From the NFL to TSL: How Desmond Clark Found Success Off the Field and On the Stage

The Speaker Lab Podcast

The Speaker Lab

Authors, Public Speakers, Public Speaking, How To, Marketing, Smallbusiness, Coaching, Education, Entrepreneurship, Speaking, Business, Side Gig

4.8 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 6 July 2021

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

You might think going from playing in the NFL to public speaking is a natural transition. Our guest today, Desmond Clark, has made that leap and is here to tell the tale.

Desmond is a successful speaker and student at The Speaker Lab. He's also a former NFL player who spent most of his career with the Chicago Bears. On today's episode he tells us what led him into the speaking realm, how the pandemic impacted his business and the critical role a system has played in his success.

Join us to hear that and more on episode 349 of The Speaker Lab!

THE FINER DETAILS OF THIS SHOW:

Has he always been drawn to speaking?
Are there similarities between speaking and playing in the NFL?
How did he make the leap from occasional speaking to regular gigs?
Did he also face fears and doubts when starting public speaking?
Is it natural to question yourself?
How does he filter which free gigs he agrees to do?
What's been the biggest pay-off for him?
How do you know if you are speaking for the right reasons?
And so much more!

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0:00.0	Hey, Fran, Graham Baldwin here.
0:01.4	Hey, what if I told you that there was a single marketing asset that you could use to book tens of thousands of dollars in paid speaking gigs before you even have a website?
0:10.2	Well, that tool exists.
0:11.4	And Dan Irvin, one of the speakers on our team, used it to book over $36,000 in speaking gigs without a fancy website or any social media presence.
0:19.6	Even better, we're going to teach you exactly how
0:22.1	to create that tool for your speaking business in under an hour. For a limited time, we're going to
0:26.9	be offering a free live training on how to build and use this marketing asset to start booking
0:31.9	paid gigs in just a few weeks. If you want to hear more, go to thespeakalab.com slash marketing.
0:38.5	That's what you got to do is go to the speaka lab.com slash marketing and we'll see you there.
0:49.7	Hey, what's up for Instagram? Baldwin here. Welcome back to the speaker lab podcast. So good to
0:53.5	have you here with us today for episode 349.
0:56.1	We'll get another great show for you as we're going to be talking with Desmond Clark, who is a former NFL football player and a student here at the speaker lab.
1:05.1	Now, Desmond is someone that has always had a passion for public speaking. And I'm really excited for you to hear how he took
1:11.1	his side gig as a speaker and really turned it into a full-time career and how he discovered the
1:16.3	tools to help him build a successful business and ultimately how you can do the same. In spring of
1:21.8	2020, just as the world was starting to shut down, he had launched his first book. And it was really
1:26.1	with the pandemic, like all of us, he was forced to figure out a new rhythm in the virtual space.
1:31.3	He has since learned a ton about building confidence in his message, the value of systems and processes, the importance of building relationships.
1:38.3	And today he is booking gigs left and right. I couldn't be more proud of him in the work that he has put in.
1:43.3	In fact, we started recording this right before he had just come from a speaking gig. And so he is, and we talked a little bit about that as well. So it's really, it's been a privilege to be a part of Desmond's journey. He has been putting in the work. There's so much to learn from his experience and this is really a fun episode. So let's get right into it. Here's my conversation with Desmond Clark. Enjoy. Hey, what's that, friends? Graham Baldwin-Hare. Welcome back to the Speak-A-Lab podcast. Today we are chatting with Desmond Clark, who is a successful speaker and a student here at the speaker. And in fact, right before we started recording here, you just came from a speaking gig.
2:18.7	So you hopped on here.
2:20.1	You're like, dude, I just finished the gig.
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