There are lessons to be learnt in your journey.

I stepped cautiously into the professional speaking industry about 3 years ago. And this is what I learnt.

Back in 2021, I wanted to "up my game" as a small business owner. I had been a facilitator and coach for some time and was curious to enter the coveted world of professional speakers ๐ŸŽค .

All my instincts were telling me that it was too difficult and there was no way I would make it. But a small voice in my head kept nudging me to take a small step and just see.

And so I did. Here are the small steps I took and what it taught me:

๐ŸŒŸ I attended meetings and talks by associations such as APSS, PrimeTime and Keynote Women Speakers. I can't remember the content of those talks but ๐“˜ ๐“ญ๐“ฎ๐“ฏ๐“ฒ๐“ท๐“ฒ๐“ฝ๐“ฎ๐“ต๐”‚ ๐“ป๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ถ๐“ซ๐“ฎ๐“ป ๐“ฝ๐“ฑ๐“ฎ ๐“น๐“ฎ๐“ธ๐“น๐“ต๐“ฎ ๐“˜ ๐“ถ๐“ฎ๐“ฝ. The speaking community is lovely and so ready to help newbies. It was in one of these sessions that I met my speaking coach Simone Heng -Human Connection Specialist whose guidance literally changed my life!

๐ŸŒŸ I wrote a book. Ok, this was not exactly a small step ๐Ÿ˜… but I completed the book in small steps. At times I felt I was going backwards when the company that was supposed to help me publish my book filed for bankruptcy ๐Ÿ˜“ But I kept going and met an amazing publisher Timmy Bauer and editor Chas Hoppe who kept me motivated and on track. ๐–ฒ๐—ˆ๐—†๐–พ๐—๐—‚๐—†๐–พ๐—Œ ๐—๐—๐–พ ๐—Œ๐—†๐–บ๐—…๐—… ๐—Œ๐—๐–พ๐—‰๐—Œ ๐–ผ๐–บ๐—‡ ๐–ฟ๐–พ๐–พ๐—… ๐—…๐—‚๐—„๐–พ ๐—’๐—ˆ๐—Ž'๐—‹๐–พ ๐—€๐—ˆ๐—‚๐—‡๐—€ ๐–ป๐–บ๐–ผ๐—„๐—๐–บ๐—‹๐–ฝ๐—Œ ๐–ป๐—Ž๐— ๐—‚๐—'๐—Œ ๐—๐—๐—‹๐—ˆ๐—Ž๐—€๐— ๐—๐—๐–พ๐—Œ๐–พ ๐—†๐—ˆ๐—๐–พ๐—†๐–พ๐—‡๐—๐—Œ ๐—๐—๐–บ๐— ๐—๐–พ ๐—๐—‹๐—Ž๐—…๐—’ ๐—…๐–พ๐–บ๐—‹๐—‡.

๐ŸŒŸ Listening to client needs. Becoming a speaker, ironically, made me a better listener. Because when I speak, I need to address the needs and concerns of my audience. And the only way to do that is to listen to the challenges and issues of the audience and speaking to that. Sแด˜แด‡แด€แด‹ษชษดษข ษช๊œฑ แด€แด„แด›แดœแด€สŸสŸส สŸษช๊œฑแด›แด‡ษดษชษดษข!

There are lessons to be learnt in your journey.

It's often not what we expected. Agree?

If you are on a journey, keep going. And do share with me what are some lessons you've learnt:)

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