When Change Means Business: How to Achieve Exponential Business Growth Thru 5 Change-Drivers

By DW Starr

How would you like to have EXPONENTIAL GROWTH in your business and life?
How would it feel to get the results you truly deserve?
The time to CHANGE is NOWnot someday, not some distant tomorrow, but NOW.
CHANGE Means BUSINESS... Learn how to turn CHANGE into your AWESOME ALLY.
These CHANGE-DRIVERS (Brain-Change Exercises) take you, along with DWs clients, through a step-by-step journey of self-development to maximize your full business potential, and to live your life as you were meant to.
Whether you want to catapult your business or career, strengthen your relationships with friends and family, get along better with co-workers, or take your energy to a higher level, these CHANGE-DRIVERS will help you DO IT!
With the help of Change and Business Growth Expert, DW Starr, youll learn how to
Use your LIGHT-BULB MOMENTS to catalyze your BUSINESS GROWTH
Maximize your Change-Effectiveness at work and play
Bust through old patterns that hold you back
Set and actually follow through on YOUR EXPONENTIAL GROWTH VISION
Achieve an energy level you never thought possible
Join DW, as together, he helps you achieve the results you richly deserve.

• Language: English
• Publisher: iUniverse
• Release date: Jun 21, 2016
• ISBN: 9781491799741

DW Starr

DW Starr, Change and Business Growth Expert, is a highly sought after Keynote Speaker and Consultant. He’s worked with a myriad of companies, associations and government agencies worldwide including: the U.S. Army and Air Force, Women's Expo, RELX Group, AAOS, ACR, Anthony Robbins Int’l, ExxonMobil, United Airlines and Johns Hopkins Medicine. Three time TBI survivor, DW’s career path has taken him from Movie Actor/Director to Corporate Top-Sales Producer to Top Corporate Keynote Speaker & On-Line Change-Leadership Training Expert. Contact him: LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter, www.5StarrChange.com He lives outside of Washington, DC with his wife, Liz, and their two Yorkies, Rambo and Houdini.

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Contents

Introduction

Chapter 1    Silence Is Golden

Chapter 2    Be a Time Traveler

Chapter 3    Leaving the Ouch Zone

Chapter 4    Who’s Laughing Now?

Chapter 5    Magic …

**Bonus Chapter:   Opposite Hand Attack

Conclusion    Is This the Final Chapter?

References

Dedication …

I want to thank three people who have been instrumental in my success as a husband, father, Change and Business Growth Expert, Keynote Speaker, author, consultant, radio show host, and more.

To my wife of more than twenty years, Liz—thanks for your love, patience, and support.

To my son, Mark—thanks for keeping my creative juices flowing.

To my son, Seth—thanks for keeping my mind at its peak.

I also want to thank all my speaking engagement and consulting clients over the years which have let me experiment with them as I created "When CHANGE Means BUSINESS." I couldn’t have done it without you.

I especially want to thank the following clients who were willing to share their CHANGE- DRIVER testimonials. Here’s to your continued EXPONENTIAL growth and success:

Catherine V.

Tina O.

Tommy H.

Garrett B.

Josephine H.

Maryanne D.

You have inspired me to share your stories of EXPONENTIAL Growth and LIGHTBULB-MOMENTS, with individuals, companies, and organizations around the world, so they too can have that Shining Light of Clarity by implementing these CHANGE-DRIVERS in their business and personal lives.

Introduction

Surrender who you were for who you will become.

"When CHANGE Means BUSINESS" is about changing the way you think and thinking your way to change.

"IF YOU’RE NOT CHANGING…

YOU’RE FALLING BEHIND!"

"When CHANGE Means BUSINESS" is made up of 5 specific CHANGE-DRIVERS and one Bonus DRIVER, which I developed over fifteen years of research working with leaders, companies, and associations. I’ve helped them to Drive change in the workplace successfully—through Keynote Speaking, consulting, and executive coaching through my company 5 STARR CHANGE, Inc.

www.5StarrChange.com

I’ve included testimonials from six of my clients who have used these CHANGE-DRIVERS in their own lives to give you an idea of how they have helped them, both professionally and personally.

You’ll meet these and others:

- Catherine, a front-line supervisor, with the help of this CHANGE-DRIVER, found a way to be calmer and at the same time have more energy.

