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Motivational Leader Analysis

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While I don't claim to be (anywhere near) the best Personal Development Speaker in the world, if you were to Google the search term Motivational Speaker you would typically find that my name usually comes out somewhere near the very top of the list of about two million matches. Now, let me quickly add that this fact has pretty much nothing to do with my speaking skills or my profile, and everything to do with Johnnie's ability to do what he does with those amazing tech skills of his. I don't really understand how he does it, but I do know that he's good and I'm glad he's on my team. The two most obvious consequences of this Google ranking are: a) I get a bunch of speaking work (nice). Thanks Baldy. b) I get a bunch of emails from people who …show more content…

Always operate with integrity and humility. Build respect, trust and a quality reputation as a presenter and educator. By the way, don't confuse humility for weakness. Humility actually requires real strength. 11. Don't focus on the money. Focus on becoming the best you can be and the financial rewards will be a by-product of that success. Lose the rock star mindset and patiently, methodically and consciously work at becoming a quality speaker. 12. Be clear and certain about what you want to share. What are your key messages? Be succinct and don't waffle. Use stories which re-enforce your message. Give people practical, useful information and strategies which can be applied as soon as they leave the presentation. 13. If you use a power-point slide show (if you must), don't have 300 slides!! Less is more. Don't have too many words on each slide and don't use more than twenty slides in a one hour presentation (at the most!). 14. Talk with people not at them. Less lecturing, more conversational chat. People won't connect with you if they don' think you're like them (in some way). 15. Don't be precious. If you constantly need to have your ego stroked and you can't deal with criticism then this ain't the career for

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