Motivational Speakers tell Great Stories
Like any other skill, knowledge of how to be a motivational speaker and understanding the concept requires lots and lots of practice. I think I’m almost offended sometimes when people come at me after a speech and say boy your natural born storyteller, I wish I had that. It’s not the case.
It takes effort just like anything else, anybody listening to this must be really confident. The key to making a great speech as a motivational speaker is that you have to rehearse so that you can make it appear as if I’m just telling a story spontaneously, off top my head. I think there has to be some tension in the story that you are telling. There’s got to be some built-in tension, there’s a struggle. There’s got to be a reason for the listener to say my gosh how is this going to work out, what will happen here?When you get that going, now they’re listening and even pulling for you. One of the biggest things is to paint a picture as a motivational speaker.
If I can tell you a story and without even realizing it you are there, you are actually visualizing it. You’re walking with me on the side of the you’re watching the fire burn in that house, that’s the key. If you can get there, your stories will captivate. Ask yourself as a motivational speaker , ‘do I always have a story for every point’? Absolutely you should! I think people learn through stories. Whether or not you’re religious you have to accept this, Jesus Christ decided how can I get my message out to the whole world. He told stories. People relate to that and identify with them. I don’t know the cannot to many stories to be honest. In a 45 minute speech there’ll be one longer story, maybe a signature story, it’s can be five minutes long. But there are other stories that are 90 seconds long and there may be as many as eight or 10 of them in one keynote speech.
A signature story can be the one story that comes to everybody’s mind when you think of that speaker. Les Brown talks about the time that he became a DJ, as his all-time dream job of being a DJ. He tells us so wonderfully well, I’ve heard him tell it 10 times. What would really open up the hearts of listeners and they would relate to you and that would be the biggest part is that they would be pulling for you. If they’re pulling for you to succeed. Stories are what we want in our jokes, songs, movies and the books we read. The best motivational speakers are also the best story tellers.
Motivational Speaker Jobs
Motivational Speaker Jobs
As a motivational speaker you have to always be motivating yourself by reading motivational books and watching inspiring video. In a society where criticism and negativity reign, it’s vital to keep powerful
affirmations available in your flint pouch of motivational thinking. These are firey motivational quotes that help me keep me fired up in my job as a motivational speaker.
Following are several great quotations that I hope you’ll find motivational. Copy and print the ones that motivate you most. Laminate them. Use them as motivational bookmarks. Post
them up on your job. Tape them to the ceiling at home and work. Carry them in your notebooks, purses, wallets, and in your car. Also work them into speeches for your motivational speaker jobs.
- “We become what we habitually contemplate.” — George William Russell, Irish Poet
- “Take charge of your thoughts. You can do what you will with them.” —Plato
- Be careful what you pretend to be because you are what you pretend to be.” Vonnegut “Everything you can imagine is real.” Pablo Picasso“What we are is what we have thought for years.” Gautama the Buddha
Motivational Speaking Career
Motivational Speaking
The Primary reason I take motivational speaking jobs is that I want to impact people’s lives.I once saw a bumper sticker that read: “Make a living, not a difference.” Now, I know it was intended to be humorous, but I thought, how sadly true. It’s just what so many people are doing.
I think it’s so important that we search for the “worthwhileness” of our our speaking careers –and don’t become a motivational speaker until we find it. Beforehand, if I cannot think of the statement in my speech that will make the difference, that motivational speech is not yet ready to give.
Ask yourself this Motivational Speaking Question
After every speech, I ask myself, “Did I make a difference?” After every day, I ask myself, “Did I make a difference?” There are days when I answer…“No.” I then think of situations where I could have handled things better. Could I have been more creative and innovative — perhaps more compassionate or patient? What else could I have done to make a difference? There’s a definite connection between worthwhileness and passion. You can see one brick mason at work and ask what he’s doing. “I’m building a wall,” he replies. You see another brick mason and ask the same question. “I’m building a home,” he answers. Each is performing the same task, but they have different perspectives, different philosophies. Perhaps, too, a different quality of work. One probably finds it much easier to “call in sick.” After all, he only has bricks waiting for him, while the other has a family depending on him. In our public speaking jobs, are we building walls or homes? If we’ve shown love, if we’ve played our music, then we’ve made a difference. After public speaking opportunities, when I ask myself if I’ve made a difference, one of the criteria I consider is whether or not I’ve empowered my audience? Have I shown them that they are important? Have I proven that each of them makes a unique difference? This is the most fulfilling part of my motivational speaking career.
