Recession Proof Your Life:

Make a PLAN and Make It Great!

Phil Gerbyshak

Relationship Geek

http://philgerbyshak.com

Background about Phil

How Can You Make It Great?

Do One New Thing

You’ve got to have a PLAN!

P IS FOR PURPOSE

What do you stand for?

"Many persons have a wrong

idea of what constitutes true

happiness. It is not attained

through self-gratification but

through fidelity to a worthy

purpose."

Helen Keller

YOUR PURPOSE IS YOUR

BRAND

Vision

http://www.flickr.com/photos/lollyknit/417661856/

Values

Purpose Question

• Does this decision fit with my life’s

PURPOSE?

Let’s create your purpose pitch

• Short

• To the point

• What you WANT to be known for

L IS FOR LEARNING

"ANYONE WHO STOPS

LEARNING IS OLD, WHETHER AT

TWENTY OR EIGHTY. ANYONE

WHO KEEPS LEARNING STAYS

YOUNG.” - HENRY FORD

Pickups and Drop Offs

Learning Questions

• What did I pickup today?

• What did I drop off today?

A is for Attitude

YOUR ATTITUDE IS INFECTIOUS

– IS YOURS WORTH CATCHING?

ATTITUDE OF GRATITUDE

Attitude Question

• How can I reframe my thinking about this

situation to make it more positive?

N is for Networking

Network for Others

Feed Your Friendlies

Network for You

Who Knows You?

New Media

Connect with your team, and

your customers

Rules of New Media

Rules

• No silver bullets

– Every candidate and every company uses it

differently

• No control

– Nobody has to use social media

Rules (con’t)

• GOOGLE IS (and diamonds are)

FOREVER!

• There really are NO RULES!

– Anything goes

Google is (and Diamonds are)

Forever!

• Gmail

• Gtalk

• Google Alerts

• Google Blog Search

Why Should You Care About

New Media?

http://www.flickr.com/photos/mikecogh/3086805262/

Look Who Uses It

• The Army uses podcasts

• Ford Motor Company uses Twitter

• President Obama has 4.5 MILLION

Facebook friends (as of last night)

• RECRUITERS use it instead of job boards

What do you want to do with

New Media?

Twitter

@philgerb

Facebook

Connect on a personal level

LinkedIn

Build your reputation,

Share your network

Plaxo

Never forget another birthday!

Blogs

• Read ‘em

• Write ‘em

• Share ‘em

#1 Tip for Participating in New

Media

• Show up

Networking Questions

• Who do I need to meet today?

• Who needs to meet me?

Your PLAN

• P – Purpose filled life

• L – Learn as much as you can

• A – Attitude matters (a LOT!)

• N – Network with others and let others

network with you

Do One New Thing

Connect with Phil

• makeitgreatguy.com

• slackermanager.com

• phil@philgerbyshak.com