Mary Gardner

Confidential Strategic Advisor to CEOs & Executive Teams | Reputation, Influence & Leadership Alignment in High-Stakes Environments

[Mary Gardner @marygardner]

@JayCollinsFL I think all of us recognize the person willing to put in the work in Florida to keep it strong and free! You listen to the people and understand how to keep us at the forefront. Freedom. Conservative values. Economic growth.

[Mary Gardner @marygardner]

My mom and I went and “saw” my dad yesterday who served in the Air Force and was in the Korean War.

My father, a deeply spiritual man, was with us until age 88 and my mom, now 95 loved him like no other. Here she is at the gravesite and missing him.

We love and miss you dad!! You simply were the best!!

#memorialday
#airforce
#koreanwar
#dad

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@SaxonFather @damdutch If this person is an example of Fishbacks fans we will all have to lower our standards. Gross language for a public forum dude. Get it together!

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@damdutch It’s hard because I love all of the choices. But I guess I will go with …JAY COLLINS!!

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@JayCollinsFL is gaining in the polls in Florida. He is the best choice to keep Floridians safe and prosperous!

[Mary Gardner @marygardner]

Calling out all young male influencers! ( and the super hip female influencers too!)

Wait. Before I start. I will let you know I have called out and influenced many trends that were “annoying” and no one would say it so I did. Why? I am a former celebrity lecture agent, one of the first owners of a coach training school in the world, long time speech coach; worked on Wall Street and Capital Hill and it’s my genius zone to know what works - and what DOESN’T.

My clients are in the US Senate, White House, are major CEOs, pro Athletes and authors and professional speakers.

So- I may be the word nazi but it drives me batty hearing people chop up the English language. And what else? It damages THEIR brand and reputation.

What I helped everyone hear and eradicate:

1. The words “you know” became “yno”. Some old school men still say this. It means they have stopped keeping up with trends.

2. Then the crazy fascination with the word “RIGHT” muscled in to every other statement people make - assuming people knew what they were saying and meaning - even though they didn’t. It’s so annoying - that I stop my speakers after they say it 10 times and make them start over. This is a male/ female issue and big influencers started it when it was cool. It isn’t cool now. It’s just plain annoying. (@SimonSinek probably helped start/spread this trend- but I still think he’s cool).

3. Using the “F” word over and over on stage because a silly study came out that said if you cuss you are smart. No. You are not. You are being lazy.

It is offensive and you are losing respect. The day I posted and called out people like the amazing and genius influencers to stop cussing - the ambitious and mega star @GrantCardone said the exact same thing on his account. Did he copy me? Who knows. But soon it became a problem for influencers and many influencers stopped cussing in public. Well. Mostly.

4. And now. Possibly the most annoying - probably started by @benshapiro - is being a fast talker - so fast that people are now slurring words their words and NOT Annunciating. For Ben it’s because he has a lot in his head. For almost everyone else - you are copying him and each other. And now - I see really smart influencers are now ALL - slurring and cutting off words and not annunciating so I turn them OFF and predict others are also. ( I always feel I am in touch with how others feel about people. And I am like everyone else. The only difference is it is my job to catch it and call it out!)

So if you are an influencer- please drop these annoying habits. It will help you. I promise. You deserve to be heard and respected. Because people WILL turn you off and you won’t know why. This is why.

Interested in your thoughts on these verbal trends and if you noticed them or not?
#leadership
#influencers
#speakers
#english
#podcasters
#today #trend #x #tweet #pleasestop #karen #Eliminatefasttalkers
#professionalspeaker
#communicationconsultant

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@BhattiLaib9960 Molly

[Mary Gardner @marygardner]

Make sure your health providers are aware of how food impacts your children. If you are on the American diet - your kids will be sick. Cereal. Bread. Sugar. Hotdogs. Pizza. Burgers. Recipe for disaster. My book Blessed Chaos on Amazon is about how we healed my son off the spectrum and he is now healthy and manages his own health. Get educated and don’t follow the pack. Fundraisers without education falls flat. Do your research!!!

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Last night I heard Sister DeDe Byrne, a medical doctor and former military doc discuss with our Lagatus group in Orlando about end of life care. Her dear friend https://t.co/0iDk30yL1S was drugged over and over by hospice until she passed. There is now a law suit and she is educating people of the current medical practices that are legal. It is positioned as a more sane way to die, as it’s taking patients out of pain. However she explained that a natural death gives the soul time to catch up to the body and spiritually the last 4 days of life are often the most important. It allows people a chance to prepare to need the Lord. Being so drugged and forced into a coma does not allow the natural process to occur.

There is a documentary here https://t.co/0iDk30yL1S about what they call the killing.

It happened during Covid with keeping people out of senior centers and letting them get sick and die.

Please educate yourself and watch the movie and Sister DeDe is available for speaking and she is so good!

https://t.co/lk8BJVgm9n

#naturaldeath #hospice #sisterdede #sisterburle #COVIDー19 #legatus #catholic #supportlife

[Mary Gardner @marygardner]

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[Mary Gardner @marygardner]

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Why Great Speakers Still Lose the Room

(And How to Fix a Boring PowerPoint Fast) https://t.co/HH7fo9D8i7 via @LinkedIn

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Why Less Qualified People Get Promoted (And What to Do About It) https://t.co/fjiDYwPkUD via @LinkedIn

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Check out the latest article in my newsletter: Why Most Leaders Never Truly Own the Stage (And What Changes When They Do) https://t.co/BB1zwrpBCD via @LinkedIn

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@MariaPeiro305 @RamonaRichey @JayCollinsFL

[Mary Gardner @marygardner]

@ForgiatoBlow47 He’s the real deal. He is the hardest working individual we can have and serious about keeping Floridians safe. If DeSantis elected him as Lt Gov- that is the endorsement he needed.