Christopher D. Connors's guest appearances

Christopher D. Connors

The John Eades Podcast

My Worst Investment Ever Podcast

Kara Goldin

Marcia Reynolds

Whitney Johnson

David Allen

Johnny FD

Adam Carroll

Daniel Ramsey

Clayton Morris

Scott Smith

Jeff Bezos

Andy Hill

Robin Sharma

Joe Saul-Sehy

Dennis Mortensen

John Lee Dumas

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Christopher D. Connors is the bestselling author of  Emotional Intelligence for the Modern Leader and  The Value of You. He is an author, executive coach, and keynote speaker who helps leaders increase their emotional intelligence, prioritize goals, and build thriving organizations. He works with executives and leaders at Fortune 500 companies, sports organizations, schools, and universities. His writing has appeared in CNBC, World Economic Forum, Quartz, CEO World, Virgin Media, Thrive Global, and Medium, and he’s been a guest on FOX and ABC TV programs. Christopher is happily married to his beautiful wife and is the proud father of three amazing, rambunctious baseball-loving boys. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.   “Adversity is your best friend. In every adversity, there is always an opportunity that is going to come out of that.” Christopher Connors   Worst investment ever The big move Christopher grew up just outside New York City on Long Island while his wife grew up in South Carolina. They had been living in New York when the wife said she wanted to leave. And so they decided to relocate to Atlanta. Christopher wasn’t emotionally or mentally prepared to make a move, but he did it anyway as it was the right move for his family. Physically, Christopher was in Atlanta, but mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, he was still in New York. He was living this life where he was just struggling to put the pieces together. A thriving career While Christopher was struggling to adjust to the new life, career-wise, he was thriving. Christopher landed the most prestigious job opportunity he’s ever had. The job was very high paying, and he got to work with some of the top corporate clients in all of Atlanta, including Coca Cola, Delta, UPS, and the Home Depot. His head was just not in the game Despite having landed the job of his dreams, Christopher was still not settled and was struggling to adapt. He was still trying to figure out a little bit more about himself in terms of what he truly wanted to do. Even though on paper, this opportunity looked like a dream job, the more he went through it, the more he realized it wasn’t. Getting booted Christopher tried out a couple of different assignments that didn’t work. He just wasn’t able to employ emotional intelligence to be able to separate his personal life from his work life. About 10 months into it,  he was fired. Here he was less than a year into a move with a young son and a wife, and all of a sudden, he didn’t have an income coming in. It was a big blow to his ego because he had been successful in all of the other previous jobs that he had been in. Figuring his next move Getting fired was entirely unexpected for Christopher, but with a family to take care of, he had to bounce back soon. Christopher had always had this burning desire to write and coach just lying underneath the surface. He had treated them as hobbies for so long and just doing it a little bit of on the side. Now that Christopher had time on his hands, he started to build up a little bit more, and with time he turned it into a fulltime venture. Christopher admits that his poor performance in this lifetime job opportunity remains his worst investment ever; however, he’s thankful that it happened because he mustered the courage to kick the fear of venturing out entrepreneurially in the butt. Lessons learned Adversity is your best friend Don’t fear pain and failure. With every adversity, there’s the opportunity or the equivalent seed of an advantage. Learn to see opportunities within your adversities, and you will thrive. Developing emotional intelligence Life will always have its shortcomings. By developing emotional intelligence, you will be able to turn every weakness into a win. Without emotional intelligence, you will always let pain, failure, loss, and other adversities hold you back. Be proactive Start taking the initiative to go after the things that you have the skills for, but have previously been too afraid to do. Your success depends on the actions you take today. Plans are nothing; planning is everything Have a plan in life and take action to turn those plans into reality because plans are nothing planning is everything. Know that plans will change, but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t plan. Move from thinking to doing Make all of these things that you’ve always believed that you can do actionable. You need to move from just thinking and talking about these things and start doing them. Muster the courage to start putting your ideas out there, and you may just surprise yourself. Andrew’s takeaways It gets hard before it gets easy Sometimes we just have to hit rock bottom to become our best versions. It has to get hard enough and painful enough for you to decide that you’ll do something different. Our adversities make us who we are It is our adversities, our struggles, our mistakes, and our losses that spur us to new opportunities. Actionable advice First, listen to your heart about what you truly want to do. Second, don’t live in the past; be willing to adapt. No. 1 goal for the next 12 months Christopher’s number one goal for the next 12 months is to be a great dad. The couple just welcomed a newborn child into the world. From a professional standpoint, Christopher plans to continue building his coaching business and working with people that he deeply admires in a variety of industries. He also has some ideas for a third book coming up and has started laying the foundation for that. Parting words   “Follow your heart and intuition. Mix this with a plan that’s coupled with the talents, skills, and experiences that you have. Then just go for it.” Christopher Connors   Connect with Christopher Connors  LinkedIn Twitter Instagram Facebook YouTube Blog Website  Andrew’s books   How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market  My Worst Investment Ever  9 Valuation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them  Transform Your Business with Dr.Deming’s 14 Points  Andrew’s online programs  Valuation Master Class  How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market  Finance Made Ridiculously Simple Become a Great Presenter and Increase Your Influence  Transform Your Business with Dr. Deming’s 14 Points  Connect with Andrew Stotz:  astotz.com LinkedIn Facebook Instagram Twitter YouTube  My Worst Investment Ever Podcast 

