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.
Public Speaking Opportunities for Motivational Speakers
Public Speaking Opportunities
In November of 2008 the number of jobs lost for that month was 533,000. We are entering troubling economic times in the U.S. and globally.
Even in hard times there is still public speaking opportunities for those who are aggressive and positive forward thinkers. That is also true when it comes to public speaking opportunities.
Did you know that if you can use humor and make people laugh you will keep having more and more opportunities in motivational speaking jobs.
I wait until I’ve opened a mouth wide with laughter…Then I pour a
dose of truth down it. –Charles Spurgeon
Well said. The proper use of humor in your motivational speaker jobs has effects well beyond its
entertainment value. It loosens up the crowd, and opens them up to your message. I have my own “humor file” of about two hundred pages. It contains humorous stories I’ve heard and jokes I’ve been told or have seen on television, in newspapers, magazines, and e-mails. I read maybe a book each month on humor, constantly looking for gems. Whenever I use one of the jokes from my file, I go back in the book and write down where I used it, for whom, and the response it received. Then, I might rework it, reword it and use it again later. I make it a point, though, to never build any speech around humor. I wait until the speech writing is completed, then look for a place where an appropriate joke or humorous story might “stack on.”
Humor can soften controversy and relieve tension. It can get the audience’s attention back if they’re drifting. And, most importantly, it can make them like you. Everyone enjoys spending time with someone who has a sense of humor, and if the audience enjoys spending time with you, you’ll have a much better chance of achieving your objective than if they don’t…never apologize for a joke in any way. No “Stop me if you’ve heard this one” or “Indulge me for just a moment.” No shrugging or other apologetic body language. If the joke is in the speech, you should already have determined that it’s appropriate, relevant to the material, and worth telling.” TCS
So, please don’t stop me if you’ve heard this one. Find good comedy material, develop it, and practice it for all your public speaking jobs. Go to comedy clubs and watch stand-up on television. Examine how jokes are told well. Look for timing, pauses, facial expressions, body language, etc. Now, go put some smiles on some faces!
