great talk and I will be using what I learned here to make those I care about feel amazing and also to help my organization and build up people I work with as well as those who will work for me as I continue to grow as a leader. read more

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