SAMPLE MOTIVATIONAL SPEECH to Deal with Rejection

Rejection is hard. It’s emotionally draining, and it causes us to question what we stand for. If your teams or even family members feel rejected, you need to boost them up. As a funny keynote speaker, I know from experience that a motivational message delivered with passion can make all the difference. As leaders, your teams […]

STAND -UP COMEDY FINDS PURPOSE IN PANDEMIC PAIN

With everything going on, we all need inspiration and a way to release tension. Laughter is the shortest distance between pain and pleasure, so I thought I’d dig into my stand-up comedy background to highlight how humor helps release stress and improve our well being. When we thrive in uncertain times, we rise above our […]

Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park

On November 20, 2013 I was a Keynote speaker for the Camping in Ontario Convention at the Marriott Rosseau Resort in Minett Ontario. After the motivational speech, I had the pleasure of getting a ride to the Toronto airport with Linda and Stéphane Deschenes, the owners of the Bare Oaks Family Naturist Park.  During this 2 hour car ride I […]

10 Sources of Conflicts and How to Speak Up

When misunderstood, annoyed, treated rudely, or taken advantage of, most people ignore the assault instead of dealing with it. Instead we go about in silent frustration and hope the offender gets the hint. The trouble is along the way we are training people how to treat us. We are saying it is ok to be […]

Hire a Keynote Speaker

Are you wondering How to Hire a Keynote Speaker? It can be a daunting task, especially if you have not seen seen or heard the keynote speaker yourself-  you are taking a risk. If it goes well, fantastic, you look like a star! If it isn’t what you expected, you are disappointed . . . and […]

Who Cares About Work Culture? Everybody. Here’s How to Step Yours Up

Leaders say it all the time; my people are just not motivated. Not true. People aren’t, not motivated; we are only motivated by different things. Your culture doesn’t speak to your people, so it’s not a culture at all. If your culture is weak, so are your relationships between employees and customers. Do your people drag […]

How to Add Humor to your Staff Meeting

Staff meetings are often misguided – a litany of bad things happening to good people. One by one, employees report on recent wrong-doings, lousy news, to-do lists, safety updates, cutbacks, or new red tape or government compliance regulations lurking at the back door. When you stack your agenda with too much content, it can dampen […]

How To Give a Team Motivational Speech to Boost Morale

Few leaders are exceptionally good at rallying the troops. They want results, but their words don’t inspire action.  A team motivational speech will temporarily inspire teams. Yet, As stress continues to pile up back at work, the motivation will eventually fade. However, if a speech motivates action, it builds momentum that builds on itself. What makes any […]

Weak on Happiness, Strong on Gloom. How to Turn it Around

Human happiness has hit a roadblock. ​The World Happiness Report shows Negative Emotions are rising around the world.​ Many people drag themselves around in a state of blah discontent. We only have one life, and this is no way to live it!  Most people operate in vague discontent. Everyone wants to be happy, but most people don’t […]

3 Steps to Put Difficult People in Their Place

Some people are hard to understand. It seems that they need to draw attention to themselves. They stomp and fuss if they don’t get their way, or get upset and lash out in an angry outburst. It’s tough to reason with them because they always seem to want it their way It would be fine […]