020: John Livesay, Keynote Speaker, Pitch Whisperer, Storytelling Expert

In this episode, we meet John Livesay, who is a Sales Keynote Speaker, Co-Founder, CMO at QuantmRE, and TEDx speaker.How to Reach John Livesay:https://johnlivesay.comGoogle: ‘The Pitch Whisperer’Book: 'Better Selling Through Storytelling'My favorite Quotes from John Livesay in this episode: “Stay calm when things happen!”"If you're speaking, and you've got butterflies, (use them) let them fly away in formation."“Sales has a lot to do with overcoming Fear, Uncertainty & Doubt - (IBM’s famous ‘FUD’ slogan.)“Storytelling is the new way of selling, because it is about PULLING people in, not PUSHING (unwanted) information at them!”“You can lose your job, but NOT your identity!”“You have to decide…will you reinvent yourself when things go wrong."“Who you are is bigger than your job!”“Be the LIFEGUARD of your own life!”“Get out of your comfort zone, and get into your learning zone!”“Whoever tells the best story, gets the sale!”“People buy transformation, NOT information.”“Michael Phelps once asked me, ‘What are you willing to do that your competition is NOT willing to do?’”“The secret to handling rejection is never reject yourself!”“The way to conquer the fear of the unknown is don’t go it alone!”“The key to becoming successful is to tell the best story!”