2) Laughter enhances creativity.
“At the height of laughter, the universe is flung
into a kaleidoscope of new possibilities.”
– Jean Houston

3) Laughter is the ultimate escape.
“Laughter is an instant vacation.”
– Milton Berle

4) Laughter gives purpose and meaning to life.
“The most wasted day is one in which we have not laughed.”
– Sebastian Chamfort

5) Laughter is spiritual.
“Laughter is the closest thing to the grace of God.”
– Carl Barth

There are two types of motivation. Intrinsic motivation is the feeling of personal benefit or reward for doing something that seems worthwhile to the individual. People can fill this need by participating in activities that interest them, or because they enjoy it. Workers can also be intrinsically motivated by challenges, or when they overcome an obstacle or reach a goal.

The second type of motivation is extrinsic. This involves a person becoming involved in a task due to outside rewards, separate from their emotions. Extrinsic motivation can be given in the form of recognition (think “Employee of the Month”), promotions or raises.

Why should an employer know this?… Because an employee who feels rewarded for their work, will work harder, faster and produce more. Several studies show that productivity is directly correlated with pay, and that workers making twice as much as the starting rate of pay at a company were likely to double, and in some cases triple their output. Workers with more intrinsic incentives to work also reported being happier and feeling more secure with their jobs.

Employee satisfaction can be attained by fulfilling simple needs and wants of the workers. By setting difficult-but-attainable goals, the employee can gain rewards and a sense of accomplishment. All the while, the company benefits from having a more responsive work force that is faster, happier and more efficient.

By taking a few small steps and paying attention to the wants of their employees a company can maximize its gains and create harmony in the workplace.

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.

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