Exchanging Energy Through Conversations with Maxine Cunningham of Pick My Brain
Maxine Cunningham is CEO and Creator of Pick My Brain, the world's first knowledge sharing marketplace where smart, interesting and passionate people buy, sell and gift knowledge.
In this episode of Let's Talk Limbic Sparks, Maxine reveals why conversations are energy and the beginning of anything that's possible. She shares how she was inspired to create Pick My Brain, and how it's become a platform and marketplace for people from anywhere to make their knowledge more available and accessible to anyone worldwide.
We talk about the incredible things that can come from just a 30-minute conversation, and why heart-led emotion-based human connection is at the root of why we are all here.
Key Takeaways and Soundbites:
"People are signing up because they want to let the world know that they are open for conversation."
"My strongest KPI out of anything is the number of conversations. Because that openness that accessibility makes every door possible. Everything starts with a conversation."
"What if I could have a conversation with anyone in the world? What would that open up to me? What would that open up to others? What would that result to in society?"
"The first person that booked me became my first employee. The second person that booked me, ended up becoming our first investor and wrote our first $50,000 check. The third person that booked me I fell in love with, because conversations, meaningful conversations, come with a lot of chemistry."
"People are going back to the drawing board in really powerful ways to work on their personal brand, to reevaluate their values, to consciously and intentionally think about the outcomes and the services and the offers that they want to put out there."
"Feelings are scary. Relationships and intimacy can be can be a lot, right? Think of traditional business. Emotions and intimacy within the business borders. It is a new thing."
"We usually mind and logic our way through. And I think this next economy is going to require a little bit more of heart-led, and feeling-first and emotional connection."
"Conversations are worth your time... a 30-minute conversation can pivotally change your life."
Here are some fun facts about Maxine…
Maxine is the CEO & Founder of Pick My Brain - a relatively new platform and marketplace where people from all around the world are going to book smart and interesting professionals for meaningful conversations and knowledge-based experiences.
Maxine is on a mission to facilitate one million conversations between the world's people every year, and in doing so unlock billions of dollars worth of knowledge commerce. She thinks conversations are the new currency and knowledge commerce will rival e-commerce in 5-10 years. Some of Maxine’s most noteworthy accomplishments include:
> Teaching 1,000 smart people how to create revenue by selling and sharing their knowledge in new and rewarding ways worldwide
> Facilitating 10,000 meaningful one-on-one conversations between the world's people using Pick My Brain
> Gifting one million dollars worth of people's knowledge worldwide
> Selling one million dollars worth of people's knowledge worldwide
“Talking with people is a great way to know what they truly care about.”
“Conversations are energy.”
Maxine is Sparking Brand Desire with Emotional Insight.
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