Comments on: 7 Requirements to be a Motivational Speaker http://punintended.com/7-requirements-to-be-a-motivational-speaker/ Tue, 10 Apr 2012 18:10:30 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Flying LlamaFish http://punintended.com/7-requirements-to-be-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-291 Flying LlamaFish Thu, 03 Jul 2008 23:14:28 +0000 http://punintended.com/blog/?p=123#comment-291 Henru: Thank you! Yydi: You are exactly correct. Thanks for the kind words. Henru: Thank you!

Yydi: You are exactly correct. Thanks for the kind words.

]]> By: Yydi http://punintended.com/7-requirements-to-be-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-300 Yydi Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:49:02 +0000 http://punintended.com/blog/?p=123#comment-300 A lot of them also have some kind of catch phrase or 12 steps to success too. Very funny, LlamaFish!! A lot of them also have some kind of catch phrase or 12 steps to success too.

Very funny, LlamaFish!!

]]> By: Robert A. Henru http://punintended.com/7-requirements-to-be-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-299 Robert A. Henru Thu, 26 Jun 2008 01:07:47 +0000 http://punintended.com/blog/?p=123#comment-299 I like the first one. very funny and refreshing =) I like the first one. very funny and refreshing =)

]]> By: Michele http://punintended.com/7-requirements-to-be-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-298 Michele Tue, 24 Jun 2008 21:31:15 +0000 http://punintended.com/blog/?p=123#comment-298 @ Bamboo: Thanks, I strive to be an enlightened gal. ;-) @ LlamaFish: You're most welcome! Great post! :-) *smiles* Michele @ Bamboo: Thanks, I strive to be an enlightened gal. ;-)

@ LlamaFish: You’re most welcome! Great post! :-)

*smiles*
Michele

]]> By: Flying LlamaFish http://punintended.com/7-requirements-to-be-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-297 Flying LlamaFish Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:33:06 +0000 http://punintended.com/blog/?p=123#comment-297 Vered, thank you for the kind words! Vered, thank you for the kind words!

]]> By: Bamboo Forest http://punintended.com/7-requirements-to-be-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-296 Bamboo Forest Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:17:33 +0000 http://punintended.com/blog/?p=123#comment-296 @ Michele: That's a good point. Moreover, this is one of the opportunities that can be found when going through a dark time: it can make you a more enlightened person. @ Michele: That’s a good point. Moreover, this is one of the opportunities that can be found when going through a dark time: it can make you a more enlightened person.

]]> By: Vered http://punintended.com/7-requirements-to-be-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-295 Vered Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:07:36 +0000 http://punintended.com/blog/?p=123#comment-295 That was SO FUNNY! Especially "You are overly enthusiastic. Even tree bark excites you." Nah, all of them were funny. Marelisa's too. :) Thanks for the laugh! That was SO FUNNY!

Especially “You are overly enthusiastic. Even tree bark excites you.”

Nah, all of them were funny.

Marelisa’s too. :)

Thanks for the laugh!

]]> By: Flying LlamaFish http://punintended.com/7-requirements-to-be-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-294 Flying LlamaFish Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:00:15 +0000 http://punintended.com/blog/?p=123#comment-294 Marelisa, those are excellent requirements to be a motivational speaker. Marelisa, those are excellent requirements to be a motivational speaker.

]]> By: Marelisa http://punintended.com/7-requirements-to-be-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-293 Marelisa Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:21:39 +0000 http://punintended.com/blog/?p=123#comment-293 Since this is written tongue-in-cheek, I'm going to add: used to be really overweight, were told by a teacher in high school that they would amount to nothing, and has gone through at least one divorce. Since this is written tongue-in-cheek, I’m going to add: used to be really overweight, were told by a teacher in high school that they would amount to nothing, and has gone through at least one divorce.

]]> By: Michele http://punintended.com/7-requirements-to-be-a-motivational-speaker/comment-page-1/#comment-290 Michele Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:16:51 +0000 http://punintended.com/blog/?p=123#comment-290 I'm going to say I think being a (genuine) motivational speaker requires one thing: having gone through a dark time (illness, death, domestic violence...) yet found a way to come through victoriously and with a smile on your face. There are some people, I feel, who were just born to motivate. They're positive, encouraging, and awesome to be around. That person may not have written 10 books, may not own a suit, and may not have even graduated high school. They have a message nonetheless. ;-) As a survivor of domestic violence who is often times told I'm "motivational", "encouraging", etc., I know... :-) *smiles* Michele I’m going to say I think being a (genuine) motivational speaker requires one thing: having gone through a dark time (illness, death, domestic violence…) yet found a way to come through victoriously and with a smile on your face. There are some people, I feel, who were just born to motivate. They’re positive, encouraging, and awesome to be around. That person may not have written 10 books, may not own a suit, and may not have even graduated high school. They have a message nonetheless. ;-)

As a survivor of domestic violence who is often times told I’m “motivational”, “encouraging”, etc., I know… :-)

*smiles*
Michele

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