Biggest Breakthrough in the History of Professional Speaking
For over 70 years, in the non-celebrity speaker category, experts have wondered why so few people succeed. Although there are basic aspects of the business that indicate commercial viability, the success of some and failure of others have left most of us wondering. Now, thanks to the power of Artificial Intelligence, combined with our team...
AI Predicts Your Success as a Speaker
Do you have what it takes to become a professional speaker? Why do most people fail in this business while others earn millions? This question has been asked for over 70 years, and artifical intelligence has finally answered. The Professional Speaker Assessment, unveiled earlier today, is a combination of decades of experience from million-dollar speakers...
( Part 2) Why Professional Speakers FAIL
This is one of the most overlooked reasons professional speakers fail. As obvious as it seems, most speakers bypass it or take it for granted. Making at the 6 or 7 figure level as a speaker is equivalent to becoming a 6-7 figure actor or singer. Not many succeed, but it’s often because they fail...
Dr. Alok Trivedi’s Journey from Speaker’s Apprentice to Millionaire Speaker
Dr. Alok Trivedi was one of the most successful chirpractors in the United States when I met him, but he desperately wanted to share his message with a broader audience around the world, specifically through professional public speaking. He became one of my original speakers apprentices, and over the next 5 years, he worked tirelessly...
Why Professional Speakers FAIL. (Part 1)
Hollywood has a lot in common with the Professional Speaking Industry. At any given time, there are approximately 500,000 actors in Los Angeles looking for work. The odds of an unconnected actor breaking into the business and earning $100K per year are long. Unless…you have connections. Professional Speaking has smaller numbers, but your odds of...
Onstage at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas (PART 1)
This is my keynote speech during a star-studded national convention for 3,000 people on the strip in Las Vegas, including Brian Tracy, Don Hutson, Jim Cathcart, and others. This first story is about my kickboxing sparring match with the 300 pound former arm wrestling champion of the world and the mental toughness lesson he taught...
Backstage with Chicago Cub’s Legend Dave ‘King Kong’ Kingman
Growing up in 1970’s Chicago, Dave ‘King Kong’ Kingman was our home-run hero for the Chicago Cubs. At 6’6, this guy was a giant that could park the ball so far out of Wrigley Field that no one could find it. Every time the game was tied, Jack Brickhouse, the voice of the Cubs, would...
Bombing Onstage in New York City
I was speaking in New York City in 2003 for about 1,000 people from a Wall Street investment firm. I had spoken there before, but today was different. Little did I know that I was going to follow a famous psychic who had a very popular show at the time called “Crossing Over with John...
My Death Threats after The Today Show and Good Morning America
One of the best strategies you can employ as a professional speaker is to write a controversial book and embark on an aggressive media campaign. It’s one of the most profitable things we’ve ever done. But if you’re going to follow this path, beware of the potential attacks. After my first appearance on The Today...
Backstage with the Father of the Internet
Back in 2003, I was speaking at a business conference in Washington, DC, at the Gallup Building. The program was packed with many of the leading academics from around the world, as well as top business executives and consultants, including Dr. Martin Seligman, Dr. Mihaly Csikszentmihlyi, and Vint Cerf, the Father of the Internet and...
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