How Do I Become a Motivational Speaker?
It’s not difficult to become a motivational speaker if you have a true passion for it. Motivational speaking may or may not lead to well-paying engagements, so it’s best done by those with the main purpose of getting their motivational message out to others rather than those looking to earn money right away. In the beginning of their speaking careers, motivational speakers almost always have to speak for free as they build a reputation. To become a motivational speaker, you must have a unique message and decide which stories best get your point of view across. You need to understand how to interest others with what you have to say. For example, you could explain a point of what you did in your life by acting out the steps you took such as illustrating picking corn by using your hands to demonstrate this. Good storytelling is only good if you have a unique message to share. Maybe you started a successful business from nothing and want to impart those ideas to fuel others to achieve thei
You need to wait. You haven’t experienced life enough to be accepted as a motivational speaker. I tend to believe that whatever obstacles you have overcome may pale somewhat when compared to the problems that people have suffered through a lifetime of disappointment and heartache. You haven’t even taken your first step into the real world yet. You have only begun your life’s journey. It is not time for you to look back and contemplate a short path that has only a few winding roads and only a few potholes. I suggest that you focus your attention on becoming the best human being you can and prove by example that you can overcome the difficulties that you have already encountered. Your inspirational words will carry more weight when you have overcome your problems by becoming a success and an inspiration in the real, everyday world. I don’t mean to denigrate your response to your problems. In fact, you are on the right track. You understand at an early age that the best way to come back f
