Who is the best Professional Speaker?
Who is the consummate professional speaker? The motivational speaker trainer who sets the bar the highest in the motivational speaker training? Is it Zig Ziglar, Anthony Robbins or maybe Les Brown?
Keith Harrell is an up and coming top motivational speaker that I’ve had the chance to speak alongside and he is a talented motivational speaker. It is not so much about being polished and skilled in motivational speaking. It is about loving and honoring people that is who my hero is. That’s also who gets the most motivational speaking jobs.
Love cures people – both the ones who give it,
and the ones who receive it.”
– Carl Menninger
This is a tip I give to all my students and I hope that I project to every crowd I speak with.
other in this book. Love people – all people.
Love teenagers!
Love the elderly.
Love complainers.
Love illegal immigrants.
Love drivers who cut you off.
Love crying babies on airplanes.
Love loud cell phone talkers in restaurants.
Love people who are trying to push you away. They’re
just trying to prove to themselves that they’re not lovable
– prove them wrong. Notice I didn’t say tolerate them…I said love them. I abhor
the title of Simon Wiesenthal’s Museum of Tolerance. Don’t get me wrong. I love the concept and what it stands for; I just don’t like the title – “Museum of Tolerance.” It just doesn’t sit right with me. I don’t know about you, but I don’t want to be tolerated! I want to be loved. I don’t want to toler-
ate people; I want to love them. Is it enough for you to just be tolerated? Love people.
Honor People. In Southern California, I’ve noticed that we have this unusual practice known as “celebrity worship.” I really don’t get it. We should honor everyone. Yet, people definitely don’t get
treated the same; not just here in California, but everywhere in the world. Do you honor everyone?
The bank president and the bank janitor? The star of the team and the team’s trainer? Do you walk past people who clean the restrooms at your office, treating them like they’re invisible? Why don’t you
smile and say “Hi”? That might just make their day. What a wonderful way to help your torch – and theirs – burn brighter. I know why this torch tip means so much to me. I was once an evangelist for a dynamic church, and I was treated with incredible respect. After ten years, I stepped down from the
ministry and was just a “regular” member of the congregation. And guess what? I was treated differently.
The honor was removed…and it hurt. Years later I left that church altogether…and once more I
was treated in a noticeably different way. Except by Andy. Andy always treated me the same – with kindness and respect – whether in or out of the ministry – whether in or out of his church. This kind man lives in Scotland, and yet for the past decade, he has regularly called Tanya and me, just to encourage us. In fact he called again as I was writing this book. Andy has always honored me…and it feels good. I will never forget this most important lesson. Thank you, Andy.