Last updated on January 22nd, 2019 at 01:57 pm When You’re Not The Motivational Speaker They Pick I am no stranger to rejection.  I have been rejected far more than I have been accepted. But it still stings. And most of us as speakers take it WAY too personally. We lose the job and think it was because our fee…
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Last updated on January 22nd, 2019 at 01:57 pm When Our Dreams Take a Left Turn People often ask me how I got to where I am, and I tell them it was a weird twisted path I never could have planned on my own.  While I had goals and action steps, there were many more left turns and twists…
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Last updated on January 22nd, 2019 at 01:57 pm Taglines Don’t Mean As Much As You Think They Do (Note: A tagline is simply that short phrase you use to define yourself and your brand.  It is usually one sentence or even a few words that sum up you or your message. For example, “The Communications Doctor” or “Self Help…
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Last updated on January 22nd, 2019 at 01:57 pmHow Did I Find The Bookings as a Motivational Speaker? It’s the question that I get asked more than anything – “How do I find people to pay me to speak?”   Unfortunately, many are asking this question before they really have something worth selling. But that’s another article. I debated over…
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Last updated on January 22nd, 2019 at 01:57 pm Audio Interview Tips Interviews are a normal part of the speaking business when you’re a motivational speaker.  While we spend our careers speaking on a stage, being interviewed over the phone requires an entirely different set of skills.  It is much harder to connect and engage when you no longer have…
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