Patricia Fripp's Programs with her Brother, Legendary Guitarist, Robert Fripp

Patricia's brother Robert Fripp is internationally-known for his brilliance with the guitar, is fast developing a reputation as a thoughtful and engaging speaker. Their programs "Beginner to Mastery" and "How to Be a Hero for More Than One Day" have been hits everywhere delivered. Rolling Stone magazine named Robert Fripp "42 among the top 100 guitarists of all time."

Keynote Speech: How to Be a Hero For More Than One Day

This is a one-of-a-kind learning experience on communicating more effectively. Your audience will learn:

• That every-day heroes are what makes an organize function
• Why simple acts of quality transform
• How many types of heroes there are
• What is charisma and can you catch it?

Patricia with her Brother, Robert Fripp

You will meet and learn from a legend from the music world... Robert Fripp. Patricia's brother Robert is a founding (an ongoing) member of King Crimson and collaborator with David Bowie, Brian Eno, Blondie, Peter Gabriel, and Daryl Hall... You will glance a behind-the-scenes look of how these incredible siblings created excellence in their personal and professional lives.

"Heroes" is an on-going theme for Robert. He has recorded Heroes with David Bowie, Blondie, and King Crimson. Now you can hear the stories from an "unlikely" hero... Robert himself.

From the keynote speech by Patricia Fripp and her brother Robert Fripp, legendary guitarist of King Crimson contributor to David Bowie's Heroes:

PF David Bowie sang: We can be heroes - just for one day.
RF So, if we can be heroes - just for one day - can we be heroes for longer than that? And if we can't be a hero for all of one day, can we be a hero for 10 minutes? Or an hour?

PF What is a hero?
RF What does it mean to be a hero?

The hero aspires to three things:

• the clarity to see what is required of them;
• the courage to accept what is required of them;
• the capacity to discharge what is required of them.

Clarity, courage, capacity.

Three categories of hero:

• the unlikely, or occasional, hero;
• the everyday, or ordinary, hero;
• the superhero.

The occasional (or unlikely) hero is one who responds honorably to an unlikely and unexpected event: they rise to an occasion; they rise to a challenge when it presents itself.

The ordinary, everyday hero is reliably, repeatably and responsibly heroic on a daily basis (i.e. the professional). The world continues to run because of their heroism. Although this category of hero is described as ordinary, such heroism is already extraordinary.

The superhero is one who directs the way the world runs. They hold the overview of their particular field of endeavor. They see the whole of an undertaking, or corporation. They see the operation of all departments, on all floors, in all the offices of the corporation.

The unlikely hero is unlikely. Their heroism is unreliable.
The everyday hero and the superhero do-what-they-can-do + 10% on a daily basis.
These heroes manifest acts of quality, regularly.

PF     How do we become a hero?
RF     By practicing acts of heroism!

How do we describe or define the characteristics of heroic behavior?
Heroes undertake acts of quality on a regular basis.
Two key points: quality, regularity.

Quality action does not take place by accident: intention is involved.
What is intention? Movement in support of an aim.
What is the aim of the hero?

The clarity to see what is required of them;
the courage to accept what is required of them;
the capacity to discharge what is required of them.

Robert with his Sister, Patricia Fripp

Clarity, courage, capacity.

Three key points: quality, regularity, aim / intentionality.

Intention, or holding an aim, is not arbitrary. To hold an aim requires engaging our volitional / active attention.

Four key points :
Quality, regularity, aim / intentionality, attention.

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