Who is your favorite professional speaker of all-time? What speaker moved you the most and made the biggest difference in your life? What did this particular speaker do so well that he/she was so impactful? Watch this short video (2:30) and I’ll look forward to your comments.
Steve Siebold, CSP My name is Steve Siebold. I’m an author with 1.4 million books in print, and a professional speaker and consultant to Fortune 500 sales teams on how to increase sales and retention rates through mental toughness training. My corporate clients include Johnson & Johnson, Toyota, Harrah’s Entertainment, Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, Ingersoll Rand, etc.
Bill Gove (of course) — he’s the master.
Ray Pelletier — incredible rapport with his audiences.
Patricia Fripp — every presentation is a performance.
Les Brown
My top four: Billy Graham, Senior….Steve Siebold….Brain Tracy….Condoleezza Rice.
All have inspired me to reach beyond myself.
Ed Mylett because of the passion
and energy he brings with his story
telling skills and couples it with
specific tangible strategies and
tools that inspire and transform.
I have been studying speakers for a
long time. Like you, I also love
listening to Bob Proctor. Some of
my other favorites were Billy
Graham and Robert Schuller, who
both positively impacted my life. I
have also loved learning from one
of my favorites, Steve Siebold, and I
love how you are no nonsense.
There have been many over the
years, and now I’m studying with
John Maxwell, who is also a master.
But my absolute favorite has to be
Jim Rohn. His calm, homey and
humorous demeanor made trust so
easy, and he always projected such
wisdom.
I hope one day to have even a
fraction of the impact these great
speakers have had on me.
I have many books, tapes, audios, etc. of several “self-help” people!!!
Some of my favorites are: Bob Proctor, Zig Ziglar, Wayne Dwyer, David
Friedman, and of course, Bill Gove and my friend, Steve Siebold. The list
goes on and on!!!
I heard Les Brown for the first
time way back in the early 1990s.
I was transformed while listening
to him–his voice, his tonality, his
cadence, his sincerity changed my
depressed mood to one of
determination. His speech
introduced me to the world of
motivational speaking, and
inspired me to be a force of
positivity, hope and help for
others, as he was to me. Recently,
I was due to be the guest speaker
at a fundraising gala that was
cancelled in March. I was so sad to
have missed this opportunity to
share my message of hope and
resilience; however, I look
forward to learning how to “turn
poison into medicine” (as we say
in my SGI practice) and achieve
greatness as a professional
speaker–after we are blessed to
survive this pandemic. Thank you
for allowing us to connect and
share around this topic.