How To Become A Motivational Speaker Or Life Coach

I get this question a lot because I am one how do you become a motivational speaker or a life coach. As we start this discussion today, may I first acknowledge that it's awesome that you even have that thought, I remember sitting in an audience years ago, before I ever started my professional speaking career and I heard one of my heroes and mentors Dan Clark, who is a national Hall of Fame speaker he said well actually you know what disclaimer I don't know if he actually said this but this is what I
Heard you're with me, I heard speakers change lives and that stuck with me and it changed mine and
Dan wasn't the only speaker that I heard that changed my life I have heard some of the most inspiring messages given from the stage or from the microphone and it planted a seed in me that maybe I
Could do that maybe that could be part of my offering to the world and I have since developed a very exciting and very rewarding professional speaking and life coaching practice it is fun I got five
Steps for you, okay consider these five and we'll see where we go from there step number one turn your brain on now your brains always on but I'm talking about a very specific process in your
Brain where do you hear the voices do you hear the voices in your brain in your mind, yeah you do, some people get nervous when a psychologist asked them if they hear the voices some people are
thinking what boy says I don't have those voices well that's the voice that I mean it's the one that's giving the commentary and that's the one that's giving you a rundown on everything that's happening the one that says don't think I can do that or no I don't think I'm good enough that's the one that I mean when I say turn your brain on I mean let's quiet those voices for just a minute and engage the prefrontal cortex the part of your brain that does the thinking and the logic and their reason and the problem-solving that's the part we're going to need to do this because all of those self doubts and
Insecurities are not serving you well right now and not only that they're keeping you from showing up and blessing the lives of those whose lives would be enhanced and enriched if you were to show up and share your gifts so turn your brain on let's think this through and let's find how to do it
There's a lot of people that have been there and they can even help you through it, now step two, maybe this could have been step one because I want you to notice what lights you up what turns you on
What gives you the passion and the desire doing this in the first place because it's actually kind of weird did you know that public speaking is the number one fear on most lists out there it comes in higher than death Jerry Seinfeld said that this means that the guy giving the eulogy at the funeral?
Would actually rather be in the box, it's something that people fear they don't want to be in front of the mic you do see that's a little weird, but notice that there's something that lights you up, there's a message or a process or something that you want to share with the world and you can't sleep
It drives you you've been called to this so you don't have any business, ignoring it, it's important pay attention to what's lighting you up and while we're on that topic notice this it's not about you, it's about a principle that has changed or enriched your life and now you want to share it with other people why because it's gonna change and enrich their lives too that's important when you think about
Then you're less likely to get in your own way and hide behind your self-doubts that has you not showing up as a life coach or as a motivational speaker you guys this is actually doable how do I
Know that I've done it and I didn't I wasn't always here I was where you are before looking at the people on YouTube or the people on the stage or the people who seem to have it all together and
Thinking oh, I wish I was one of them that leads to my next step associate with people who get it and be selective here because most people don't they don't get it you share with them that
You want to be a motivational speaker or life coach and they're gonna be like oh
Yeah, right get a real job yeah, most people don't get this there are some people who do probably the best thing I ever did for my public speaking career was to join the National Speakers
Association NSA speaker or go look it up the National Speakers Association gave me an opportunity to associate with people who get it and I got actively involved in my local chapter I'm a past president of the Mountain West chapter for the MSA I go to the national convention every year I won't miss it
It's part of my professional development and this is where I get to hang out with my people and all UMS Ayers out there I love you guys that is what changed my mind about whether I could do this
That's how I started to identify myself as being one of those guys on the stage with the microphone you hang out with people who get it you're gonna start seeing yourself different you also want to surround yourself with coaches and with mastermind groups and with other ways that you can get your mind entrenched in a course that's going to help you to fulfill your goal now let's go to step four take courageous action courageous can we talk about that word for a minute because if you don't
Feel fear you don't need courage notice that the word courage is defined by fear, it means you feel the fear and you do it anyway if you don't feel a little fear about what you're thinking about doing
Then you're probably not thinking big enough take courageous action and I have found that it serves me well to launch just a little bit before I'm ready oh but I'm not ready I know right when are you ever gonna feel ready, go out and do some things try it get in front of a mic get in front of some people invite someone to receive your coaching services there are a lot of ways that you can get
Started I'm remembering a time in kindergarten, I'm sitting in the sandbox in the kindergarten in its outside, we were out for recess and I'm sitting in there with kaeleen Erdman and Kayleen
Looks up and she sees and we both see at the same time this girl riding by on a ten-speed and Kayleen leans over to me she says that's my sister she's tan and as a kindergartner I'm like oh I'm not
Worthy right and I'm looking at this girl on a ten-speed who's 10 years old, one of my coaches in my licensing program shared with me she said to to a third grader a sixth grader is an expert
And this is so true, there are so many people in this world who could already benefit from your sweet skills if you decided to bring them take some courageous action, let's go find you some third
Now step five remember it's not about you, it's not about you yes you're the one who's going to bring a sweet message, or your your superpowers to the equation to help people to help other people have
A more joyful life that's the whole purpose of this thing to start with when you stay focused on that it will help you to take the courageous action because it's not about you, it's about everyone's lives who are changed and enhanced because you showed up can you tell I get excited about this I love
Spending my time coaching coaches