The School of Greatness - 855 Make the Perfect Case for What You Want

Episode Date: September 27, 2019

VISUALIZE YOUR BEST LIFE Do you find it challenging to achieve goals? Often, we get lost when we have a destination with no map. It’s time to visualize your future and lay out the steps. Keep your eye on your objectives. Think like a Navy Seal. Map out each step and stick to the plan. For this Five Minute Friday, I revisited a conversation I had with Kimberly Guilfoyle, where she shared her strategy for achieving goals and going after your dreams. Kimberly Guilfoyle is a powerhouse woman, and among many accolades, she is the former co-host of The Five on Fox News, a bestselling author, a former public defender, and a mother. Learn how to make the perfect case for your future on Episode 855. In This Episode You Will Learn: The Building Blocks for creating a perfect case (3:00) The steps to visualizing your future (3:30) Why it’s important to be clear about the scenario you want to create (4:00) How to map out the steps to achieve your goal (4:30) If you enjoyed this episode, check out the video, show notes, and more at http:lewishowes.com/855 and follow at instagram.com/lewishowes

This is 5-Minute Friday! Kimberly Guilfoyle is an incredible woman and I had such a fun time connecting with her. For those who don't know, she currently serves as a co-host of Fox News The Five and is part of a rotating panel on Fox News channels outnumbered. She also appears regularly on The O'Reilly Factor, Hannity, and other programs. And prior to the Fox News channel, Guilfoyle served as a legal analyst for ABC News and was featured regularly on ABC's Good Morning America. She has covered major legal cases, including OJ Simpson, Kobe Bryant, and Michael Jackson.

And before her career in broadcast television, she served as an assistant district attorney at the San Francisco and Los Angeles district attorney's offices. Honestly, I think you have to be very, you know, very certain about what you want, your goals and your objectives. And even if you write these things down, I'm not even kidding, you put it down on paper and help like go through it it's one thing i like to visualize and see like okay if i could create my you know perfect scenario what would it be and then you really like piecemeal go through and say okay these are the steps these are the types of things i need to be doing i should be doing in order to move towards the x and i think about it like in a military way because a lot of friends that are special forces guys need deltas, berets, seals, and they talk about the target,

moving on target and getting to the X, right? So when you think about it that way, I visualize it. I'm like, okay, what am I trying to get to? What's my objective? What's my mission objective? So then I map it out like that. But that's what they do, right? When they're trying to go on a mission or they practice, they go through it, they map it out, that. But that's what they do, right? When they're trying to go on a mission, they practice, they go through it, they map it out, and they say the steps that they need to take in order for that to be achieved. And it's like that whether you're asking for a promotion, you're trying to get a job, anything like that.

And, for example, when I first was coming back and forth doing television appearances, right, I heard about a job that might be coming up at Court TV as an anchor. So I want to move from, let me just talk about the Michael Jackson or Kobe Bryant case, to actually hosting a show. Well, they're not going to just hand that out to you. It's not like I had ever anchored, you know, television before, right? But I thought, how hard can it be? There's got to be a first time.

So how do I get somebody to let me do it once so I can say I've done it? But anyway, so having done the television stuff, I found myself one day going to do Catherine Cryer's show at Court TV. And it was in 2003, October 2003, when they had the big power outage for days in New York. So I was supposed to be there to do her show. All of a sudden, lights out, nobody can get a hold of cars, nothing. So I walk like 45 some odd blocks, yes and heels, and get

there to Court TV, show up just in case the lights go back on. It's my whole perfect attendance thing. I was like, I just flew out of here from San Francisco. I gotta go back tomorrow. Are you kidding me? I gotta make this trip worth it. I got to make it count. So I showed up there.

Everybody's gone, but I know the CEO is still there, Henry Schleif, who's a great business guy. He's done a lot of stuff. He's done an investigation channel, discovering all kinds of things. And then he was the king of Court TV back in the big-time day with me, Nancy Grace, all the people were there. So I show up. I convince his secretary to let me go in to say hi. I go, hey, I just want to say hi to Mr. Schlepp. I've got to fly back tomorrow.

This may be my one chance, you know, to meet him and say hi and say thank you for having me on his show. Just take a couple seconds of his time, just wave and say hi. Fine, because I know I need to get in the door. So, and then I can do the ask. So I created that opening, got in. You don't go, oh, hi, can I see him? Because I want to make a job pitch because, you know, it's kind of creepy. The lights are out and I would like to

come in and frighten him. Yeah. So I just want to say hi and say thank you and put smiling bubbly. And I was already dressing the part. I was dressed in one of my nice little like legal outfits, ready to go. Fine. Got in there, had a conversation with him. He's enjoying the company because he's kind of stuck there and he can't leave. And I'm, you know, pleasant enough. Pleasant enough. So we're chatting. And then he brings up about Ricky Klayman, who was married to Bill Bratton. And he was leaving to take the top, you know, cop job in Los Angeles at the time, leaving New York.

So I said, Ricky's going to be leaving. Looks like Vinnie Paulitan needs a co-host. Well, I've done all the research about Core TV. I knew their whole lineup inside and out, et cetera. I was always prepared. So I ended up making the pitch, Tom, and listen, I think you don't need to look any further. Let's not waste anybody else's time. I'm everything you need, full package. I said, listen, I've tried to have profile cases. I'll have the respect of all the viewers. I already have me in a notoriety from doing these cases. I'm L.A. D.A.'s office. I'm San Francisco D.A.'s office.

You've got all these people who have never even worked at a prosecutor's office, but technically they're attorneys, you know, on the air. You know, feast your eyes on the real deal, okay? So he's like, yeah, sounds good. He ends it up. I'm like, listen, if you do not like me, if I do not do a good job, if your numbers do not improve, you can have your money back. Wow. Money back guarantee. So my agents don't like that, but I feel pretty confident about it.

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