Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker

Founder @CompeteEveryDay | Keynote Speaker | Helping leaders & teams Beat Yesterday® when the scoreboard goes quiet | CSP® | 4x Author

[Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker @JakeAThompson]

Year one of @CompeteEveryDay was 2011. I sold $7,000 in shirts, and most of it was friends and family buying out of sympathy.

Year two was just shy of $100,000.

Nobody gets to see year two if they quit after year one. Keep going.

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@bnice21 🤝 thank you

[Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker @JakeAThompson]

My dad asked me a question as a kid that I still hear before every big decision:

"Are you going to be an example worth following or a lesson to avoid?"

You're going to be one of them either way. Choose on purpose.

[Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker @JakeAThompson]

A friend told me over lunch, "You're your own worst accountability partner. The moment you quit is the moment you tell everyone it's a lie."

18 months later, I replayed that line on a Sunday night drive from LA to Vegas after losing money I didn't have.

I didn't quit. And still haven't. #CompeteEveryDay

[Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker @JakeAThompson]

My first paid speaking gig started as a t-shirt order.

Texas Children's Hospital called and asked, "Can we buy 150? Oh, by the way, will you come speak?"

That call - and the conversation with their VP after - started the journey that is now put me on stage for 600+ keynotes. Walk through the door that opens, even if it's not the one you were knocking on. #CompeteEveryDay

[Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker @JakeAThompson]

People don't care how much you know until they know how much you care. You get to someone's head by going through their heart.

Pass this to the leader who's too busy to have coffee with their team.

https://t.co/ynxxfGuiYI

[Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker @JakeAThompson]

A construction VP got a Friday call. His company's new board wanted him in Houston on Monday.

He asked what to prep. "Nothing. Just know your people."

They slid his org chart across the table and said, "Tell us about your people."

7 ways to pass that test:

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Ways to know your people, in one place:

→ The Coffee Rotation
→ Write It Down
→ Ask the Follow-Up
→ The Birthday Call
→ Handwritten Notes
→ Tell Me Something Good
→ Look Behind the Dip

[Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker @JakeAThompson]

There's a name for the slide that starts the month after your best win.

I wrote a short book about it.

Victory Drift. https://t.co/qb62avrIMw

[Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker @JakeAThompson]

Researchers at Harvard asked people to choose: earn $50,000 while others earn $25,000, or earn $100,000 while others earn $200,000.

About half picked the $50,000.

That's what the wrong scoreboard costs. It's the reason I wrote #BeatYesterday: https://t.co/v4qeA6Vufn

[Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker @JakeAThompson]

I gave a keynote in Kansas this year on a bad leg, limping across the stage.

It wasn't my best day physically, and the room still deserved my best effort.

That's the standard. Your best on the day you have, not the day you wish you had.

[Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker @JakeAThompson]

Every Friday, I ask myself three questions:

What do I start next week?
What do I stop?
What do I continue?

It's the simplest drift check I know. Try it this Friday.

[Jake Thompson | Keynote Speaker @JakeAThompson]

It's not your fault that they're committed to their comfort zone instead of their growth.