E259: “Nobody Takes Our Power, We Give It Away” – Gail Rudolph Interview

Gail Rudolph has a unique, holistic view of personal power and how it changes the world. She tells Mighty Pete how little tricks of body language and understanding how to stay grounded during any situation can directly affect the outcome.

 

KEY TAKEAWAYS

• Understanding how ‘power dynamics’ are a give-or-take scenario most of the time, and how you can achieve the outcome you want out of most situations by understanding when to exhibit your ‘active’ versus your ‘passive’ power.
• The “Scarcity Principle” can increase your ‘value’ and make people more inclined to listen to you, or value what you have to say.
• The obstacles or challenges you encountered as a child can often lead us to our purpose (for example, how Gail’s position as the youngest child in her family made her want to study how to get people’s voices heard).
• A negotiation can be curated so that the outcome is beneficial to both people.

BEST MOMENTS

• “Powering up is a choice we make to step into a fuller presence such as making direct eye contact or taking up that space that I talked about. Powering down, on the other hand, is intentionally changing our stance – expressing empathy, or giving others the chance to interrupt you, or using a softer tone of voice. You see, powering down has often been viewed as being very bad, or something we don’t want to do, but I’m here to tell you that powering down can be a very effective tool, as long as we intentionally use it and hold our power to make other people feel at ease.”
• “The law of power is ‘the only person you have control over is yourself.’ But if you can control your interaction with other people, you can change their experience with you.”
• “We confuse boundaries with power all the time. … Boundaries are simply the limits that we’ve set around our energy, our money, or our time.”
• “When we look at life as an opportunity, everything is a learning experience, there’s no failure in life…we have to learn the lessons to get to the next level. We don’t fail.”

ABOUT THE GUEST

After years in the executive world managing and mediating power dynamics in the office, Gail Rudolph became a Cialdini Method Certified trainer and executive coach who helps businesspeople find their voice and attain a higher level of success. Gail has a Bachelor of Science in Psychology, a Leadership Certificate from Stanford Graduate School of Business, and a master’s degree in Human Services Administration, and she uses a scientific, results-driven approach to understanding the nuances of communication and human behavior. She is currently based in Palm Springs California.

 

CONTACT METHOD

Website: https://gailrudolph.com/

Work with Gail: https://gailrudolph.com/contact/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GailRudolphAuthor

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gailrudolphauthor/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9nm_LSE-I1dGCiN_X2XN4Q

 

ABOUT THE HOST

The ‘Mighty Pete Lonton’ from the ‘Mighty 247’ company is your main host of ‘Fire in The Belly’.

Pete is an entrepreneur, mentor, coach, property Investor, and father of three beau98tiful girls. Pete’s background is in project management and property, but his true passion is the ‘Fire in The Belly’ project itself. His mission is to help others find their potential and become the mightiest version of themselves. Pete openly talks about losing both of his parents, suffering periods of depression, business downturn and burn-out, and ultimately his years spent not stoking ‘Fire in the Belly’. In 2017, at 37 years of age that changed, and he is now on a journey of learning, growing, accepting, and inspiring others.

Pete can connect with people and intuitively asks questions to reveal a person’s passion and discover how to live their mightiest life. The true power of ‘Fire in The Belly’ is the Q&A’s - Questions and Actions section.

The ‘Fire in The Belly’ brand and the programme is rapidly expanding into podcasts, seminars, talks, business workshops, development courses, and rapid results mentoring.

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