Mike Lipkin

In this informative and inspiring keynote, Mike Lipkin will empower you to deliver the ultimate value proposition: creating breakthroughs with others in a post COVID reality. He will guide you through the ten key forces shaping the immediate future and coach you on how to develop your three superpowers for success: Certainty, Charisma, and Conditioning. Mike is a renowned high-performance coach who has worked with over a million people in 43 countries. He is also the author of seven bestselling books and the president of Environics/Lipkin, a leading research and motivation company based in Toronto, Canada. In line with his philosophy that life is theatre with consequences, Mike will entertain you while he educates you.

• Make Friends with your Fear. Be ok with not being ok. In the age of lockdown, peace of mind has been put on hold. It’s not you. Anxiety comes with the territory. Live with it.
• Acknowledge the Unreality. Normal is weird and weird is normal. This is a massive exogenous shock. There is no playbook. We’re all making it up as we go along.
• Accelerate Through The 6 Stages Of Recovery: Denial – this can’t be happening. Despair – this is the end of the world. Acceptance – here we go. Understanding – this is beginning to make sense. Engagement – I can make things better. Mastery – I’m getting better at making things better.
• Change Your Habits. Live like it’s Day One. Shift your mindset. Develop your discipline. Play at your best under the circumstances. Make every day a victory. Pass it on.
• Be Reflective, Not Reflexive. Lean out. Plan don’t panic. See beyond this moment. Prepare for the upturn. Read. Listen. Talk. Breathe.
• Fantasize For Real. Remember your cherished yesterdays. Imagine awesome tomorrows. Look at the funny side of things that aren’t  funny. Smile at the crisis.
• Take Imperfect Action. Do something. Make a call. Produce a post. Join a conversation. Propose a solution. Work on yourself. Wash your hands.
• Stay Sharp. Dress for success. Look your best on video. Don’t rust out. Be professional in your space. Experiment with new ways of  being you. Sleep. Eat. Move.
• Reassure People. It will all be ok in the end and if it’s not the end, it’s ok. Help people hope. See proof before it’s present. Express your interest and empathy. Remind people why they will survive and thrive.
• Be an Example. Behave now the way you want to feel about yourself later. Encourage others with your courage. Provide an essential service that makes you invaluable later on.

Maximum uncertainty is a new fact of life. I don’t just mean being unsure about what’s going to happen next. I mean not knowing what to do. Not knowing what we don’t know is the primary source of fear. The suspense is killing us. So, what’s the antidote? It’s simple but it isn’t easy. Do what you know. Don’t be derailed by what you don’t. We’re into the second month of lockdown. It’s time to CYOC – Create Your Own Certainty. So, here’s how I’m doing what I know – in specific order. You do your thing:

• ALIGN YOURSELF WITH CURRENT REALITIES: Come to terms with your shock. Corona is like a continuous car wreck, but we have to keep driving in the right direction. Don’t expect it to get easier. It’s only going to get harder. We can feel exposed, afraid and determined at the same time.
• DISCIPLINE YOUR DISTRACTION: Living Under Maximum Uncertainty can make it very hard to concentrate. There are infinite ways to get lost in a parallel universe. So, commit to doing the work that must be done. Strengthen your mental muscles. Now is the time to become unstoppable.
• BE INFORMED NOT OBSESSED: Being informed empowers you with the essential facts. Being obsessed means filling your mind with worst case scenarios. Read, listen or watch the news, but don’t be hijacked by it.
• BELIEVE YOU WILL SURVIVE AND SUCCEED: Believe means to accept as true. Like gravity, It’s undeniable. So, believe you are designed for this environment. Then find ways to prove it
• GET PHYSICAL: Overcome your inertia. Inertia literally means doing nothing. If you do nothing, you cannot do what you know. So, get moving. Exercise alone will make you smarter and stronger.
•  CREATE A FINANCIAL PLAN: Confront the brutal facts. Don’t procrastinate. Access the help that the government is offering. Talk to your bank or your advisor. Protect your credit rating.
• BUILD YOUR BRAIN: Use this time to multiply your mind. Sharpen your most vital skills. Master new technology. Read a great book. Make a video. When this is all over, make sure you’re all over this.
• GROW YOUR RELATIONSHIPS: Isolationship, (yup, that’s another new word) should not prevent you from nurturing your relationships. Take care of the people in your inner circle. Reach out to mobilizers and opinion leaders in your industry. Earn their attention by offering them valuable insights. Become someone that shows what CAN be done.
• EXPERIMENT WITH NEW APPROACHES: 2020 has been a year of utter devastation. But it will also be a year of miraculous reinvention. To experiment means to test something in order to discover if it works. We are all starting from scratch in a post-Corona world. Start small. Think big. Act now.
• BECOME A WALKING ESSENTIAL SERVICE: The government of Ontario has defined 44 essential services in terms of function. No people are mentioned by name. However, ask yourself: what would it take for me to become an essential service? How can I become a model of what’s possible? Where can I find the inspiration and strength to empower others to carry on?

“The most valuable people are the people that create breakthroughs with others. It’s as simple and spectacular as that. I define a breakthrough as an action that moves someone through an obstacle. Or it’s a sudden insight that enables someone to achieve a remarkable result. Or it’s a personal victory over doubt that liberates someone from their fear. Or it’s a decisive discovery that precipitates extraordinary progress. Or it’s the accomplishment of significant personal success.

I call someone that creates breakthroughs with others: The Potentiator.

The Potentiator is someone that increases others’ strength and effectiveness. They bring people together so they can achieve more than they could separately. They help actualize others’ dreams. They produce more energy than they consume. They cause breakthroughs by helping others play at their best.

We’re only as good as the people that help us play at our best. Creating breakthroughs with others is the greatest gift we can give them. The benefit is always reciprocal.”

-Mike Lipkin

In this powerful program, Mike Lipkin will coach you on how to become The Potentiator.

You will learn the Ten Potentiator Practices:

1. Be Self-Savvy
2. Develop Situational Sensibility
3.  Make a Powerful Promise
4.  Become Sublimely Skilled
5.  Build Robust Resilience
6.  Grow Courageous Creativity
7. Be Fanatically Faithworthy
8.  Cultivate Close Connections
9.  Communicate Like a Champion
10.  Cause Bold Breakthroughs

Over the past 25 years, superstar coach Mike Lipkin has studied and worked with thousands of disruptors around the world. In this thrilling guide to personal success, he shows us that the key to extraordinary success is to have so much fun that you become the source of other’s joy.

This program is filled with mind-opening insights and examples that will inspire you to act like a disruptor – someone that creates the future one step at a time. There is an amazing breakthrough that is currently just beyond your reach. Mike Lipkin will help you grasp it. The people closest to you are counting on it. It’s time to dance.