How Tough Can It Be? The Aspiring Speaker Checklist
This past week I received 19 – yes, NINETEEN – messages from friends, business associates, peers, and random strangers asking the same thing: “Can I take you to lunch and ask a few questions about the speaking business? I’d like to try my hand at making a career of it and thought you’d be […]
The Promise to Get Out of Your Comfort Zone
For the past 3 weeks I have been stressing over one event that has driven me to a certain level of insanity rarely experienced in recent years. I think this level of anxiety has only been topped a few times in recent memory before I did an event. Such as… 2016 as Opening Keynote […]
My Dream Job
Growing up in Utah I had one dream: To play in the NBA, be the next John Stockton, and be a part of the Utah Jazz! While not every kid’s dreams come true, we still do all we can to align with something we aspired to way back when, and so our family have […]
Brings a Tear to My Eye
This past week I was in Budapest speaking for the first time in my life. What an incredible adventure! The torture of sitting in the coach section of a plane when flying that long to save some money is only replaced by the torture a speaker puts themself through in order to be […]
The Break Dancing Maintenance Technician Promise
Recently I spoke in New Orleans to a wonderful group who had partied hard the night before I gave the Closing Keynote Speech. Although tired, they were still a very fun group and energized. Everyone was talking about their peer who had revealed his incredible moves and “Break Dancing” at their evening party. They […]
The JHE CX Promise: Non-Negotiables in Business
Have you ever spoken or performed in front of an audience of 1,000 people before? It’s quite the rush, and can be an amazing, or even terrifying experience. I remember my first few shows at the beginning of my career working with the traveling show, the Las Vegas “Legends in Concert”. Stepping out onto […]
Just Do What You Say You’re Going To Do
As I waited on the conference call line I wondered if perhaps I had gotten the date or time wrong? I re-dialed in to make sure I got the number right, and waited. This was a call set up by my peer, and I was clicking on their link to accept their invitation to connect, […]
Andrew Luck: Promise to The One
29-year old Pro-Bowler Andrew Luck, star quarterback of the Indianapolis Colts, held a press conference this past week to announce his announcement from the NFL. 29-year old stars don’t usually retire just because. His body has been through every kind of challenge: Concussions; Torn Shoulder; Lacerated Kidney; Muscle Pulls in Abdomen; Calf Tear and Lower […]
The Promise to Start Again
I’ve been hounded by a weight problem for the past 20 years. Hounded may be an understatement. Try: All-Consumed. I start diets, then suffer and sweat my way through an intolerable pain until I finally see some results and then – BAM! – the weight comes right back when I have a relapse and completely […]
The Moment You’ve Been Waiting For
5 years ago today I was completely unknown to a majority of my professional speaking and performing peers, and by the end of the night, in one flash moment, in one performance, I was suddenly praised by the Legends of the industry and became an “overnight success”, catapulted to the top of my profession. […]