Masterclass in Being A Professional Keynote Speaker & Standing Out / Living with a Disability w/ Chris Ruden -136

October 11, 2022

Hiding disabilities vs standing out, life of a professional speaker, diabetes as a catalyst for change, how to impact type 2 diabetes with fitness and nutrition, and more with Chris Ruden. He is also the author of The Upper Hand and a keynote speaker.

About Chris Ruden

“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.”

Chris Links

NRG FOODS: https://nrg-foods.com/collections/all-products

https://www.instagram.com/chrisruden/?hl=en
https://www.facebook.com/ChrisRudenOfficial/
https://www.tiktok.com/@chrisruden

The Upper Hand: Leveraging Limitations to Turn Adversity Into Advantage

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

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lowell-th…

Twitter: https://twitter.com/LWThompson5

Website: https://www.learningwithlowell.com/

Podcast email: lowell@learningwithlowell.com

shownotes

01:19 what Chris Ruden doesn’t normally get to speak about

03:00 diabetes as the catalyst for change in Chris Ruden’s life

04:40 what kept Chris Ruden  feeling like he should stay hidden

06:35 middle school and early years with a disability. 

08:30 impact of physical fitness

11:00 discipline vs motivation (going to gym, etc)

13:45 how long until he felt confident that things work out

15:35 social dynamics in his success / benefit of google 

17:55 love of libraries / self taught

19:00 going from 30 unpaid keynotes to actually getting paid

21:10 the words unlocked this transition into paid keynotes

24:55 how to listen for what people really want

27:35 masterclass / books / libraries

30:00 voice training / speaking training

31:15 preparation before giving keynote

33:05 Smalltalk weakness!

35:00 carl jung / archetypes & how to speak to people

37:15 parts of his book – The Upper Hand: Leveraging Limitations to Turn Adversity Into Advantage – he pulls from

38:45 death and adversity 

40:45 being present / stop negative thoughts
43:30 value of doing the audiobook in his own voice

45:10 bar company – thoughts on vegan, plant based

46:00 mrbeast and feastables

46:35 onshoring / supply chain issues

50:45 ahmed khan cellagri and Chris ruden’s thoughts on cell ag. 

51:45 secret guilty pleasure

54:00 diet and fitness on diabetes

58:45 what people get wrong with diets

1:02:15 how to get the most out of experts

1:09:00 what he could have done to improve his performance on The Rock’s The Titan Games

1:10:00 sandman, dealth, and what to do when you hit your goals

1:17:00 how he’d love to re-interview Steve Sims author of Bluefishing: The Art of Making Things Happen

1:19:00 diversity without inclusion is a scam

1:23:00 books!!

1:24:10 upcoming!

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