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Mike Rayburn
The World's Funniest Guitar Virtuoso
Mike is a captivating keynote artist who has presented for many of the world's leading corporations. As an entertainer, Mike received a standing ovation at his Carnegie Hall debut and has since performed there eight times.
Mike's brilliance comes from combining his classically trained musical talent with great wit, fueled by a consistent application of Awareness, Curiosity, Focus, and Initiative. He combines seemingly unrelated concepts together into an entertaining and insightful message of innovation. The podcast contains samplings of Mike's music.
Click the tabs above to listen to the separate episodes corresponding to the four catalysts of Personal Brilliance - Awareness, Curiosity, Focus, and Initiative or listen to the complete interview if you prefer.
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews guitar virtuoso Mike Rayburn, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Awareness in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Awareness for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- The balance of knowing yourself and using the built-in mirrors that surround us
- The benefit of more information
- Why you really need an outside perspective to really know yourself
- Consciously jumping into the solution - the 20/80 rule
- The #1 cause of getting stuck when solving problems
- A metaphor for awareness in our lives
- Using awareness as a way to tie things together via analogy
- Be up to date or risk becoming an un-trusted source
- Who are the best awareness detectors?
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews guitar virtuoso Mike Rayburn, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Curiosity in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Curiosity for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- The most basic human cognitive function
- To key questions
- How to be free of the fear that stops us from getting all the answers
- A different approach when a curve is thrown at you
- Combinations
- A significant question
- An exercise - what it takes to be the best
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews guitar virtuoso Mike Rayburn, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Focus in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Focus for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- How the long view shapes the short view
- How seeing things in a large context sharpens the focus
- A quick approach for goal setting using a focus perspective
- Why too tight of a focus can hurt you
- Stepping back as a tool to be more focused
- Why Mike looks at how he is already branded as a journey not an end
- How knowing who you are will tell you what direction to pursue
- How Mike found his uniqueness
- Why friends are so critical to the process
- How Mike's unique music is based on thinking differently
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In this episode of Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical, Jim Canterucci interviews guitar virtuoso Mike Rayburn, exploring how he uses the Personal Brilliance catalyst Initiative in his successful life. Jim Canterucci has some tips on Initiative for you as well.
Some of this episode's highlights:
- The real story about how to get to Carnegie Hall - It's not practice!
- A great example of overcoming a barrier to innovation
- It's OK to take action, not knowing if it will pay-off later
- How purpose is the missing link
- A test to see if your purpose in life is over
- How to draw from your sense of purpose
- Josh - An action hero story
- Why initiative implies risk
This is the complete Mike Rayburn Personal Brilliance - Up Close and Practical interview with Jim Canterucci.
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