Episode 45. weTHRIVE Podcast. A Philadelphia entrepreneur living in Costa Rica has what it takes.

Thriving Through Positive ReinforcementIt's really not about me, my friend. It's really about the others. It's the positive reinforcement that I get. So I could think that I'm the greatest and I'm the one man party and show and I'm the king of the castle. But if nobody shows up for my birthday party at Chuck E. Cheese, I have no friends. And so for me, being in business for 14 years, it's not about how smart I am. how clever I am. It's about the foundation of the people that come back here every day to work with me. And so thriving for me is when people say, good morning, jefe, or they become supervisors, or they've been with me for a year, five, 10 years, or I get a written letter from a client telling me how amazing my organization is. And so I feed off of the responses of others. Transforming Negative Tone with Buffer BoomerangI have a buffer boomerang technique where if somebody asks you a question, sometimes their tone could be negative. So what I would like to do is buffer your tone and make it positive. So I'd say, Casey, that's an excellent question. My name is Richard Blank. Reinforce it with the question, repeated what you said to show active listening, and then sent it back to you in a positive way. There's positive, there's buffer boomerangs throughout an entire phone call when someone asks you a question and makes a statement. So then let's say that your assistant's name is Susan. And I answer her question and she likes me and she's willing to transfer the call to you. Prior to that transfer to call Casey at your consulting group, I'm going to let them know that how amazing that they are when I speak with you. So I'm going to be giving a gift and moving with some momentum. https://youtu.be/nJyrY8dD91Ahttps://youtu.be/VRbCVWZKILwhttps://youtu.be/nJyrY8dD91Ahttps://youtu.be/O8O-r3Y3SF8https://youtu.be/H0gnT5P4JK4https://youtu.be/GAKngbhRvtEhttps://youtu.be/kbqnHBQRUeE Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.