Craft Your Signature Talk
William Faulkner once said about writing that you have to “kill your darlings.” Stephen King took it one step further in his book on writing and said, “Kill your darlings. Kill your darlings. Even when it breaks, your egocentric little scribbler’s heart, kill your darlings.” As business owners, speakers, and changemakers, we get very attached…
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Hey, Rebel Speakers. I know that a lot of you are on board with rebelling against the status quo and creating for your audience and your industry a big change. But there might be this little tiny voice in your head, a voice of reason, wondering, “Can I actually make money doing this?” In the…
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Happy 2018 rebel speakers! Today I am issuing you a bold challenge, a call to create something bigger, a call to step into a role that is more than just being a speaker. And most importantly, it is a call to create a bigger impact. The reason I am issuing this challenge is that…
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I’m sure you’ve been there. You’re watching a speaker, taking notes, you’re enjoying it, having an “Aha,” moment or two, and then wham-bam-thank-you-ma’am, the sales pitch comes. And it feels awkward. You feel awkward, like you should buy even though you just met this person, and they want you to spend $1,295 for their latest…
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Confession. I fell for the speak-to-sell lie. When I was first starting my business and struggling to get my feet underneath me, my coach at the time recommended that I look into a certain speak-to-sell course. It was from one of the biggest names in the industry and it cost about a thousand bucks. At…
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