The Mic is Mightier than the Sword | Bishop T.D. Jakes & Tony Robbins in candid conversation

Known as America’s Best Preacher, Bishop T.D. Jakes shares with
Tony how you can become a great orator. Combining passion with
power, instinct and intellect, Jakes creates a recipe that you
can follow to have your message touch hearts and souls and change
the world. This dynamic conversation with Tony and T.D. will
touch your heart, make you laugh, and teach you wisdom you can
use in your daily life. Interested in hearing more from Bishop
T.D. Jakes? Listen to past episodes where he took part on the
Tony Robbins podcast here.


Previous Episode featuring T.D. Jakes:


https://www.tonyrobbins.com/podcasts/a-historic-conversation-for-healing-and-unity/)


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Show Notes:


1:17       Tony welcomes T.D. Jakes


2:17      TR: Why this book, why now, why Frank
Thomas?


3:30      Don’t drop the mic: the power of
communication


4:13      TR: Tell us the story of you watching
the news with your father


4:54      A man of color speaking on the
TV was very, very rare


5:30      Dr. King grabbed the mic


6:17      Talk to people outside your
bubble


7:20      Dr. Thomas challenges me to explain
how I do what I do


8:20      “Great communication isn’t just
tangible”


9:38      TR: What part of Martin Luther King
have you embodied or has become a part of you?


10:27    Church was about more than just faith for the
African American community


12:52    What you don’t know can be expensive


14:11    TR tells story about being abroad


15:20    Different types of poor


16:20    If we can share blood, we can share
conversation


17:31    TR: What do you see is the purpose of
communication?


18:45    Respect and communication


19:20    Whatever we respect, we give time to


20:40    The book is just as much about listening
as it is about speaking


22:00    Some of the greatest breakthroughs come from
the bellman


23:00    Aligned interests = trust, but not respect


24:05    TR: What is presence to you?
   


25:24    It’s difficult to trust people who want
power without investment


27:45    T.D. Jakes on his ancestors


30:14    TR: What is the value of suffering?


32:30    “When they march, they should sing”


33:50    TR: The unification of suffering


35:30    TR: Psychological immunity


37:16     TR: What’s a situation when you fell
flat?


40:00    TR: How have you had to adapt to be more
effective without an audience there?


41:48    The pandemic created a vortex, and so
faith became tangible


44:30    On avoiding criticism


45:30    TR: How can you deal with the fear of
public speaking?


46:48    T.D. Jakes: Talk to yourself


48:20    We label to file people away


51:35    TR: Where is love in the magic of your power?


52:30    Nike’s synergism


54:25    Car wreck, do you want me to call the police
or the ambulance?


59:22    When I don’t have the ability to
articulate what I need, I can only be angry


1:01:55  "We don't treat the successful because we believe
success cures personal pain and it doesn't always do that."


1:04:38 TR: How important is drama for someone to be effective as
a communicator?


1:06:10  Example: Floyd cried out for his mother. Every
woman identified


1:08:50  Adornment        


1:10:40  Sweeping dirt floors


1:11:50  TR: What makes someone a great storyteller?


1:12:30  Bible story: Bartimaeus


1:15:30  TR: How do you know when to go off script?


1:18:38  “You have to engage intellect and instinct”


1:24:30  We were chosen to have this conversation while the
clock is ticking


1:25:53  TR: What are the most important things to guide
someone to not drop the mic?


1:28:18  "Diversity invites me to the party. Inclusion asks
me to dance."


1:34:20  "If I didn't change the world, I changed somebody's
world. If I can change somebody's world, then to them, I changed
the world."