You know those days when you forget about time? Where you never get tired of what you're doing? Where you feel your full passion? "Today I would like to talk to you about the topic Beat - pulse of your life", Lorenzo Scibetta invites the audience at the speaker night at the Volksbühne am Rudolfplatz in Cologne. "I have gathered so many experiences over the past years that I would like to share with you today. Listen in the next 15 minutes and find out the secrets: find your values and become a positive visionary!"
"Imagine waking up in a bed that isn't yours. You're cold. The next moment, hot again. It feels like a ball of fire is rising up inside of you. Into your chest, down your throat. It takes the air out of you. At the same time, you feel like you have a cinder block on your back, barely able to turn or twist. And right at that moment, you hear your favorite people crying to your right. Like my wife and daughter," Lorenzo tells us.
At that time he was responsible for 120 employees. His nickname was Lorenzo Terminator Scibetta. "I was a grandmaster at leading them with fear, orders, obedience and pressure. What happens to people you treat like that for years? They start calling in sick, quitting... At our peak, we were only staffed 50%. I went to bed every night with a headache because I didn't know how to keep the place going. Being a positive visionary with values, that felt different. Every morning I woke up with a stomachache. How long does your body put up with that?"
Not for long. Lorenzo got sick. "I could have cursed this moment: Why me? Did I deserve this? My coworkers taught me one thing: Life doesn't give you what you want. It gives you what you need. It took me a little longer to understand that. You decide if life is your friend or your enemy. That's worth a lot to me. What meaning do you give to your life?"
The phone rings and it's Lorenzo's boss, "Mr. Scibetta, get well first. It would just be nice if that happened promptly, because their region is falling apart right now." At that moment, my wife grabs the phone, "There are only two options: Either my husband comes back and takes on another role. Or he doesn't come back at all!" she exclaims and hangs up. I was completely speechless and thought, "How can it be that a person with 160cm and a little more than 40kg body weight, has fatter balls in his pants than me? How is that possible?" My wife showed me the emotion at that moment: people get into action, or make decisions, for two reasons:
In my case, the pain was great enough. She made a decision without knowing what was coming. Without knowing if we could continue to pay the rent... And in my mind, the only thing that stuck was her statement, "He's not coming back." Because for years I wore a mask, playing my role and keeping my personality at home calm. I was afraid of what the others would think of me if I left the company like this. I turned to my daughter and said, "When you're old enough, I'll do everything I can to make sure you never have a boss like me.
That's why Lorenzo Scibetta is on stage giving seminars. "I strongly believe that people deserve to be treated with appreciation, to have meaning. You're not just some number. You are a treasure. And we are sailors and we get to seek and find treasure. You get to find out: What is the emotion that makes you act and move? What was the last decision you made? The only goal I have today is: When you go to bed tonight, I don't want you to get a wink of sleep. I want you to reflect. I want you to circle your thoughts so that it works in your heart."
From his daughter the Speaker was allowed to Authenticity learn. "For me, this means: I am authentic when I live my values. And the question for you is: Do you know your values? Do you know the framework in which you feel comfortable? If not, find out your values!", appeals Lorenzo Scibetta. And anything you take away today will only do you good if you get into implementation - or transformation. "I could give you a manual on how to make transformation happen. But it works even more beautifully if I let you feel it. For me, music is the transmitter. When you have days when you doubt, put on your favorite song. Make the world the way you like it. Start writing your song. We are new heroes. New heroes of the nation. Positive visionaries. Make the world the way we like it....
