Description

This episode of the connect with confidence podcast brings to you a funny and insightful conversation with Simon Jacobs, who calls his business Professional Weirdos. Simon is one of the contributors in our newly launched book: How to Talk to Strangers. He has shared some amazing stories of his connection with strangers, including some of his awkward growing moments.

Simon shares stories of connection and his central theme, ‘embrace the awkward’.  Through his business, Professional Weirdos, he helps employees break the pattern of being in their shell, and embracing their awkwardness and weirdness in their work spaces, to be more creative, enjoy more of their work, and achieve great team work. He shares his amusement park story that he has written in the How to Talk to Strangers, which is a stunning story of breaking your shell and talking to a stranger.

Enjoy this beautiful conversation of weirdness, awkwardness and meaningful connection!!

TIME STAMP

1. Receiving your first copy of the book – 1:36
2. Confidence story – 3:33
3. Amusement Park story from the book – 7:20
4. Funny moments you get up to these days – 8:59
5. Hesitations that you get from people – 12:16
6. What are the outcomes? – 15:48
7. Is it a challenge to sell this idea? – 18:38
8. It’s time for the professional weirdo – 21:13
9. Embrace the awkward – 23:17
10. A stranger that made a difference – 29:04

Find How to Talk To Strangers at your local bookstore, Kerrie's site (below) or your preferred online store.

Paperback - https://kerriephipps.com/product/how-to-talk-to-strangers/

Paperback Amazon - https://amzn.to/3AnfWlk

eBook Amazon - https://amzn.to/3fHuoNf

Find Simon here

Website - https://www.professionalweirdos.co.uk/

LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonjjacobs/

Twitter - https://twitter.com/LordSimonJacobs

Find Kerrie here

Website - kerriephipps.com/

LinkedIn - www.linkedin.com/in/kerriephipps/

Facebook public figure page - www.facebook.com/KerriePhipps1/

Instagram - www.instagram.com/kerriephipps/

Twitter - twitter.com/KerriePhipps

Twitter podcast - twitter.com/ConnectingPod