Jagoda’s (pronounced Ya-go-da) beautiful presence fills the screen and you experience instant warmth.  You stop everything to pay attention to her.

Jagoda could be one-on-one with you or presenting to a crowd of 28,000.  Either way, she is captivating.

It was the beginning of the second day of the workshop. I’d given them an assignment to use what they’d learned from the first day in their lives.  Now it was time to hear from them.

What Jagoda said was profound. She said:

“I decided that before each meeting and before each conversation I would decide what emotion I WANT them to experience.  And then I would create that experience for them.”

Our great poet Maya Angelou once said, “People will forget what you said.  People will forget what you did.  But people will never forget how you made them feel.”

Let’s do a quick experiment with this:  Think of someone you will never, ever forget. 

You probably can’t remember everything they said.  You probably can’t remember everything they did.  But notice how you will never, ever forget how they made you feel.  Notice how rich and vivid the memory of that feeling is.  Notice the power this feeling has over you.

This was the decision that Jagoda made.  The result was life-changing.  Her conversations, her meetings, her relationships are elevated. 

Jagoda looked to me for feedback.  Seeing her now, I simply said, “You can change the world.”   

She smiled and answered: “I feel that I can.”

That is power. 

I talk a lot about being causative…I even show you examples of people who are being that…

But the real goal is to actually FEEL IT for yourself, just like Jagoda.

After that, you will never be the same.

And that’s why we do the work we do, why we offer the trainings we do.

What would happen if you felt like you could change the world and actually had the skills to make it so?

Be the cause!