<p><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdconnors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><strong>Christopher D. Connors</strong></a> is the bestselling author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Intelligence-Modern-Leader-Organizations/dp/1646115600" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Emotional Intelligence for the Modern Leader</a> and <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Value-You-Living-Joyfully-Through-ebook/dp/B076S4VJXZ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Value of You</a>. He is an author, executive coach, and keynote speaker who helps leaders increase their emotional intelligence, prioritize goals, and build thriving organizations.</p> <p>He works with executives and leaders at Fortune 500 companies, sports organizations, schools, and universities. His writing has appeared in CNBC, World Economic Forum, Quartz, CEO World, Virgin Media, Thrive Global, and Medium, and he’s been a guest on FOX and ABC TV programs.</p> <p>Christopher is happily married to his beautiful wife and is the proud father of three amazing, rambunctious baseball-loving boys. He lives in Charleston, South Carolina.</p> <p> </p> <p><strong>“Adversity is your best friend. In every adversity, there is always an opportunity that is going to come out of that.”</strong></p> <p>Christopher Connors</p> <p> </p> <h2><strong>Worst investment ever</strong></h2> <h3><strong>The big move</strong></h3> <p>Christopher grew up just outside New York City on Long Island while his wife grew up in South Carolina. They had been living in New York when the wife said she wanted to leave. And so they decided to relocate to Atlanta.</p> <p>Christopher wasn’t emotionally or mentally prepared to make a move, but he did it anyway as it was the right move for his family. Physically, Christopher was in Atlanta, but mentally, emotionally, and spiritually, he was still in New York. He was living this life where he was just struggling to put the pieces together.</p> <h3><strong>A thriving career</strong></h3> <p>While Christopher was struggling to adjust to the new life, career-wise, he was thriving. Christopher landed the most prestigious job opportunity he’s ever had. The job was very high paying, and he got to work with some of the top corporate clients in all of Atlanta, including Coca Cola, Delta, UPS, and the Home Depot.</p> <h3><strong>His head was just not in the game</strong></h3> <p>Despite having landed the job of his dreams, Christopher was still not settled and was struggling to adapt. He was still trying to figure out a little bit more about himself in terms of what he truly wanted to do. Even though on paper, this opportunity looked like a dream job, the more he went through it, the more he realized it wasn’t.</p> <h3><strong>Getting booted</strong></h3> <p>Christopher tried out a couple of different assignments that didn’t work. He just wasn’t able to employ emotional intelligence to be able to separate his personal life from his work life. About 10 months into it,  he was fired. Here he was less than a year into a move with a young son and a wife, and all of a sudden, he didn’t have an income coming in.</p> <p>It was a big blow to his ego because he had been successful in all of the other previous jobs that he had been in.</p> <h3><strong>Figuring his next move</strong></h3> <p>Getting fired was entirely unexpected for Christopher, but with a family to take care of, he had to bounce back soon.</p> <p>Christopher had always had this burning desire to write and coach just lying underneath the surface. He had treated them as hobbies for so long and just doing it a little bit of on the side. Now that Christopher had time on his hands, he started to build up a little bit more, and with time he turned it into a fulltime venture.</p> <p>Christopher admits that his poor performance in this lifetime job opportunity remains his worst investment ever; however, he’s thankful that it happened because he mustered the courage to kick the fear of venturing out entrepreneurially in the butt.</p> <h2><strong>Lessons learned</strong></h2> <h3><strong>Adversity is your best friend</strong></h3> <p>Don’t fear pain and failure. With every adversity, there’s the opportunity or the equivalent seed of an advantage. Learn to see opportunities within your adversities, and you will thrive.</p> <h3><strong>Developing emotional intelligence</strong></h3> <p>Life will always have its shortcomings. By developing emotional intelligence, you will be able to turn every weakness into a win. Without emotional intelligence, you will always let pain, failure, loss, and other adversities hold you back.</p> <h3><strong>Be proactive</strong></h3> <p>Start taking the initiative to go after the things that you have the skills for, but have previously been too afraid to do. Your success depends on the actions you take today.</p> <h3><strong>Plans are nothing; planning is everything</strong></h3> <p>Have a plan in life and take action to turn those plans into reality because plans are nothing planning is everything. Know that plans will change, but that doesn’t mean that you shouldn’t plan.</p> <h3><strong>Move from thinking to doing</strong></h3> <p>Make all of these things that you’ve always believed that you can do actionable. You need to move from just thinking and talking about these things and start doing them. Muster the courage to start putting your ideas out there, and you may just surprise yourself.</p> <h2><strong>Andrew’s takeaways</strong></h2> <h3><strong>It gets hard before it gets easy</strong></h3> <p>Sometimes we just have to hit rock bottom to become our best versions. It has to get hard enough and painful enough for you to decide that you’ll do something different.</p> <h3><strong>Our adversities make us who we are</strong></h3> <p>It is our adversities, our struggles, our mistakes, and our losses that spur us to new opportunities.</p> <h2><strong>Actionable advice</strong></h2> <p>First, listen to your heart about what you truly want to do. Second, don’t live in the past; be willing to adapt.</p> <h2><strong>No. 1 goal for the next 12 months</strong></h2> <p>Christopher’s number one goal for the next 12 months is to be a great dad. The couple just welcomed a newborn child into the world. From a professional standpoint, Christopher plans to continue building his coaching business and working with people that he deeply admires in a variety of industries. He also has some ideas for a third book coming up and has started laying the foundation for that.</p> <h2><strong>Parting words</strong></h2> <p> </p> <p><strong>“Follow your heart and intuition. Mix this with a plan that’s coupled with the talents, skills, and experiences that you have. Then just go for it.”</strong></p> <p>Christopher Connors</p> <p><strong> </strong></p> <h3><strong>Connect with Christopher Connors</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/chrisdconnors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/chris_connors42?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/chrisdconnors/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/chrisdconnors" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/bigcman99" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://medium.com/@chrisdconnors" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.chrisdconnors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Website</a></li> </ul> <h3><strong>Andrew’s books</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Start-Building-Wealth-Investing-Market-ebook/dp/B00Y25765G/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=How+to+Start+Building+Your+Wealth+Investing+in+the+Stock+Market&amp;qid=1552861894&amp;s=digital-text&amp;sr=1-1-fkmrnull" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <em>How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Worst-Investment-Ever-Andrew-Stotz-ebook/dp/B07C81PYP9/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=My+Worst+Investment+Ever&amp;qid=1552861947&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1-fkmrnull" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <em>My Worst Investment Ever</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Valuation-Mistakes-How-Avoid-Them/dp/1723884960/ref=sr_1_fkmrnull_1?keywords=9+Valuation+Mistakes+and+How+to+Avoid+Them&amp;qid=1552861978&amp;s=gateway&amp;sr=8-1-fkmrnull" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <em>9 Valuation Mistakes and How to Avoid Them</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://www.amazon.com/Transform-Your-Business-Dr-Demings-Points-ebook/dp/B00U5SRHJ4/ref=sr_1_2?ie=UTF8&amp;qid=1524026915&amp;sr=8-2&amp;keywords=andrew+stotz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <em>Transform Your Business with Dr.Deming’s 14 Points</em></a></li> </ul> <h3><strong>Andrew’s online programs</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://valuationmasterclass.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Valuation Master Class</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://academy.astotz.com/courses/how-to-start-building-your-wealth-investing-in-the-stock-market" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <em>How to Start Building Your Wealth Investing in the Stock Market</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://academy.astotz.com/courses/finance-made-ridiculously-simple" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> <em>Finance Made Ridiculously Simple</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://academy.astotz.com/courses/gp" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em>Become a Great Presenter and Increase Your Influence</em></a></li> <li><a href="https://academy.astotz.com/courses/transformyourbusiness" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><em> Transform Your Business with Dr. Deming’s 14 Points</em></a></li> </ul> <h3><strong>Connect with Andrew Stotz:</strong></h3> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.astotz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">astotz.com</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/andrewstotz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/andrewstotzpage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.instagram.com/andstotz/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/Andrew_Stotz" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/c/andrewstotzpage" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/my-worst-investment-ever-podcast/id1416554991?mt=2" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> My Worst Investment Ever Podcast</a></li> </ul>

