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Dan Negroni

Dan Negroni

Keynote speaker, executive coach, and founder of launchbox; author of Chasing Relevance and Find Your Workverse, specializing in Gen Z leadership and workforce performance.

Oct 14, 2026

4:56
... because they're in their phones.
4:57
And so and then the fifth thing which was most important is I push them, I ask them questions, I make sure that they participate and the thing is this, is that they need someone to believe in them before they believe in themselves.
5:12
And so one of the things that I pride myself on is really figuring out what their unique, uh, special skills are-
CostaHOST
6:19
Yeah
6:19
... you'll win, and you control that." That's what your dad was teaching.
6:22
And I think what I try and teach them is, is that they have...
6:26
The only one thing you can do, what happens to you is because of you, is control themselves.
6:31
So if they take ownership of controlling themselves, they can win every time because they can decide when to choose fear and when to choose action.
KristaHOST
14:25
And I'm wondering if you think that that's in any way playing a part here in terms of where it's starting and then how it's manifesting later.
14:34
I love that you say it that way because it totally made me think.
14:37
And actually, usually I don't have to think this hard.
14:39
So I love the comments.
14:41
Do I see it the same or different? I think it's different.
14:44
And I think when we were growing up, it was easier to see, hear, and celebrate people on an individual basis without the pressures that we have in today's society with technology and so many kids in a class and all those things.
14:57
I don't know that they've changed that much if you look at the statistics, but But I will say what has changed is our willingness to deal with seeing, hearing, and celebrating everyone on an individual basis.

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KristaHOST
23:39
And then I have a practical question I want to ask you after that with a very real scenario that I think a lot of us have and will and maybe are experiencing.

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