Become a Motivational Speaker
Most professional speakers are painfully aware of the important role self-confidence plays in competent motivational speaking. What is rarely understood, though, is the role the subconscious plays in the development of motivational speaker’s confidence. To be a Motivational Speaker Get to Know the Power of the Subconscious If this blog sparks some curiosity or passion within your motivational speaking career, you may intuitively understand the potential power you possess right now. Is this an Overstatement? I don’t think so. Consider a few of the empowering thoughts found in my favorite book on the subconscious, Hidden Power: How to Unleash the Power of Your Subconscious Mind, by James K. Van Fleet: • …[Your subconscious] is a source of energy stronger than electricity, more powerful than high speed explosives. Your subconscious mind is unlimited, infinite, and inexhaustible. It never rests, for it keeps right on working for you even when you are asleep… • …Of all the creatures on this earth, man is the only one who does not need to depend upon past experience to control his future. Another way of saying this is that man is the only one of God’s creations who is allowed to finish the act of Creation himself… • …Your subconscious mind will react automatically to give you whatever you program into it, either real or imagined… • …It is important to point out to you here that your subconscious mind will not take the trouble to work for you if you do not believe init. Next, it is also highly important that in transmitting your message to your subconscious mind, you should do so in the spirit that the work has already been done. Let’s apply these concepts to motivational speaking. To maximize your abilities, you must not just hope that one day you will be a better speaker, but already believe that you’re a good speaker. This is the key! The vast majority of people I train and coach do not think this way. They come in with the belief that they’re not very good speakers and are just hoping for some improvement. Of course, this belief is the opposite of what is needed to activate your subconscious mind to produce positive results. As-if principle: If you want a quality, act as if you already had it. –William James Evidently, when you say, “I’m a good speaker,” subconsciously, your mind makes that a reality. The same is true with the statement, “I am funny.” Talk about supercharging your act and your brain. For one thing, you let yourself know you can. So you feel like, boy, I am talented and I am funny. You can also set your subconscious to think funny. You’ll think of extra jokes all during the day, once you get going. – Comedian Drew Carey Believe you can, and you can. Thinking you’re a good speaker is the most fundamental step to being a good speaker. I find this incredibly uplifting. Built-in blazing self-confidence. The power resides in our own minds. We control our destinies. We canreprogram our subconscious minds. What more could we ask for? Just give yourselves a little motivational speaking pep talk before you speak saying: “I’m on fire. Watch me burn!”