Compromising with Your Business Partner/Spouse

Compromise is the glue that holds relationships together. Whether it’s in business or in your personal life, it’s critical to be able to reach mutual agreement through constuctive compromise. This is especially difficult when it comes to money, spending and investing in your business. Nowdays, politics is another area on which business partner/spouses must reach...

Professional Authors and Writers Are Whistling Past the Graveyard

The writers strike in Hollywood rages on. Writers want more money, and I don’t blame them. Writing is hard work. I’ve written 12 books over 20 years, and I know how tough it is. The only problem is the writing business is over. Dead. Done. Finished. ChatGPT was the beginning, and the the newest artificial...

SPEAKERS: Don’t Make This Social Media Mistake

Social Media has become an absolute phenomenon all over the world. Some people see it as a positive technological advancement, while others believe it’s doing irreparable damage to society. Either way, one thing is for certain: social media is here to stay. This is why it’s critical for Professional Speakers to use it effectively, without...

How to Become a Highly Paid Professional Speaker

Professional Speaking is arguably the highest paid profession in the world. Outside of being a public celebrity, professional athlete, movie star, Fortune 500 CEO, or rock star, where can you earn $10, $20, or $30 thousand dollars per hour? It’s a wonderful profession where you can help people all over the world become more successful....

Professional Speakers Pension Strategy

Professional speakers can earn high incomes. The top non-celebrity speakers earn millions per year. Despite this fact, many speakers fail to build a retirement portfolio and end up struggling towards the end of their careers. I know household name speakers that have little or no money to retire. To make sure this doesn’t happen to...

Speakers Should Be an Inch Wide and a Mile Deep

As much as I love my motivational speaker friends, most are experts at delivering an incredible speech, with little problem-solving content. Their expertise lies in exciting an audience for 45-minutes and moving on to the next speech. In corporate America, they’re known as “slot-fillers”, filling slots on a convention agenda, kicking-off or closing the meeting....

How To Fast-Track a Million-Dollar Speaking Career

For many years, I held the record for being the fastest non-celebrity professional speaker to go from zero to a million-dollars in speaking fees, in just under 5 years. Many people attributed my success to marketing and sales talent. I wish! The embarrassing truth is that I lost over $50,000 my first year in the...

Should Speaker’s Live Below Their Means?

The professional speaking business can be intoxicating. Especially as your popularity and fees grow. It’s easy to fall into the trap of assuming it will continue forever. In the past 20 years, speakers have had two massive wake up calls that shocked and decimated thousands of careers: the great recession and Covid 19. I skated...

Your Next Step in Professional Speaking

Your next step in Professional Speaking. if you’ve already taken the 3-minute A.I. driven Professional Speaker Assessment and you scored 48/64 or higher, watch this video for next steps. If you scored 0-47, don’t be discouraged. Follow the instructions on the email for your next steps. To take the assessment, visit www.PaidSpeaking.org #professionalspeaking #personaldevelopment

Onstage with Dr. Nido Qubein at High Point University

Dr. Nido Qubein, President of High Point University, is one of the most successful speakers of the second half of the 20th century. In 2005, he took the helm of HPU and transformed it into one of the finest small colleges in the country. This man is a true genius, and he’s helped guide my...