- Tina, the CEO of one of the biggest clothing chains in the world, always struggled with her weight—until using this CHANGE-DRIVER.

- Tommy, now the division head of a Fortune 500 company, learned with this CHANGE-DRIVER to put the employment disappointments of his past behind him in order to reach that position.

- Garrett, a sales team leader, applied this CHANGE-DRIVER to effectively deal with three belligerent customers in a row—without bringing the frustration home with him.

- Josephine, a pediatrician, found herself crying on December 23 but then used this CHANGE-DRIVER to bring joy to her life and to the lives of countless others.

- Maryanne, a corporate secretary for a very large bank, decided she wanted to move up the ladder into management and used this CHANGE-DRIVER to help her.

I’ve been working with CEOs, CFOs, production managers, division chiefs, department heads, sales managers and trainers, government agencies, commercial and social associations of various types, the US Army and Air Force, life coaches, and many other groups with one thing in mind … assisting them to change the way they think and think their way to change.

Here’s your chance to do the same.

Remember…

"IF YOU’RE NOT CHANGING…

YOU’RE FALLING BEHIND!"

You now have in your hands the opportunity to do three things for yourself. "When CHANGE Means BUSINESS" will inform, entertain, and galvanize you to action.

Einstein said, Everything should be made as simple as possible, but not simpler.

The definition of belief in dictionary.com is confidence in the truth or existence of something not immediately susceptible to rigorous proof.

My goal for you is to have "When CHANGE Means BUSINESS" be your simple solution. And to have the belief it will work for you.

Many great books have been written about change, with different approaches. Unlike many of them, "When CHANGE Means BUSINESS" is written for reader participation. You can consider it your participation invitation to a changed future full of growth and adventure.

Let’s get started with that growth and adventure right now …

Think for a moment. Why did you decide to read "When CHANGE Means BUSINESS"? What did you hope to achieve or learn? Write down your three-sentence goal here:

Great! As you probably know, without definiteness of purpose, your results will be hazy and unclear. Okay, now that you know what your focus is for reading "When CHANGE Means BUSINESS," you can move forward.

As the title suggests, "When CHANGE Means BUSINESS" is about you leveraging the change you need and want in your business and personal life. You can start reading it on a daily basis. Each day will build upon the previous day. Each week will build upon the previous. And yes, each month will build upon the previous. I call this concept, layering. It creates EXPONENTIAL change for those who apply it.

For as anyone who has run a business, lost weight, done a 5K run, managed a sales force, received a college degree, or raised a child knows, success is not a one-time effort or a flash in the pan, and it can’t be figured out in a day or even a month.

It is a way of viewing the world and taking action on that viewpoint on a daily, weekly, and monthly basis. And it is your attitude toward that goal that creates the change followed by your consistent actions.

I started this chapter with these statements:

Surrender who you were for who you will become.

"IF YOU’RE NOT CHANGING…

YOU’RE FALLING BEHIND!"

Change is a constant, and continues to move at warp-speed, whether we like it or not.

And if you indeed want to make a major change in your business or personal life, you need to be willing to let go of the old, to embrace the new and forthcoming. A good way to let go of the old way of doing or being is to first recognize what need it was filling. Once you do that, you’ll then be able to embrace the new more comfortably. I’ll be giving you examples of how to do this throughout "When CHANGE Means BUSINESS."

I know that no two people are alike. You all have your idiosyncrasies and your unique belief systems. So I am not asking you to be something you are not. I am asking you to become who you are meant to be. We only have so much time on this earth … remember, your clock is ticking.

Here’s a preview of what’s coming in chapter 3 …

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Speaking with many of my clients through the years, three facts have emerged related to this particular CHANGE-DRIVER.

1. No matter how negative the results of being in your ouch zone (OZ) might be, you still find positive pieces in your own personal OZs—pieces that fill a need of some kind.

2. You are a creature of habit, and it is often easier to just keep doing what you’ve always done, whether that is driving the same route to work or holding onto pain and suffering with it.

3. For my clients who are willing to suspend disbelief, to do the hard work of change, this CHANGE-DRIVER catapults you months and sometimes years ahead of where you would be without it. Faith is a powerful catalyst for EXPONENTIAL change.

This CHANGE-DRIVER is for you when you have decided it’s time