You need Fire to Become a Professional Speaker
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Do you want to learn how to be on fire as a speaker and become a professional speaker? I like to Burn candles.
You’ll be amazed at what candles can do! Candles create such atmosphere and beauty instantly. These little flickering flames can change my mood.We have a picnic table on our back patio where, on many evenings, Tanya and I relax, play cards, and listen to Pavarotti. We watch the radiant California sun setting in the distance. And you can bet on it – the candles are burning! I travel a lot, as you may have guessed. Even on the road, some candles and nice music can turn even the most drab hotel room into a glowing retreat center. You can gaze at a candle and see it as a metaphor for your own “life torch.” A candle is luminous only when it’s burning…and so are you. When you become a professional speaker you have the royal opportunity to light a flame in a audience each time a speak. As a professional speaker I get to bring some truth and light up new thoughts and possibilities for the company when I stand to the microphone. I’m humbled by this thought and everyone who’s thinking of becoming a professional speaker should consider it sacred. For me as a professional speaker the following quotes summarize my thoughts here in this post.
“There isn’t enough darkness in all the world
to snuff out the light of one little candle.”
– Author unknown
“How far that little candle throws his beams!
So shines a good deed in a weary world.”
– William Shakespeare
Professional Speaking Jobs and Friends
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I have had a very successful professional speaking career but without close friends there really is no success in life is there? I love this quote by Luciano de Crescenzo “We are each of us angels, with only one wing. So we can only fly embracing one another.” It takes dedication to keep in touch with my friends. In all my professional speaking jobs I get to travel thousands of miles each year. I’m blown away that I get to have a motivational speaking career and do motivational speaker training!
Even as I write this, I feel my torch burn more brilliantly. Make new friends and nurture the old ones. Return that phone call, or better yet, initiate the phone call! Always embrace these sacred bonds. I’m blessed with awesome friends:
• Charlie, in Denver. He is so encouraging, and he also
taught me to live life with a positive attitude.
• Carl, in Raleigh. We played college football together
and now trust our deepest secrets with one another.
• Tamara, in San Diego. Being a Wake Forest Alumni,
I never thought I would love a graduate from the
University of North Carolina, but this woman has had
a monumental impact in my life.
• Ron, in Atlanta. He is my mentor in the challenging
arenas of integrity, perseverance, and fitness.
• Suzie, my sister, in Concord. She and I share wonderful laughter. I cherish building a history with someone and developing a true friendship.
I’ve found that when I want to get together with someone, it works best when we’re specific about the details. Instead of “Let’s get together soon,” how about “Let’s see a movie this Saturday afternoon.” And by all means, get up from your desk at work and go chat with someone for five minutes. It might be the best part of your day – and theirs! And that co-worker might just become a friend. I like the way Horace Bruns puts it: “Friends are treasures.” You can’t really be successful in becoming a professional speaker without lots of friends.