Comments on: Confessions of a Motivational Speaker http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/ Taking Mind, Body and Spirit to the Next Level Sat, 23 Jul 2011 23:01:21 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: Reuben http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-2/#comment-122324 Reuben Mon, 13 Jun 2011 20:49:08 +0000 http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/#comment-122324 I remember toastmasters. Great reference. And you're so right once you get out there and do it it becomes easier to let it rip from a place of authenticity. You start to realize that's all people want after all! Thanks for the post. I remember toastmasters. Great reference. And you’re so right once you get out there and do it it becomes easier to let it rip from a place of authenticity. You start to realize that’s all people want after all! Thanks for the post.

]]> By: Matt S http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-122112 Matt S Sun, 12 Jun 2011 13:40:40 +0000 http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/#comment-122112 Hi Stephen, Wow this are article amazes me. I learned a lot and what you said are facts. All motivational speakers learn from it, I'll share this with friends. Hi Stephen,

Wow this are article amazes me. I learned a lot and what you said are facts. All motivational speakers learn from it, I’ll share this with friends.

]]> By: Stephen Hopson http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-116935 Stephen Hopson Fri, 13 May 2011 15:23:18 +0000 http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/#comment-116935 Things have changed a LOT since I wrote that article. Somewhere along the line I experienced a very powerful yet subtle shift deep inside me that has totally transformed the way I speak on stage. For one thing, I noticed that while I still feel "nervous energy" it's not the kind that makes me lose sleep the night before or feel "sick to my stomach." It's hard to explain but it has totally given me a new infusion of energy, power and strength that I never, or rarely felt during the earlier part of my speaking career. I'm glad you thought I wrote something of value here - the key is being authentic about what you write - otherwise, it's just a bunch of recycled stuff. Cheers! Things have changed a LOT since I wrote that article. Somewhere along the line I experienced a very powerful yet subtle shift deep inside me that has totally transformed the way I speak on stage. For one thing, I noticed that while I still feel “nervous energy” it’s not the kind that makes me lose sleep the night before or feel “sick to my stomach.” It’s hard to explain but it has totally given me a new infusion of energy, power and strength that I never, or rarely felt during the earlier part of my speaking career. I’m glad you thought I wrote something of value here – the key is being authentic about what you write – otherwise, it’s just a bunch of recycled stuff. Cheers!

]]> By: key note speakers http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-116474 key note speakers Tue, 10 May 2011 02:51:43 +0000 http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/#comment-116474 Hi there, I genuinely apprecitate your insights on being a motivational speaker. I read a lot of blogs in the business but, I have to say the majority are garbage. It's nice to see that your able to write something of value on this subject. As I'm certain you know there is plenty of so known as motivational speaker "experts" but, I definitely wish far more persons took this seriously simply because, becoming motivational speakers truely does effect peoples lives and has a major impact on how they really feel. believe how an individual feels on the inside will be the most critical factor in life much more so than cash or fame. Hi there, I genuinely apprecitate your insights on being a motivational speaker. I read a lot of blogs in the business but, I have to say the majority are garbage. It’s nice to see that your able to write something of value on this subject. As I’m certain you know there is plenty of so known as motivational speaker “experts” but, I definitely wish far more persons took this seriously simply because, becoming motivational speakers truely does effect peoples lives and has a major impact on how they really feel. believe how an individual feels on the inside will be the most critical factor in life much more so than cash or fame.

]]> By: Homemade beer http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-115447 Homemade beer Mon, 02 May 2011 20:19:50 +0000 http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/#comment-115447 I wish I was more like you. I'm a really shy person, and it's kind of annoying. I wish to be more extrovert, but I am really having trouble being in large crowds and even more speaking to, or in front of, large crowds. I wish I was more like you. I’m a really shy person, and it’s kind of annoying. I wish to be more extrovert, but I am really having trouble being in large crowds and even more speaking to, or in front of, large crowds.

]]> By: Barb http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-62382 Barb Wed, 17 Mar 2010 17:27:58 +0000 http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/#comment-62382 Wow, what a motivating and interesting post. I really enjoyed reading it. I've just started looking around your blog here and I'm finding many posts that look interesting and which I'll definitely read. Thanks Stephen..... Wow, what a motivating and interesting post. I really enjoyed reading it. I’ve just started looking around your blog here and I’m finding many posts that look interesting and which I’ll definitely read. Thanks Stephen…..

]]> By: Stephen Hopson http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-27587 Stephen Hopson Mon, 09 Mar 2009 15:46:17 +0000 http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/#comment-27587 @<a href="http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/#comment-27564"> Abdulrehman</a>: Good for you! Sometimes you have to force yourself to do the thing you fear the most and then afterwards you wonder, "Wow, that wasn't so bad!" @ Abdulrehman:

Good for you! Sometimes you have to force yourself to do the thing you fear the most and then afterwards you wonder, “Wow, that wasn’t so bad!”

]]> By: Abdulrehman http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-27564 Abdulrehman Mon, 09 Mar 2009 12:16:24 +0000 http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/#comment-27564 I wont say that I'm an active public speaker but I have spoken many times in front of more than 200 people where my heart was saying "NO!" but I somehow forced myself to it. This is a great article and I learned of many new things here, great work stephen! I wont say that I’m an active public speaker but I have spoken many times in front of more than 200 people where my heart was saying “NO!” but I somehow forced myself to it. This is a great article and I learned of many new things here, great work stephen!

]]> By: Stephen Hopson http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-24132 Stephen Hopson Sat, 17 Jan 2009 17:34:52 +0000 http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/#comment-24132 @<a href="http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/#comment-24117"> Liara Covert</a>: I get the TM magazine too. It's full of interesting and helpful information indeed. The beauty of TM is that it's open to everyone regardless of speaking experience. It's also a place where everyone has the same thing in common, which is almost everyone gets nervous when speaking in front of a group. This bonds them together because they each know what the other is going through. @ Liara Covert:

I get the TM magazine too. It’s full of interesting and helpful information indeed. The beauty of TM is that it’s open to everyone regardless of speaking experience. It’s also a place where everyone has the same thing in common, which is almost everyone gets nervous when speaking in front of a group. This bonds them together because they each know what the other is going through.

]]> By: Liara Covert http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-24117 Liara Covert Sat, 17 Jan 2009 16:15:45 +0000 http://www.adversityuniversityblog.com/2007/12/02/confessions-of-a-motivational-speaker/#comment-24117 In the monthly TM magazine, the stories of how people come to apply their TM skills are surprising and educational. I recall one man turned his love of wine into a livelhood as a wine tasting guide and speaker at vineyards where he took his groups. This and other stories teach us we are only ever limited by fear and also our imagination. Sometimes life experience also prompts you to take a break from situations like TM that you enjoy. I have known people to take a leave of absence due to family or personal illness, or just because other life commitments have changed. TM is helpful for whatever peiod of your life you become involved. People touch your heart and inspire you to proceed with your life in ways that make you feel good. In the monthly TM magazine, the stories of how people come to apply their TM skills are surprising and educational. I recall one man turned his love of wine into a livelhood as a wine tasting guide and speaker at vineyards where he took his groups. This and other stories teach us we are only ever limited by fear and also our imagination.

Sometimes life experience also prompts you to take a break from situations like TM that you enjoy. I have known people to take a leave of absence due to family or personal illness, or just because other life commitments have changed. TM is helpful for whatever peiod of your life you become involved. People touch your heart and inspire you to proceed with your life in ways that make you feel good.

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