Be an AWEsome Motivational Speaker
Become a Motivational Speaker
To really motivate others in your motivational speaker jobs you have to be in Awe yourself.
“Sell your cleverness, and purchase bewilderment.” – Rumi
I have never cared for the saying, “Been there; done that; bought the T-shirt.” It never struck me as funny. And, sadly, people who live their lives that way rarely even smile. Albert Einstein once shared, “There are two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” Frankly, “miraculous” living makes be smile. While living in Arizona, I delighted in taking my visiting friends to one of the Seven Natural Wonders of the World, the immense Grand Canyon. One week I had the privilege of taking two of my closer friends. One of them was wide-eyed with amazement, while the other seemed nonchalant. Imagine you are on that trip with us, right now. Listen to my friends’ comments and notice your reaction. “Wow! This is spectacular!” “Yeah, it’s OK, I guess.” “I have never seen anything like this!” “The Hawaiian island of Kauai also has a grand canyon. I saw it a few years ago.” A sense of awe not only energizes you, it does the same for those around you. After that trip, I have always felt a bit closer to my friend who has chosen to be “in awe.”
Choose your Age
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I love this idea and mental shift. Choose your age. As a motivational speaker I get to be a motivational speaker each time I speak.
“How old would you be if you didn’t know how old you were?” – Satchel Page
How old are you today, my friend? Would you like to be younger? You can be!
That’s right. You can choose your age. The following quotes contain the clues to avoid the aging process. “The great thing about getting older is that you don’t lose all the other ages you’ve been.”
– Madeleine L’Engle
Because you don’t lose all the ages you have been, you can pick which one you desire to be. Your past experience serves as a guide for that age. You remember what you thought,
how you felt, the music you loved, etc.
“You can judge your age by the amount of pain
you feel when you come in contact with a new idea.”
– Pearl Buck
To avoid aging, consider this Pearl Buck quote. How excited are we to consider new ideas? How much pain do we feel when someone presents a new point of view? How open arwe to a new concept or paradigm? To remain young, let’s strive to keep our minds flexible, even if our bodies are not.
Here is another clue to choosing our age. The secret lies in our choice to love. Loving deeply is the equivalent of the Fountain of Youth. I have often wondered why the elderly seem to wither and die after they are removed from their families and friends and sent to nursing homes. This quote
explains it. Love keeps us young, and loving deeply keeps us even younger. We all know an 80-year-old youngster, and a 40-year-old senior. How old do you choose to be?