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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 show
The 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 links
Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzri06unR-lMXbl6sqWP_-Q
Youtube clips:https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-B5x371AzTGgK-_q3U_KfA
Website: https://www.learningwithlowell.com/
Chris ruden links
https://chrisruden.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisruden
Timestamps:
00:00 Chris Ruden becoming one of the most successful speakers
02:30 Finding people’s story
04:22 Core message plus solution
06:15 Speak to the person you were 5 years ago
08:15 Turning negatives into positives
10:55 Martin Luther King Jr. / Steve Jobs speaking broken down
13:30 Process to go from 0 to speaking
16:05 Gary Vee / Practice speaking
19:33 Working for free
22:05 Making money in weeks / how
25:40 Example of figuring out what you could speak about
29:00 Subtract / minimalism
30:55 Focus / reducing stories
34:30 Book recommendations
36:40 Managing stress tips
40:15 Remembering what to say
42:40 Improved based speaking
45:10 Inperson vs virtual speaking / getting paid more
47:25 More is not a place
49:35 Moderation
50:55 Post speaking process / networking
53:22 Counter sharing story
56:10 Building relationships
58:20 Don’t rush / one extra step
01:00:20 Speakers fee explained
01:03:00 Speaking contract
01:05:08 Speaking in Ghana
01:06:07 Fitness event/ worst event
01:07:48 Speaking at google
01:08:21 Pausing more
01:09:15 Eye contact / being comfortable with silence
01:10:30 You have six figure story in you right now
01:12:20 Free advice if tag chris