7 tips to become a motivational speaker

Here is a checklist of 7 tips to become a motivational speaker: 

1. find your golden goose or cash cow niche
2. create a benefit-implied message
3. tell a story that sells
4. get popular
5. practice
6. get paid
7. renew

watch for articles that expand upon each tip!

Positive Thoughts Build Confidence

Positive Thoughts are your Source Code for Confidence.

By Dr. Nina Craft, Ph.D., M.B.A., www.DrNeen.com
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Human beings are like computers. We have our body, which is the hardware.  We have our brain, which is the motherboard, where all the action happens.  We have our thoughts, which are our source code, the programming. We have our life experiences that are dictated by our source code, our thoughts.Let’s take this analogy one step further.  If you are on your computer looking at a web page and you see a typographical error, you can make a change on your screen and feel better instantly. This is a temporary change, however.  As soon as you pull something else up on your screen, those changes disappear. When you return to that web page, you see the edits did not occur.  The real, permanent change comes when you go back to the source, the source code that creates what you see externally. Our lives are like the web page. It’s what we see and what others see.  Our lives are the reflection of our thoughts.  Thoughts become our reality. When someone says thoughts are things, that is what it means to manifest, to make real.Using this analogy, how do you change your life?  You change your thoughts. Change the source code of your life and you will change what you experience or see in your life.Do these 5 things:

1. Commit to keeping your thoughts positive
2. Make a list of positive thoughts to fill your mind
3. Reflect on these positive thoughts hourly
4. Reward your behavior with positive praise
5. Continue to expand your knowledge

For positive thoughts to help you build confidence read Think it, Do It!® YOU Have the Power – 52 Life Lessons.  For details on how to monitor and repair your thoughts with affirmations, experience the Think it, Do It!® 7 day Confidence Builder Course.
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Dr. Nina Craft, Ph.D., M.B.A., also knows as Dr. Neen, the Think It, Do It!® Queen, is an international motivational author, speaker and mentor , television and radio guest, consultant and trainer, whose books and workshops have been sponsored by companies like IBM, Bank of America, Toyota Motor Sales, Shell Oil and Disney. Her website is www.DrNeen.com.

Copyright © 2008 Dr. Nina Craft.  Reprint permission granted if article is reprinted intact.