Validation from Seth Godin is huge. In terms of making a difference, making a mark on the world with ideas, thoughts, best-selling books, blogs, an alternative MBA program, Seth is huge. In comparison, I’m a grain of sand. He doesn’t know me. I’m not even on his radar.
This is a story on how a motivational speaker lost all credibility in an instant. I was one of the 10,000 attendees primed for a day of motivation, inspiration; ready to hear the best of the best in the speaking, self-help, leadership industry.
As a motivational speaker, I’m told by savvy marketers everywhere to tailor my message to my multi-generational audiences. Talk their language; speak to their hearts and minds, identify their specific pain and solve it.
If you didn’t watch the Grammy’s, you may have heard what happened when Adele took the stage for a live presentation of her song “All I Ask”. During her much anticipated appearance, the mic in the piano fell down on to the piano strings, and caused havoc on her performance.