How to Develop Perseverance as a Speaker with Alex Lee [Student Highlight]

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4.8 • 575 Ratings

🗓️ 2 May 2023

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Do you think some careers just aren’t a good fit for speaking? Think again! This week, we invited a world champion salsa dancer on the podcast. Not only is he a professional dancer, but also a veteran firefighter–we’re talking about Alex Lee, one of our Booked and Paid to Speak program alumni featured in our latest Student Highlight. In Episode 444, he shares the twists and turns of his professional career with our director of student success Maryalice Goldsmith, as well as the lessons he learned and applied from our coaching program. His message focuses on teaching the language of leadership through the paradigm of three pillars: credibility, humility, and loyalty.

This message is applicable to a wide variety of audiences, and equally so to the speaking world. It’s a helpful paradigm to keep in mind when acknowledging the reality that there’s no “shortcut” to gaining momentum as a speaker. While our Booked and Paid to Speak program has equipped Alex and thousands of other speakers to launch sustainable, successful speaking careers, we can’t offer a “get rich quick” method. Getting your speaking business off the ground usually requires a year or two of late nights, unanswered emails, and non-ideal gigs. Alex offers some inspiration for humbly and patiently taking on those years of building credibility before you start to reap big rewards–and staying loyal to yourself in the process.

Alex does an incredible job of making his unique story both relatable and memorable for his audience, a skill that sets apart great speakers from good speakers. Whether you also come from a career that isn’t well-represented in the speaking world or you just need a pep talk full of grit and resilience, Alex’s story is sure to warm your heart and set you on fire for your passion!

You’ll also learn all about:

Why credibility is key to building trust with your audience.
What it means to be loyal to yourself, and why that’s important for speakers.
When to turn down gigs and why it can help your business.
How to create a roadmap for your business (and how The Speaker Lab can help).
Why money can’t be the primary factor driving your speaking business.
How to approach speaking as a second career.
…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 speak speakerlab.com slash marketing and we'll see you there.
0:45.1	Hey, what's up? Frang Grant Walton here. So good to have you here with us for another
0:52.1	awesome episode of the speaker lab podcast. Now, one of the best parts of TSL is working with our students, like day in,
1:00.3	day out. We've literally helped thousands of students to build and grow their speaking business and to share
1:05.2	their message with the world. And I am thrilled that you have the opportunity to hear from some of them
1:09.9	during our monthly
1:10.9	student highlight series because one of the things you're going to find is their stories are going to offer really insight and hope no matter where you are in your speaking career. We're going to talk about exactly what they've done, how they've built their business and some of the results that they're seeing. And so for this series, we're going to do something a little bit different. and I'm going to hand the mic to one of our coaches who are in the trenches every single day,
1:30.8	helping our students to gain the confidence, the clarity, and that clear path that they need to
1:35.1	their very own speaking success. I know you're going to love hearing from and learning from
1:39.4	these students. So let's get right into it. Enjoy.
1:57.0	Hey, everyone. Mary Alice Goldsmith here, Director of Student Success. And I am so excited to be taking over the Speaker Lab podcast. It is a true honor to have the opportunity to introduce
2:01.8	you to some of our amazing students. And I promise you're going to learn so much from their experiences
2:06.8	and be inspired by their perseverance and success. