Welcome to Good Money, where we help you grow your net worth so you can use it for good.

This is the place where we believe money is not bad and you should have a lot more of it.

I'm your host, Derek Kenny.

Have you ever wanted to become a paid public speaker or even just become more confident

at public speaking?

Now I know you friend and I think you're nodding your head right now.

Landing paid speaking gigs can be an excellent stream of revenue for your business, but going

from amateur to expert public speaker can feel like quite the challenge.

So today I brought on my friend Grant Baldwin, who is a nationally known speaker, podcaster,

and author who has helped thousands of people start and build their own speaking businesses.

In the next 30 minutes, Grant's going to walk you through exactly what it takes to become

a paid public speaker and his secrets to landing the biggest speaking gigs of his career.

Grant always good to see you my friend.

Welcome back to Good Money.

Derek, thanks for letting me hang out with you man.

I appreciate it.

Yeah, I am looking forward to this and love your energy, love what you're doing and just

making a dent in the world and we're going to dig into that.

Let me give our listeners a bit of your background.

You are a nationally known speaker, podcaster, and author who has helped thousands of people

start and build their own speaking businesses.

Now take us back, Grant, to the very beginning.

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