Recession-proofing your life is easier than you'd think. This presentation steps through my plan for doing so, and it is my signature keynote that I gently tweak for each group I give it to. I presented this to the Toronto and the Ottawa HDI chapters this week.

1. Recession Proof Your Life:
Make a PLAN! and
Make It Great!
Phil Gerbyshak
Relationship Geek
http://philgerbyshak.com
http://helpdeskcrashcourse.com

2. Fast Facts About Phil
•Hometown: 996
•Navy veteran
•Licensed Stock Broker
•IT for 15+ Years
•Author of 2 Books
•Reader of 1000s of
books and blogs
•Connected to 1000s of
people
•Always looking to help

3. Do One New Thing

4. You’ve got to have a PLAN!

5. P is for Purpose

6. quot;Live your beliefs and you
can turn the world around.quot; -
Henry David Thoreau

7. Your purpose is your
promise to yourself and to
others

8. Values

9. Purpose Question
• What are my values?
• Ask yourself: Does this decision fit with
my values and my life’s PURPOSE?

10. L is for Learning

11. quot;Anyone who stops learning is
old, whether at twenty or eighty.
Anyone who keeps learning stays
young.” - Henry Ford

12. Pickups
Drop Offs

13. Learning Questions
• What did I pickup today?
• What did I drop off today?

14. A is for Attitude

15. Attitude of Gratitude!

16. Reframe Bad Situations

17. Attitude Questions
• What am I grateful for?
• How can I reframe my thinking about this
situation to make it more positive?

18. N is for Networking
2 Words:
1) NET
2) WORK

19. Cast Your Net
Fish Where the Fish Are!

20. Networking Rule #1
• If there aren’t enough people who you
can help and who can help you in your
pond…CHANGE PONDS!

21. Work for Others

22. Networking Rule #2
• Help FIRST, sell LAST
• 2 ears -> 1 mouth -> Listen Up

23. Network for You
Who Knows You?

24. Networking Rule #3
• If nobody knows who you are, it doesn’t
matter how smart you are!

25. Networking Questions
• What ponds need the value you can
share?
• Who needs your help today?
• Who knows what you do and can sing
your praises?

26. Your PLAN
P – Purpose filled life
•
L – Learn as much as you can
•
A – Attitude matters (a LOT!)
•
N – Network with others and let others
•
network with you

27. Most Important Part of Your
Plan Is…

28. Execution!

29. What are YOU going to do?

30. Connect with Phil
• philgerbyshak.com
• slackermanager.com
• phil@philgerbyshak.com

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