To stay on topic, what is the difference between a good speaker and a great speaker?
• Good speakers share ideas with their audience. What the audience does with the ideas is up to the audience. • Great speakers share information of value that allows the audience to take action. • Good speakers are memorable. The audience will remember the ideas presented. • Great speakers are remarkable. The audience will be repeating key phrases from the speech for years to come. The difference might not seem great, but when it comes to influencing people to pay you for something, being great is of vital importance. Many marketplaces are crowed with businesses fighting for the same dollar. Some examples are speaking, web design, and life coaching. If you are a speaker, web designer, or life coach, why should we pay you? You are good, but what about your competitor that is great? For many of you, good is the enemy of great. You are comfortable with your current level of knowledge and skills and are making money, so it is not essential that you become great at what you do. For a moment
