Taming Your Lizard Brain October 19 th 9:15 AM

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1 Taming Your Lizard Brain October 19 th 9:15 AM

2 Presenters Moderator Eboni Russell Retail Membership #NACSShow Speaker Bob Huebner President 200Mark #NACSShow

3 Taming Your Lizard Brain Bob Huebner, 200Mark Consulting

4 Quit Calling Me a Lizard Brain! 4

5 Quit Calling Me a Lizard Brain! Quick Poll: What do you think that means? A.You immediately run away when you experience fear B.You are cold-blooded in your approach to others C.You change your colors to adapt to your surroundings D.You are slimy 5

6 Objectives Learn what lizard brain means and how it can derail your career and relationships Identify your lions, tigers and bears that trigger your lizard brain Become more aware of your reactions under stress Overcome your lizard brain by regulating your reactions and responding more appropriately, maturely, professionally Build stronger relationships 6

7 A Few Minutes of Science

8 Triggering Reactions Visual Cortex Thalamus Amygdala Emotional Response Quick Signal

9 When Triggered, How Do We React? Fight Flight Freeze 9

10 Hand Trap Game 1. Palms Together, Pointing Away 2. Slap Lightly to Trap Your Opponent s Hands 3. Attack or Pull Back 4. Points: You score a point if- you trap their hands you pull out and they clap their hands 5. Keep Count: First to 5 Points Wins 10

11 Habits Routine Physical or Emotional Action Cue Signals brain to go into automatic response and which habit to use Reward Helps brain determine if a loop is worth remembering in the future Strong habits form when we crave the reward

12 List Your Lizard Triggers 1. List things that trigger your fight, flight or freeze reaction 2. Choose your top 3 3. With a partner, share your top 3 and the impact they have on you and your business 12

13 How Does It Affect Me?

14 Help and/or Hinder? Your Business Goals Your Professional Goals Personal Goals 14

15 The Fear of Failure "Everything you want is on the other side of fear." Jack Canfield When you take risks you learn that there will be times when you succeed and there will be times when you fail, and both are equally important. Ellen DeGeneres There is only one thing that makes a dream impossible to achieve: the fear of failure. Paulo Coelho 15

16 Put It To Work

17 Lion-Heart : Cultures Bravery, Courage, Boldness, Focus Deal with Danger, Fear Patient, Calculating: Lying in Wait Intuition, Awareness 17

18 Building Lion-Heart Overwhelm with positive anticipation 18

19 Building Lion-Heart Overwhelm with positive anticipation Move from comfort zone to learning zone 19

20 Building Lion-Heart Overwhelm with positive anticipation Move from comfort zone to learning zone Focus on the next step (vs the gap) This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY 20

21 It s a Leap of Faith 21

22 Building Lion-Heart Overwhelm with positive anticipation Move from comfort zone to learning zone Focus on the next step (vs the gap) Over-engineer implementation to minimize chances of failure 22

23 Interaction What holds you back from your potential success? What can you do to take the next step? 23

24 Key Takeaways Lizard is Our Primary Response List Your Fears Understand the Impact Shift From Lizard-Brain to Lion-Heart Build New Habits Choose Next Steps 24

25 I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. Thomas A. Edison 25

26 Questions?

27 Additional Resources: 27

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