Honored to be a Keynote Speaker
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After I deliver a keynote speech I want to ask my audience…”So, how do you view your life now?”
I want them to be filled with possibility for the life. I want their candle of the dreams and hopes to flame into a torch. I want to invite them to ask profound questions about themselves. Has the flicker in me grown into a flame? Is the fire burning more brightly as I leave this place and consider the keynote speech
? “I am of the opinion that my life belongs to the whole community…
as long as I live, it is my privilege to do for it whatever I can. I want to be thoroughly used up when I die. For the harder I work, the more I live. I rejoice in life, for its own sake. Life is no brief
candle to me; it is a splendid torch, which I’ve got hold of for the moment. And I want to make it burn as brightly as possible, before handing it on to future generations.”
This quote is very important in my speaking career. I carry this with me to each keynote speech and it was featured in my first book, “I’m on Fire, watch me Burn”. I want my words to have encouraged each audience member to burn their torch just a little brighter. I want to be thankful for each listener for those reading my books. For opening their mind, and for desiring to live life to its fullest. I am honored each time I get to be the Motivational Speaker and share my life with those in listening to me. Thank you for allowing me this opportunity.
Public Speaking Humiliation
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In my public speaking job I must confess, with a slight blush of embarrassment, I feel compelled to share with you a story of showmanship and a cautionary tale. I call this story “I’m On Fire.” It was one of the most humbling experiences of my life and the worst ever in my public speaking career.
It happened in Tampa, Florida, in the mid-90’s. I’d recently taken a job with Kaset as a motivational speaker and trainer. I was asked to do a special presentation for the Customer Service Training Department of the parking company for Chicago O’Hare Airport. The O’Hare representatives told me that one of their biggest customer relations problems involved car batteries. Occasionally, in the winter, people’s batteries would go dead, and they would need a jump. This particular parking company had a service to provide that assistance. The problem was that their people would sometimes get the cable wires crossed up and blow up the battery, creating an obviously bad situation. The company wanted to know what customer service should then do. They could always replace the battery, but how could the situation be handled right on the spot? This was the help they needed from me. Read more