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Please Understand Me
I do want you to arrive at your events in style when you are speaking in town. After all, you have to reflect the success you talk about. But starting out, you should resist living beyond your means.
Listen, if you stay with it, you are bound to make a lot of money. It’s insane how much money we get paid for a one-hour keynote. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Assumption, Big Money, Debts, Doubts, Food On The Table, Haiti, Helluva Time, How Much Money, Insane, Motivational Keynote Speaker, Poor Kid, Retrospect, Second Mortgage, Success
Rethink Your Current Lifestyle Before You Jump.
If you are going to launch your speaking career or you want to start any business, now is NOT the time to buy that big house. You shouldn’t go for the fancy car, or the toys either.
Now, I’m not really telling you what to do. It’s your life. It’s your money. Do as you please. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Big House, Buy House, Car Toys, Current, Delayed Gratification, Fancy Car, Launch, Lifestyle, money, Sacrifice, Start Business, Toys
Living Beyond Your Means
If I ruffle some feathers here, it’s not by accident. I intend to. But don’t worry. I’ll be gentle.
First, let me tell you this. So many people have a twisted notion of starting a business.
I have had this conversation many times with entrepreneurs while coaching or consulting with them. I’m sure you have heard the statistic that 9 out of 10 businesses fail within the first year. Haven’t you? Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: 9 Out Of 10, Backbone, Cars, Decisions, Emotions, Feathers, Financial Circumstances, Keep Up With The Joneses, Latest Gadgets, Lifestyles, Logic, Many People, money, Nice Things, Notion, Post Office, Self Control, South Georgia, Speakers, Statistic, Three Payments
Stories Are More Important Than Facts
You instantly connect with your audience the moment you engage them in a story.
Having multiple stories and vignettes throughout your speech is like subtly putting your audience in and out of hypnotic trances. Read the rest of this entry »
Tags: Adults, Audience, Hypnotic Trances, Phrase, Vignettes
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