Mike Ganino shares how he went from growing up in a trailer park to training major corporations and successful CEOs. He talks to us about telling their stories, and how you learn to tell your own story along the way. Join Laura Gassner Otting as she hosts this episode of LGOtv with special guest, Mike Ganino – Storyteller, Queen Daddy, Hype Man.
Timestamps
1:55 – The shirt that Mike made for LGO.
5:35 – “When someone wants to have Rachel Ray on their show, they don’t also look at Martha Stewart. They just call at Rachel Ray.”
7:40 – You made me do improv and I thought I was going to die.
10:40 – “As a gay man, I got to decide what a gay person on stage looked like, not a writer…”
14:50 – “From an early age, I realized that there was two sides to everything.”
19:00 – “It’s the best communicated that wins.”
24:25 – “They told me, and I believed them, ‘You can be whatever you want to be.’”
28:24 – “I don’t know what I’m going to do after this election cycle because I’m 100% funnier…I’m always best during the election cycle.”
34:00 – “We play the role of researcher and reporter. I think that people want more revelation. What do you feel?”
37:10 – “If the emotional response is because of what happened to you, then maybe you’re not quite ready to share it broadly.”
38:43 – How do we find our stories?
46:00 – It’s the small stories.
48:40 – “It’s why every super hero has an underdog story.”
49:08 – “If you’re gonna be impressive, we also need you to be relatable.”
Links
https://www.instagram.com/mikeganino
https://www.facebook.com/mikeganino
https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikeganino
Washington Post Best Selling Author and Motivational Keynote Speaker, Laura Gassner Otting, inspires people to push past the doubt and indecision that keep great ideas in limbo because her presentations make listeners think bigger and accept greater challenges that reach beyond their limited scope of belief.
She delivers strategic thinking, well-honed wisdom, and perspective generated by decades of navigating change across the start-up, nonprofit, political, as well as philanthropic landscapes. Laura dares listeners to find their voice, and generate the confidence needed to tackle larger-than-life challenges. She leads them to seek new ways of leading, managing, and mentoring others.
