Inspirational speakers

[Dr Jekyll]

Having seen a few recently the procedure seems to be:

Read out your CV in such a way as to imply you are a genius including a few massive achievements that nobody can really check.

Talk about your great idea which is going to save the world with plenty of name dropping of celebrity enthusiasts but distinct lack of actual detail.

Ask for questions but explain you don't have time for many because of all the applause has caused you to overrun.

If any question more demanding than 'tell us again what a genius you are' is asked look like a rabbit in headlights and try to wriggle out of answering.

Collect huge cheque.



Is this the norm?

[Pothole]

My Mission 700s never do any of that.

[uber]

Here is the fasttrack solution https://www.bradburton.biz/bradcamp/speak/

[StevieBee]

uber said:

Here is the fasttrack solution https://www.bradburton.biz/bradcamp/speak/

Just watched one of his videos and fully expected him to bounce off stage to Tina Turner's Simply the Best.

[Simpo Two]

StevieBee said:

Just watched one of his videos and fully expected him to bounce off stage to Tina Turner's Simply the Best.

You know you're in trouble when a client wants that in their video...

[JulianPH]

Pothole said:

My Mission 700s never do any of that.

Genius!

[Wacky Racer]

Adolf Hitler was quite good.

Never made any money though.

[edc]

I recently went to a speech / presentation by Lewis Pugh. Not a great deal of CV talk, no telling you how to do business, nor telling you how he is the best. But a great story teller. He talks not about how to get more money but how to push through, focus, how to succeed and how to remain determined.

[Vaud]

This guy was pretty amazing to hear speak. Very humble.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Maclean_(sports...

Ellen McArthur as well is exceptional and a lovely person.

[edc]

Without sounding like a cliche, Google him. I note there is a TED talk from him and I just watched it. A lot of the content and messages were the same as what I had heard when I saw him for the first time. Me telling you what I think the key things are is not the same as you watching it and developing your own interpretation or symbolism of what he says.

[Dr Jekyll]

VitzzViperzz said:

I went to the London business how last year November in Olympia and there were tons of these 'Motivational speakers'. They all had microphones near their mouths convincing people how they can make money on the stock market 'without breaking a sweat'! It was unbelievable to see how the people believe their bs.

FYI: If you can write a book with a few challenges you faced and how you faced them - there is an audience that will buy your stuff.

[JimmyConwayNW]

I really dislike most of these people.

Gary Vaynerchuk is probably the only motivational business speaker I actually like as he is straight talking, and I personally find him motivational.
You know those days when you are putting somethings off that you really should do a few Gary Vee quotes / podcast in background etc and it gives me a kick up the backside.

[number2]

Dr Jekyll said:

Survivorship bias is often overlooked - there were many Richard Bransons, Mark Zuckerbergs etc., but you only hear from the ones that succeed. Of course, one is incredibly unlikely to be successful through tardiness, inaction and stupidity, but the big breaks are through right time, right place and a dose of luck; the crux is that there is that there is no one size fits all to sucess, however one chooses to measure success.

I recommend reading "Thinking, Fast an Slow" by Daniel Kahneman. It's not a "motivational" book, but sets out to explain how we make decisions and what influences us in doing so.

[easytiger123]

uber said:

Here is the fasttrack solution https://www.bradburton.biz/bradcamp/speak/

Surely this is a piss-take of motivational speakers?