Ideas for an Amazing Life: Our Honorary Board of Influencers
Dreaming //
Influence. It’s such a powerful word when you really start to think about it. Every single day we are bombarded with all sorts of messages from all sorts of people, products, businesses, etc. The cool thing about life is that we all have the ability to choose the people that we let influence us on a daily basis. And doing so is really simple…
Recently I read the book “The New Relationship Marketing” an idea author Mari Smith calls her Hollywood Squares. The idea is to create a list of people that you would love to meet in real life and become connected with. She shares that by creating your own Hollywood Squares list and then proactively following their work, you can truly meet anyone in the world.
This sounded like a really fun idea to us so we immediately set out to create our own Hollywood Squares List. But as we were doing so, we begin to think more about why we wanted to meet each person. At first we added people that we thought would be cool to meet, but once we did meet them, we thought how would that help make our life more AMAZING?
Still really liking the exercise, we began thinking about a topic we previously blogged about, our Board of Life Directors. We shared that the people you surround yourself by are the types of people you become.
And then it hit us. Instead of creating our own Hollywood Squares list, what we really wanted to do was create a list of people that in one way our another was positively influencing our lives. So, we combined the idea of a Hollywood Squares list with our Board of Life Directors and came up with Our Honorary Board of Influencers. Instead of just a list of people we wanted to meet for no real reason, we created a list of people that if and when we do meet them, that our lives would be influenced in a more positive manner.
As you head into the weekend, why not take a moment to create your own Honorary Board of Influencers. Not sure where to start? Think about the authors of books you’ve recently read that have had a positive impact on your life or career. Or, think about some of your favorite hobbies and the places and people you look to for inspiration. For example, I LOVE to cook and I am just a bit of a science nerd. The perfect combination of both these passions is Alton Brown, chef and creator of Good Eats.
Still looking for more inspiration? Below is our current Honorary Board of Influencers and why we choose each one. So far we’ve only actually met a few of these people, but by creating this honorary board, we have intentionally thought about people who we have/would like to have be a positive influence in our lives and in our business. As you create your board… remember it is your very own! You can change it up as often as you would like. That is the fun part! We move ours around quite a bit… Chris Guillebeau is one of those people that will always be a part of our board, whether listed or not! It doesn’t really matter what your board looks like, just be sure to have a good reason for why you are allowing the people on your board into your life and make sure they are a POSITIVE influence on you.
Gretchen Rubin – Author of The Happiness Project – Through her book and blog, Gretchen shows that we can proactively work to make ourselves happier.
Seth Godin – Author of many AMAZING books including our favorites The Purple Cow and The Dip – Seth is a genius when it comes to business, taking control of your lives, and making things happen.
Alton Brown – Chef and host of Good Eats and The Iron Chef – I just can’t get enough of the way he incorporates science into cooking. Plus his recipes are AMAZING.
Richie & Natalie Norton – Entrepreneurs and Authors of The Power of Starting Something Stupid – We had the pleasure of meeting Richie and Natalie at the What if Conference and they are probably two of the most genuine, down to earth people we have ever met! Their hearts are incredibly inspiring!
Savannah Guthrie – Host of the Today Show – We LOVE the Today Show and especially Savannah! She is just so bubbly and her love of life shines through and brightens our day each morning.
Alexandra Beauregard – Editor at Heart Love Weddings – Alexandra is such a breath of fresh air! She is the one behind Heart Love Weddings, a blog dedicated to celebrating love stories… all kinds of love stories!
Austin Gutwein – Author of Live to Give and Founder of Hoops of Hope – At just the age of 9 Austin created a charity to help support orphans in Africa that lost their parents due to AIDS. Since then the charity has raised over 3 million dollars. AMAZING!
Bob Goff – Author of Love Does – Bob is a true example of how putting love above all else can positively impact the lives of those around you. His book seriously lit our hearts on fire!
David Jay – Founder of Showit and PASS – DJ is a visionary when it comes to the future of the photography industry. But most importantly, DJ is an AMAZING example of an incredibly generous and selfless leader!
Grant Peelle – Director of I’m Fine, Thanks – Grant decided to take action and follow his dream of producing a film. In doing so he created I’m Fine, Thanks, a move that sheds light on how we so often live a complacent life but we can make the choice to follow our dreams instead.
We can’t wait to hear about the people you choose for your very own Honorary Board of Influencers. And if any of our influencers happen to read this post, we can’t wait to connect more with you in the near future!!!