Cooper Brunner Podcast #10 Extraordinary Thoughts for the Ordinary Mind - Demetrius Thigpen

Your Background:
Inform the audience the following:
Where are you from?
What kind of kid were you growing up?
Shy? Reserved? Hyper? Extrovert?
Have any siblings? (simple warm question, gives the audience a better idea of who you are)
What were some setbacks you had growing up
Why do you join the Marine Corp?


Topic #1 What type of leader are you?
To give the audience some context of how we got connected, I actually randomly stumbled upon you on Instagram and watched your leadership video.
The video was authentic, and I could tell you meant the word you were saying, your “flow” is powerful
What are specific qualities a successful leader has to have?



Topic #2 Being Alone vs. Feeling Alone
What’s the difference between feeling alone and being alone?
Physical state vs Mental state
“Being in a room, and still feeling alone.”
How do you overcome loneliness
“Isolation is a powerful thing”
Benefits of talking to yourself
(I do this too, helps me focus/articulate my thoughts) How has that helped you in life/marines/relationship
Pros/Cons
Pros
Recharge/Decompress
Working Out/Focus
Creativity/Your Vision
Time away from things
Achieve your goals
Pull away from the situation
“The dream coming true vision”
Time apart away from people (your deployment)
Cons
Worst critic is ourselves
Putting ourselves down (you vs you)
Depression
Military perspective
Holiday’s
How do you get over it
Hobby
Go places
Go to the movies
Call up old friends
Topic #3 Leaving Your Comfort Zone
The risks of leaving your comfort zone
stress/anxiety
Too much of something
Over training
Hunters and Gathers by nature
Used to move with a purpose
Society is complacent
How do I leave my comfort zone?
Pool analogy “take a leap of faith”
Shock our bodies, get into the pool
3 feet, take a couple of steps “feet still touching the ground”
The opposite of comfort, “Danger”
The opposite of comfort, is opportunity
Taking the fish out of the tank
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The benefits of getting out of your comfort zone
The opportunity to grow
If the tank is small, then the fish will be small
Ambition is allowed to grow
Learn about yourself
Move past your “breaking point:
Finding out how strong you are
Finding your weaknesses
How far can you really go?
The benefit of leaving, is a discovery of yourself
Confidence will increase
Each small battle that you win, your confidence will go up
Each step, you can always go back
Gaining experience, gaining confidence
Clean the wounds, go back again
You will learn about challenge
Talk about your first course

Topic #4 Reviewing The Past, but Move Forward
Forgiveness
Certain things you do not tolerate
“Drawing the line in the sand”
How do you handle negativity?
In order to move forward, you have to let go of the anchor
Do not dwell in the past
Past relationships
Friendships
Shed that extra baggage

Topic #5 Let Your Success Do The Talking
How to treat the negative comments on social media, life, marine corps, directed towards you
When you said you wanted to become a speaker, how did people react?
How do you overcome the negativity?

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