Do You Have What It Takes?
We told you PLATFORM™ was going to be epic…
Well….🤷🏾♂️
It’s hard to find words to describe this group of humans, but one adjective comes to mind:
Courageous
These speakers dug deep.
For two days, we mined our individual narratives to build keynotes that are going to light up stages for years to come.
And that’s my modest prediction.
Will and I are already planning PLATFORM 2024…
Be on the lookout.
Do You Have What It Takes?
I’m just getting off of a back-to-back speaking trip.
It wasn’t always like this…when I started this journey in 2014, there were large valleys of open weeks on my calendar…
But I kept going.
I want to disabuse you of a couple of misconceptions.
🧬 There isn’t a magical gene that turns you into a good speaker.
🪄 You don’t need a fairy to sprinkle special dust into your hair.
Here’s how it works: You muster the courage to do you first talk.
You’re afraid…
You’re nervous…
But you do it nervous.
You do it afraid.
And then you look back and say, “I survived…I think I’ll do it again.”
And then you do it again, and again, and again…
And at some point, it may be speech #9 or #29, but at some point, you notice yourself getting better.
You’re more comfortable on stage…you learn how to adjust your message in real-time.
And before you know it, your calendar is full and your message is reaching more people.
That’s the trick…there is no trick.
Consistency trumps talent.
You’ve got this.
Keep going.
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