| You want the truth . . . here
is the truth . . . my perceived truth after
25 years on the National and International speaking stage.
And you’re getting it unclothed. Naked
as a Jaybird. Not a stitch. In your face. Not watered down.
Not blown up. Are you ready . . .
Here goes . . .
1.
The Dark Side . . . The speaking business is a
tough go . . .
Most people who dream of becoming a paid expert
who speaks do not succeed. I mean 97% do not make it. They
go back to their day job. Because they fail to recognize
the requisites for success.
(I don’t say this to discourage you. I want you to
see reality.)
Where do I get that 97%? From the seat of
my pants. From 25 years as a member of the USA National Speakers
Association. I’ve met thousands of aspiring speakers.
Watched most not survive. I see the paid speaking
business as a superb business for the few who understand the
rules of the game. And it’s a revolving door for those
who do not understand, accept, and engage implacable rules
. . .
2.
Why do aspirants not succeed . . .
Because of lack of character. Lack of talent.
Lack of bulldog blood. Failure to understand the harsh realities
of the speaking business.
They gripe and moan, squirm and writhe .
. . because they refuse to accept the reality that a
paid speaker is, first of all, a marketer.
Do you see what I mean?
As John Wayne’s character often said in his movies,
“Get this and get it good…”
You first make yourself a competent marketer of your speaking
services. Only then do you get to deliver your speaking services.
So you get to figure out who to call, when is the best time
to call, what you are to say, whether you fit this company,
their purpose this year, the theme of this years conference
. . . it goes on and on. (And it is not
easy . . . unless you are in my Inner Circle!)
3.
But wait, there’s more . . .
Let’s say you develop your marketing
muscles.
Now you get to develop a new set of skills: your presentation
skills. Stagecraft, timing, audience involvement, showmanship,
story telling, pacing and a whole lot more.
You shape and mold and massage every aspect of your audience’s
experience of you. This usually means years (and tears) as
you slowly master each element of your platform persona. (Unless
. . .)
4.
And another requisite then rears its head . . .
If you are to be original, sparkling and different,
there’s another requisite: You gotta make yourself a
competent researcher. A researcher of the strengths, weaknesses,
opportunities and threats facing the industry, the organizations,
the people and the markets you impact.
You see your world through your own eyes.
And your perceptions are what you share. You
are to be a visionary seeing around the corners and beyond
the horizons of the universe you serve. Think of Franklin,
Edison, Ford, Marconi. This is exactly what each of these
people did. They changed their world and yours.
Let’s not leave out, in recent years,
Tim Berners-Lee, Bill Gates
and others. Why not you? You have everything it takes to be
next . .
5.
What about the prism through which you
speak
. . .
Whatever your specialty may be, whatever your
past experience, you see the world subjectively.
You see everything outside of you through a unique prism:
Yours.
Then if you are to be authentic, when you speak you share
your personal vision of the realities you observe . . .
You share your perceptions, your values, your philosophy,
your findings, your understanding of what life is about .
. . and your prescriptions to improve matters for those in your universe
. . .
6.
The bright side . . .
If you feel you have the intelligence, the
experience, the
passionate desire to make a difference, the ideas and strategies
to add values for those you serve . . . plus the stamina, the
energy, and the willingness to wear the hats of marketer, researcher,
and content-rich presenter, then you may enter a whole new realm
of life experience . . .
(I, a high school dropout, have lived this life for over
20 years.The coastline view like my Malibu home, private schools for
my sons.)
Four and five star hotels, upgrades, white
tablecloth dining rooms with no need for you to glance at
the right side of the menu . . . Breaking bread with company
presidents, eager to pick your brain . . .
Suites and mini-suites, honors and deference, flying in
the front cabin at least some of the time. (Did you know the airlines
pump more oxygen into the first Class Cabin?)
And as for your lifestyle, you’re in charge. A nicer
home, on the water or the hillside or the golf course (maybe all!)
if you like. Private schools for your children . . . lots
of time with your loved ones . . . fabulous vacations . . .
Finally, did I mention that I educate you in the skills
you need to master what you need to know . . . and that some of
my clients earn mid to high six figure annual earnings . . .
7.
Actions for you to take now . . .
Most readers of this piece will proceed to
settle for the dream. They lack the courage. They lack the
sense of self, the energy, the ability to accept this truth
. . . that the seeds of greatness are within them right now.
They persist in living their lives in the mire of mediocrity.
They do not engage Ralph Waldo Emerson’s wisdom:
“The power that is in you is new in nature.
And none
but you know what that is which you can do. Nor do
you know until you try . . .” |
Do you resonate to this? Do you recognize
and accept that the seeds of greatness are within you right
now? Do you feel in your heart of hearts, in your bones, in
your guts, ready to justify the space you take up and the
resources you consume during your brief transit here? Are
you ready to shatter perceived limits? To step out of the
ordinary, out of the mundane, out of the mire? Then do this
now:
| 7.1 |
Return to my home page. Review
your options. Review your two Guarantees. See how
I take all risk when you invest in my Speaking
Success System. See how I take all risk
when you invest in my home-study courses. |
| 7.2 |
Review the scrolling testimonials you see
there. Contact a few of these people who are grateful
for the outcomes they generated for themselves with my
guidance. |
| 7.3 |
Then call me to arrange a personal 20 minute
Breaking Into High Paid
Speaking consultation with me. I offer
only five of these each month. We look at where you are
now, where you want to be, and your options to get there.
Your consultation is complimentary. You have nothing to
lose . . . and a whole new life to win. Call 800-321-1225
or +928-753-7546. Do it now while it is on your mind .
. . |
P.S. Why? Because “On the plains of hesitation bleach
the bones of countless millions who, at the dawn of victory,
sat down to wait . . . and, waiting, died.” Do
you choose to let your bones bleach?
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