If you have a message that you want to share with the world, this episode is for you.

Welcome to John Gordon's Positive University podcast. My name is Daniel Decker, I'm the co-host of

Positive You, and on this episode, John Talks with Grant Baldwin,

author of The Successful Speaker,

Five Steps for Booking Giggs,

Getting Paid, and building your platform.

Whether you want to speak for a living or on the side,

Grant delivers the goods as he shares his five-step roadmap

to start and scale a speaking business from the ground up.

Now these strategies aren't just

beneficial if you're looking to build a speaking business. They're also

extremely effective if you want to hone your message and become a more effective

communicator. Before we dive in, this week's featured resource is our seven-step positive view action plan.

It's a free downloadable plan to help you make positive changes in your life and to get results from Zoom-focused actions.

To download it for free, just go to John Gordon.com forward slash plan.

That's J-O-N-G-G-D-D-D-D-D-C-O-Gorgon. All right, let's join John and Grant. Gordon. My guest is Grant Baldwin. Grant is the author of the successful speaker,

a number of books, and he knows about successful speaking.

Grant, why did you write about being a successful speaker and why is it near and dear to your heart?

Yeah, John, thanks for let me hang out with you. So speaking is one of the things, it's a very

aspirational thing. A lot of people are interested in, a lot of people want to do it.

I know for myself, when I got got started I felt like I had the

potential but I needed the plan. Like I felt like I was a decent speaker. I'd done like I was a youth

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