Comments on: You Don’t Need Any Special Education To Be A Motivational Speaker

By: Jennifer Peters

Jennifer Peters — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:45:06 +0000

I have been through a lot in my life and I am only 25yrs old. I have been in and out of trouble, and needless to say some pretty eye opening relationships. As well as you, I have flopped around jobs, and moved quite a bit.. . always searching for something. I am great with people, and really want to open up and talk to people about just being well rounded and the meaning of life.. and what each and every individual interprets and is searching for. I’m not sure if being a social worker, or just starting a free “live discussion” meeting for local people to come to and talk about their fears, wants, needs, and desires as human beings. Book and school wise, I do not have much backround, but expierence and optimism I am fully educated in.. and still learning. It would have helped me much to know that some things I felt fear and shame and (normal human feelings) were all NORMAL and though people may not talk about it.. its normal. I went through life thinking Why Me?! Why am I different?! and now I want to go through life thinking… I’m proud to be me and how can I MAKE a difference.

Any suggestions?

By: D Leavy

D Leavy — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 15:23:48 +0000

I agree with no special education too. What I think that makes a great motivational speaker is also if you can draw from your own experiences. I have an idea to give a talk at elemntary schools about bullying and High schools about college and deciding what you want to do.

By: Rene Godefroy

Rene Godefroy — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 23:23:43 +0000

Hey Thom,

I post a reply to you. But I decided to turn it into a post.

By: Thom Wert

Thom Wert — Sun, 01 Feb 2009 21:40:17 +0000

No special education nessary?? I agree, but let’s make sure people understand that education is nessary to be succesful. 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.

By: Jeremy Ostler

Jeremy Ostler — Sat, 31 Jan 2009 20:53:03 +0000

I want to become a public speaker. My greatest challenge is knowing how to get started. I have no idea where to begin my career. What suggestions might you offer?

Thank You