Sep
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Being ME as a Public Speaker
What an amazing month September turned out to be! As many of you will know on the 10th of September I ran a Wealth Creation event called Infinitively Wealthy Women with my joint venture partner Lavinia Osbourne of Butterfly Wealth Creation. There were many women who invested in their financial and personal development by attending the event so I wanted to say a big thank you to them for doing so. The event meant a great deal to me as it was another goal that I accomplished and it moved me to a whole new playing field…. That of a public speaker…
Becoming a public speaker was something I had day dreamed of often. I would imagine myself being on stage like my mentors Anthony Robbins or Joanna Martin. But it was something that scared the life out of me too. Up until recently I’d always had an issue with public speaking. When I gave presentations in the past I often felt my delivery was always me minus my personality and it was something that I desperately wanted to change. If you are like me and know this feeling well you will be delighted to learn how I over came that problem and how you can too.
I’m not sure if you’ve heard of Dr Joanna Martin, she has been one of my mentors for the last few years. She left her career as a doctor to focus on coaching people around how to make an effective presentation and profit from your passion as a speaker. It has made her one of the highest paid, OUTRAGEOUSLY successful and well-loved speakers today. So when I was looking at how to overcome my fear of speaking and learn how to “be me” on stage I knew I needed Joanna Martin’s help!
I have to say that when I attended the Shift Speaker Training course I really didn’t know what to expect or if it would even work. I spent 3 long days feeling out of my comfort zone for a majority of that time. In fact half way through the last day I still wasn’t convinced if I was able to be me as a speaker because I wasn’t “being me” in the exercises up until then. In the Q&A I put my hand up to ask Joanna what I could do to “be me” on stage because I wasn’t sure I was getting it.
Joanna Martin pulled me up on stage and went through a closed eye process with me. She stated by asking me what my chosen word was that I wanted everyone in my audience to walk away with after hearing me speak. My word was power but I later discovered I had picked the wrong word and it should have been passion! She continued by talking directly to my unconscious, telling me that everyone was here to see me speak and that they wanted to hear the message I had to give to the world and a whole lot more. It was an electric experience and one that all my classmates at Shift Speaker Training shared. I left the training not sure if it had made a difference but I was desperately hoping it had.
A few months later, when I spoke at the Infinitely Wealthy Women’s workshop something quite magical happened. I got up on stage and for the first time I was me. I had no nerves and instead the fear that would usually be present was replaced by adrenalin. I had outstanding feedback from the audience saying that I was an inspirational speaker after only just 3 minutes on stage….
Here is a short clip of me in action courtesy of my friend Jo Webber
As a consequence of my training and the event I have positioned myself as a public speaker and I have subsequently been asked to speak at The Wealth Wizards Event on 12th November 2011. I can’t thank Joanna Martin enough for helping me release my barriers and blocks preventing me from being myself on stage.
Whether you’ve just thought about speaking, just started or are already an experienced speaker the Shift Speaker Training fills in the gaps on what other presentation training seminars leave out…. You can catch Joanna Martin speaking at the Millionaire Bootcamp on the 28th to the 30th October. It’s 3 days wealth training with some of the world’s top ‘welfare to millionaire’ entrepreneurs. I am certain this is a life-changing weekend!
