How To Become A Motivational Speaker
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Okay here’s a comment Thom Wert posted about my last post on You Don’t Need Any Special Education:
No special education nessary?? I agree, but let’s make sure people understand that education is necessarily to be successful. How can you speak on something that you know nothing about? You need to read and study about the subject your going to speak about. Mine you, education doesn’t have to be formal, it can be self taught! You don’t need to go to school (even though some of us get lessons from the school of hard knocks!) So my advice is to choose a subject that interest you, then it will not be a chore when preparing speeches.
And here’s my reply… Read the rest of this entry »
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Do I need to have special education to be a motivational speaker? I cannot tell you how many times people ask me this one question.
Some would ask me, “Where did you go to school to learn how to be a motivational speaker?” There are those that ask me about my corporate background. They want to know where I got my business acumen from. I didn’t really think I had any. I am just using my common sense. Read the rest of this entry »
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Well, think before you leap and quit your job to become a motivational speaker. And I do mean think.
Although I didn’t have kids when I started, I still had to pay my bills and eat. I couldn’t quit my job cold turkey not knowing when and where the next paycheck would come from. You can call me coward or chicken if you want. But you are not going to call me stupid.
I never forgot this lady with a beaming smile on her face. She came to announce to me that she quit her job to pursue her speaking. I mean… She was so excited. She felt like it was the best decision Read the rest of this entry »
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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 »
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