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When we are having hard times or trying to recover from a traumatic event, it’s helpful to have support from others and someone who we can turn to talk to. However, sometimes this isn’t enough and we have to turn to outside sources for that extra boost. This is where motivational speakers come in.
Motivational speakers are people who have typically been through whatever it is they are helping other people with. They found themselves down and out for whatever reason, they sought help and they recovered and now they want to help others do the same.
Motivational speakers cover a wide range of topics including:
1) Alcoholism and drug addiction recovery
2) Surviving physical and emotional abuse
3) Parenting
4) Caring for aging parents
5) Positive thinking
6) Finding spirituality
7) Successful business
8) Recovering from the loss of a loved one
9) Life after divorce
10) Life mentoring
11) Surviving college and university
12) Living life to your potential
Those are just some of the types of motivational speeches happening all around the country at any given time.
Motivational speakers may or may not be educated in their topic but one thing they all have is experience. While attending an event, you can expect to hear true, real-life accounts of things they have gone through, how they overcame it and how you can too.
Motivational speakers tend to travel from place to place delivering their message. If there is something you are struggling with and would like to hear a speech by one, get online and search for speakers in that realm and find out when they will be speaking in a city or town close to where you live. Typically, these events take place in a gymnasium, theater or similar venue that seats a few hundred people or more. If there are no events coming to your area, you can find live speeches on the internet that you can be a part of over distance.
If you have a story to share that you think would help others or you overcame a significant, difficult event in your life or you are a professional in business, health or any other topic relevant to most people, you can be a motivational speaker too.
You can do this on the side of your regular job or pursue a career in delivering talks across the country and even around the world if you become an in-demand speaker.
Before pursuing this route, get some practice in public speaking. Take some courses and share your stories with others on social media so people can get familiar with your name. Start offering to host talks around your town or city for free or low payment. This will help you get some recognition and provide you with some practice before heading onto bigger talks.
Motivational speakers play a huge part in helping people get back on track. When someone experiencing loss of difficult times hears someone else who experienced the same thing talk about their experience, it brings comfort and a feeling of camaraderie in an otherwise difficult circumstance.
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