What are the solid foundations of guidance? In this episode of The Science of Superpowers, host Tonya Dawn Recla welcomes guest Rick Brandon to the show. Rick is a 30 year veteran in interpersonal communication, and an expert on this very topic. The two talk about where to build your foundations of guidance, and what it even means to have a solid foundation in your life. If you want to learn about building firm foundations in your life, tune into this episode all about solid foundations of guidance!
SOS – Solid Foundations of Guidance
Tonya Dawn Recla:
Hello, everyone. And welcome back to The Science of Superpowers. I’m really excited about today’s conversation because of how important it is now more than ever in today’s pandemic-possible reality that we all look out into trying to discern what the heck to do with all of this. How important is it that we have actionable things to do? Sometimes, the best we can do in moments is put pickles here. Move this foot forward. And it’s really helpful when we have solid foundations of guidance. And that’s what we’re talking about today because our guest today is perfect for this conversation because these are complex factors of how we operate, how we interact with others, how we engage with the world. And our guest today has a rich history, a 30 year veteran in interpersonal communication.
And when you’re in that space, you learn really quickly that there are a lot of intricacies. And so it makes it challenging sometimes to be able to teach actionable, really easy, moving this foot forward, two inches type of steps that we can lean back into, particularly when things are tough. And so I can’t think of a more perfect time to have this conversation with our guests today.
Please join me in welcoming to this show, Dr. Rick Brandon. We’re going to be talking with him all about really informable, actionable, solid foundations of guidance. And as the author of Straight Talk, which is a fabulous title, I love this conversation of influence skills for collaboration and commitment, let’s just get down in the weeds about it, about how we can really make this stuff work when we come together. So please join me in welcoming to the show, Dr. Rick Brandon.
Rick, thank you so much for being here with us.
Dr. Rick Brandon:
You’ve got it, Tonya. Thanks a lot. It’s great to be here with you. I understand that your podcasts are way up there, so you already have super powers. So let’s see what we can do about empowering your listeners. It’s great to be here.
Tonya Dawn Recla:
Oh, well, you’re very kind to say, so sir, and let’s jump right in and find out from you. What are your superpowers and how are you using them for good?
Dr. Rick Brandon:
Well, I would say my superpowers, you name it, I’ve been spending my time on interpersonal communication for 30 years, probably more. I have been into communication since before I was born, because I’m an identical twin. So literally, before the womb, I was always interested in communication. I like to say I grew up in a pathological functional family, so we’re all about relationships and really getting along. And I had a deep connection with other people, starting with my twin brother, Bob. So I feel like I don’t know that I’d be want to brag about myself and say superpower, but I’ve always prided myself on connecting with people and making a real, authentic connection, both in how I come across, but also really getting how other people are coming across from me, sensing not their essence that’s of sounds. But getting who they are and helping them have a voice in creating safety for people to do that. So I hope that’s true. And I hope I do it in a way that is fun, loving as well, which is important these days, and I have a sense of humor.
Tonya Dawn Recla:
For sure. Well, absolutely, we’ll brag for you then, Rick. Those are for sure superpowers. And we don’t mind a bit of the woo woo over here with our superpower space. It is in essence. There are subtleties, there are things in the spaces in between and you name some of them, relationships with others. These intangibles that we can see the results of and we trust. And when we trust in the deeper, we trust in those spaces in between the more interconnectedness we have an opportunity to experience. And so I love that you’re able to put that together and the conversation about the family as well. Our family show Reclamation is with my husband and I and our 12-year-old daughter.
And that’s a lot of what we discuss is how we really cultivated almost scientifically as social scientists, these relationship containers is how we refer to them and how they work and how we can work with them and making that the primary dialogue really created a beautiful little petri dish of experimentation. So I love seeing that reflected back in your history.
Why don’t we let people know where they can go to find out more about you. I know you think we can send to brandonpartners.com, is that the best place?
Dr. Rick Brandon:
It is. Brandonpartners.com is my training and coaching firm on this skill set of straight talk, communication interpersonal, but also organizational savvy, which is ethical, political savvy as you navigate a company or an agency. The particular place to read about the book is brandonpartners.com/straighttalkbook. And there’s a lot of free gifts there that your listeners can jump into as well as read more about the book.
Tonya Dawn Recla:
Brilliant. I love that. Folks, we’ll have a link to that on our episode page and make sure you’ve gone over to superpowerexperts.com and signed up for our next experience. You can’t do just one. There’s no way people don’t stop at just one, because it’s this really phenomenal space that’s been cultivated where we get to have the experience of those connections that we were talking about. What does it do for us when we can actually feel each other energetically in a virtual environment, it’s super cool, really magnificent. And if you’ve ever wondered what it feels like to start tapping into that energy, that does activate those superpowers, where you can work with them in really brilliant and unique ways to bring about change in the world, then go about there and go check out the experience.
We welcome you there and into the community. So we can support you on your journey into your own discovery of self and superpowers.
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