Melina Nacos is a coach. Not the kind who helps people find their unique life purpose or be the best possible version of themselves. No, her shtick is helping leaders knock it out of the ballpark. She prepares leaders to win and own the toughest of crowds at significant public speaking events – keynotes, internal & external presentations, shareholder meetings, commencement speeches, award shows and more. If you’re a leader, you may already know how vital it is to have a discreet wingman (or woman, in this case) who understands your strengths and weaknesses, who prepares you – top to bottom and inside-out – for major milestones. To own a room, to truly kill an audience, is a tough solo act, but Melina will be there to support you the whole way.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“I think the challenges I faced were trying to please my father and impress him and be everything he worked so hard to help us become. So, as he used to say he always wanted to work as hard as he could so that we wouldn’t have to start at the bottom rung of the ladder. He wanted to give us a couple of rungs up”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
Emotional Intelligence 2.0 Book by Travis BradberryFavourite Quote:
“I believe luck is preparation meeting opportunity. If you hadn’t been prepared when the opportunity came along, you wouldn’t have been lucky.” Oprah
Recommended Online Resources:
- Audible – Explore the world’s largest selection of audiobook titles by bestselling authors
- Podcasts
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“Get out of your own way. Because if your idea is good and your work ethic is strong and you are willing to keep learning sky is the limit”…[Listen for More]
More About Melina Nacos:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“Success makes so many people hate you. I wish it wasn’t that way. It would be wonderful to enjoy success without seeing envy in the eyes of those around you.” Marilyn Monroe
Other Quotes From the Chat with Melina Nacos:
- “the inner critic or the saboteur, however you want to call it, the impostor in there is such a waste of time. I don’t know if I could have stopped it earlier but if I had known how much it was impeding my growth and my success way back when. If I had been able to work on that sooner I think I would have been able to excel a lot faster”
- “if I don’t like something or I don’t like the way something is going or the way someone is handling something I say something. And the downside of that is I am incredibly uncensored. The upside is you will always get the straight goods with me”
- “humility, drive, passion. I actually believe that you can be crazy passionate, crazy successful and not burnout… I actually think you can love what you do and want to do it all of the time. That doesn’t make you crazy or a workaholic as long as you have other things that balance it for you that you are also passionate about”
- “I don’t see change as an obstacle or something that I have to be aware of. I love that technology is always evolving. You know people that are afraid of change I cannot relate to it because I think I would be bored to tears if there wasn’t constant change… I think change is awesome and it keeps life from being boring. Can you imagine if all the seasons looked the same? I guess there are some climates that are like that. I just love seeing change everywhere from whether to moods to everything”
- “if you are great right now, I guarantee you somewhere down the road or somewhere in the past you prepared for it. You have been preparing for it all your life for this opportunity. That’s why I think it is so important to say yes to everything because it’s the warmup act for Showtime. You have got to be constantly pushing yourself, applying yourself so that when this ‘lucky opportunity’ comes you are ready to rock ‘n’ roll”
- “I love short nuggets of juicy, juicy information”
- “it’s so important to be listening whenever you can, learning whenever you can”
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