How to Be A Thought Leader

Insight Out : Big Ideas for the Modern Entrepreneur

Episode • Sep 18, 2021 • 1h 13m

How To Be A Thought Leader

Do you want to be a thought leader? If so, listen to this one! Brenden and Billy discuss what it takes to become a thought leader.

Today Billy and Brenden talk about what it takes to become a thought leader, defining what a thought leader is, and some of the principles that Brenden believes to be most important to become a thought leader.

What we discussed:

[03:40] - The thought leaders that stand out in Brenden’s mind
[05:50] - The concept of the smallest viable audience and Linchpin
[07:36] - Brenden’s thoughts on Malcolm Gladwell and Tim Ferriss
[09:02] - His thoughts on Angela Duckworth, Brené Brown
[13:02] - Understanding where your capacity is
[15:02] - What people are doing to develop their thought leadership
[20:33] - Best practices in which you can harness your thought leadership
[23:57] - What is a vision
[27:41] - Do not be afraid to create opinions
[28:25] - The willingness to create consistently
[30:11] - Holes in your idea
[33:04] - What one can do to proactively start new ideas?
[38:26] - Creating a community to stay accountable for your ideas
[44:20] - Understand which platform is for you
[47:56] - Have a sustainable interest
[49:00] - How to make the right decision?
[52:51] - Don’t just focus on short-term goals
[56:38] - Commonly held belief in thought leadership that Brenden disagrees with
[59:40] - Taylor Swift’s strategy for thought leadership
[1:02:19] - Potential roadblocks that Brenden wants others to avoid
[1:06:02] - Mistake wise that we should be mindful of
[1:08:29] - About Brenden’s free training on effective communication

What we discussed:

There are two ways to be a thought leader. One is to create entirely unique content. And number two is to repackage content in a way that's never been communicated before.
To harness your own thought leadership, you should first have a vision for what your thought leadership should be.
All thought leaders have mastered the ability to question existing knowledge.
If you want to master communication, then don’t talk about fear of communication.
If you just accept everything as it is, you would never feel like you need to create your unique ideas. You would just accept everything that you hear.
To be a leader, you need to be willing to say that it doesn't make sense, or maybe it could be thought of differently.
Do not be afraid to create and form points of view and opinions about what you believe, regardless of whether those opinions are factual.

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