How to Build Influence in a World of Competing Ideas, with John Butman

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NOTE:The following represents ten highlights

from the interview by @MoeAbdou, founder & host of 33voices®.

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John Butman

Advises and collaborates with indi-vidual content experts and leaders of global companies, notfor-profit

institutions, consultancies, and government organizations, helping them shape and express their ideas

and establish idea platforms.

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If you’ve got an idea in your head,

share it, live it and articulate it like a catchy headline.

No.1

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Ideas are not separate from the person who created them.tie your narrative to the core of your idea

and watch it become believable!

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Want to test a new idea? Try sketching it on a cocktail napkin

and see if people get it. Then try it at a cocktail party.

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To articulate your idea well,

make it relevant.Why does it matter to you? and what big problem is it solving?

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Tell me why you’re fascinated with an idea, and my emotions will tug at me to buy in.make your idea a sacred expression.

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Tell me why you’re fascinated with an idea, and my emotions will tug at me to buy in.make your idea a sacred expression.

33voicesJohn Butman - Sacred expression

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Smart idea entrepreneurs focus on gaining influence within a niched disincline,

not with a mass audiencewhat is it that only you can do?

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Your idea is much more likely to resonatewhen others can connect it

with similar ideas.

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You’re in respiration mode when your idea can breath on its own. treat this as the beginning of the journey

and lead the conversation.

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Success often brings resistance from others.don’t ignore it, discuss it and let your idea grow.

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Try less to own an idea,and opt more for advancing it!

Really reflect...

Is the idea in your head a deep part of who you are?

Really reflect...