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How to become a motivational speaker

By Berkun | March 21, 2012

I get asked about this often. Most of the news here isn’t good. There is a stigma around the phrase “motivational speaker”. The stereotype is a preacher or a snake oil salesman, all promises and slickness, delivering little substance. Or infomercials that promise if you just read this book, or follow this program, you’ll get everything…

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What does "motivational speaker" mean to you?

By Berkun | March 20, 2012

Update: A post based on these survey  results was posted: How to become a motivational speaker. [polldaddy poll=6060152]

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On Writing vs. Speaking

By Berkun | March 18, 2012

Paul Graham wrote recently on his perspectives on the written vs. spoken word. Graham admits he’s more confident as a writer than a speaker. This biases his comparisons and his essay. He’d have benefited from talking to people who he thinks are both good speakers and good thinkers (and perhaps good writers) as they’d have…

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