Christopher D. Connors – We Can Develop Our Emotional Intelligence Through Adversity

“We make decisions, build relationships, and communicate based on how we feel about things emotionally.” In season 26 episode 7, Christopher D. Connors joins the show.  He is the author of  Emotional Intelligence For the Modern Leader. During the show we cover:  - What is emotional intelligence? - How to develop and improve the skill of emotional intelligence - Why planning is essential  - What basketball coaches are worth emulating from as a leader - Why John Wooden was an excellent example of leadership This show is brought to you by LearnLoft.com.  You can sign up for the Virtual Building the Best Leader Workshop here. Use the code "podcast" to get $25 off.

<p>“We make decisions, build relationships, and communicate based on how we feel about things emotionally.”</p> <p>In season 26 episode 7, <a href="https://www.chrisdconnors.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Christopher D. Connors</a> joins the show.  He is the author of <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Emotional-Intelligence-Modern-Leader-Organizations/dp/1646115600" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Emotional Intelligence For the Modern Leader</a>.</p> <p>During the show we cover: </p> <p>- What is emotional intelligence?</p> <p>- How to develop and improve the skill of emotional intelligence</p> <p>- Why planning is essential </p> <p>- What basketball coaches are worth emulating from as a leader</p> <p>- Why John Wooden was an excellent example of leadership</p> <p>This show is brought to you by <a href="http://LearnLoft.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LearnLoft.com</a>.  You can sign up for the <a href="https://learnloft.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Virtual Building the Best Leader Workshop here.</a> Use the code "podcast" to get $25 off.</p>

How to be an Emotionally Intelligent Leader with Christopher D. Connors