Nov 16, 2020
Kit Pang is the Founder of Boston Speaks, a public speaking and presentation training company. The company was founded to help professionals propel themselves toward success through expert speaking skills and a higher level of self-confidence. Some of Kit’s robust clientele include Fortune 500 CEOs, TEDx Speakers, Three-Star Michelin Chefs, and NFL Players. When he’s not training clients, Kit is working as a Public Speaking and Communication Coach for Harvard Business School.
Kit joins me today to share how he learned to follow his own advice and the journey it led him. He explains why his current profession was his first hurdle and how he convinced himself to push through with a career in public speaking. He explains how a person nurtures their adult mindset and discusses how people are hesitant to take their own advice and how risk factors into it. Kit also describes how those with analysis paralysis can overcome it and finally get started.
"The hardest thing to do is to follow your own advice." - Kit Pang
This week on The Virtual Campfire Podcast:
- How a public speaking competition became Kit's flashpoint.
- What inspired Kit to open a coaching practice?
- Kit's advice to those who struggle with too much planning.
- How Kit reacted to his critics and his doubts about his career.
- Trauma and kindness, and how it factors into our adult mindset.
- Kit's perspective on risk taking and opportunities to grow.
- Why people already know what to do, but hesitate to do them.
Our Favorite Quotes:
- "You can have opportunities, but if you keep on swimming the same two laps without adding risk, you're going to be at the same level." - Kit Pang
- "The element of fear will always be there for those who like it." - Kit Pang
- "There are two types of people: People who plan and those who go head first and plan later." - Kit Pang
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