What I Learned From Chris Brogan

When we had Chris Brogan over for the Like Minds Conference in February, I had the pleasure of watching him operate. Many cynical Brits were waiting to see if he’d walk the walk and be as social as he tells everyone to be.

What I got to see was not only ‘yes, he does’, but how he does it.

At the end of Saturday night at the Summit at Bovey Castle, I had been so impressed with how Chris had valued each person, remembered everyone’s names, professions, details, and engaged in such meaningful discussion with so many people.

When I asked Chris how he did it, he looked at me and said: “I genuinely just love people.”

In two words, Chris Brogan taught and modelled for me: love people.

I learned from Chris to love people by:

• Valuing the person in front of you over playing on your phone
• Closing your laptop when someone walks in the room
• Remembering their names and life details without fail
• Giving them your attention – all of it – no matter who else is in the room
• Valuing people equally and forgetting about the power plays that stroke our egos
• Never ending a conversation so you can speak with someone else