Motivational Speech

This weekend I gave a motivational speech to an Arbonne meeting (my wife is an Arbonne Executive Area Manager). I haven't given a public speech since I was in college, and that was for a public speaking class. I even made a Keynote presentation on my Mac, which was the first time I ever had to use that program. While I was a bit rushed (in practice, the speech was 25 minutes, but I only had 15 minutes to give the actual speech), it was well received. Now the Arbonne team wants me to speak at all of their future meetings. Oh boy - what have I gotten myself into?

In recent years I have been curious about the field of public speaking. I'm taking this opportunity to possibly hone the skill. It would be nice to actually get paid to doe these kind of speeches - hell, you can make a good living doing that. When I first moved here I was very tempted to apply for a job doing just this, but I didn't have a demo video to apply with. That reminds me - I should really get my wife to tape the next one so that I can not only have a demo, but so I can criticize myself on my performance. Nobody is ever honest about whether or not you suck, so its good to be your own critic sometimes.

I also have wanted to publish a book, so it might be a topic that I could explore and integrate the two mediums around the motivational theme. The real challenge would be to find an aspect to write/speak about that hasn't already been pounded into the ground. My true desire for a book would be a fictional book though, just because that would be more fun.

I guess I should add it to my checklist of life. So far that list is looking good:

-Get Married & Have a Family: Check
-Put out a CD & Tour the World: Check (more than one in fact)
-Own Your Own Business: Check
-Own Your Own House: Check (on my 2nd)

So now, I need to add the following:

-Get a Paying Public Speaking Job
-Publish a Book
-Host a Radio Show

I did try to do a podcast radio show with my buddy Hugo, but that didn't go so well as he walked out of it after 1 minute. Yikes!