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#608: How to Build the Speaking Business You Actually Want with Carlos Hidalgo
“And I realized I had bought into someone else’s definition of what success looked like and even career path. And I find that so many people do that. And so we’re living a life that someone else designed for us. And my whole thing is just determine what’s important to you and then find a career that enables you to do that.” Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this...
#608: How to Build the Speaking Business You Actually Want with Carlos Hidalgo
“And I realized I had bought into someone else’s definition of what success looked like and even career path. And I find that so many people do that. And so we’re living a life that someone else designed for us. And my whole thing is just determine what’s important to you and then find a career that enables you to do that.” Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this...

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#588: How Erick Rheam Booked A $900,000 Speaking Engagement
“If you can get one paid gig, you can build an empire off that.” Welcome back to The Speaker Lab Podcast! In this episode, Dan Irvin (the newly minted TSL CEO and new host of the TSL podcast!)...
#587: A New Chapter For TSL + The Future of the Speaking Industry with Dan Irvin
“So you can speak to it from a very professional level of here’s what I’m seeing right now, grassroots, I’m in it, I’m doing the thing. And that’s what makes this transition...
#586: Building Your Off Ramp: From Corporate to Full-Time Speaking with Velera Wilson
“Sometimes in today’s society, there’s a pressure to do entrepreneurship the right way. Others have the Instagram businesses that everybody makes look good, but I think everyone has their own particular...
#585: Forging a Path to Purpose-Driven Speaking with Shannon GaNun
“There’s a huge amount of progress that comes from pitching yourself and putting information out there and having discovery calls and doing events and speaking at events and fielding questions and posting...
#584: Overcoming Speaker Slumps and Building Momentum: Live Coaching with Erick Rheam
“If you’re consistent, you may miss the event with that event planner this round, but you’re going to get it the next round, and you’re going to get the next round too because you’re going to stay on top.”...
#583: Avoiding Burnout in Speaking and Life with Arthur James
“One of the things that has helped me stay in ministry, and one of my keys that I share in my talk about burnout, is doing something new to refuel you. I’m still doing ministry thirty years later, but...
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