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
Public Speaking Jobs
Public Speaking Jobs
Are you considering a public speaking job? Great.
Let me offer you one self evaluation that will help you qualify yourself for the public speaking industry. The great English poet and artist William Blake said it best when he described is professionalism to writing and was so excited about his public job that he wrote these words from his heart one day on his way to work: Sparks emit from my fingertips, in anticipation of my day’s vocation. That is it! Step one in making a decision to go after a public speaking job is passion. It’s as if you have a burning desire to be a public speaker. You should carry a photo of Phil Town in your “speaker’s notes” folder as an example of passion on stage. It’s not because he’s my favorite artist,author and speaker. Phil Town has, in my opinion, a rather wealthy life but still manages to keep that relatable and passionate energy when he speaks to investing audiences.
But one thing I do admire about Janis Joplin is — she had passion. Her passion comes through in her songs. And when I listen to her stirring music, I hear someone who has set her soul on fire. There are many times when I am contemplating making a statement to an audience that may be a bit risky, and I glance down and see Janis, and she literally encourages me, saying: Say it, man. Go for it! Speak like it’s the last time you’re going to public speak. It may be the hundredth time you’ve said these things, but it’s the first time they’ve heard it. So, go for it!
Janis= Passion.Passion,” contends Richard Chang, “is not a privilege of the fortunate few, it is a right and a power that we all possess.” Passion, then, is neither a gift nor a talent. It is a choice, a decision. I suggest that you discover the “Passion Point” in public speaking presentations. What will you feel most strongly about in your public speaking job? This is the Passion Point. Every genuine message must have one. Whether it’s a speech on information technology, on finance, or on natural turf…find it! Find what excites you about it. Find that Passion Point. Highlight or underscore it. Practice it with the great passion it generates within you. Make it something you believe in, and you’ll be on fire every time and keep your audiences enthralled.
Step one in pursuing a public speaking job is to be passionate about getting help and training. I’d like to invite you register for our exciting launch of Presentation Fire Training Course which will launch in early 2009. We have all the resources to help you launch your public 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!
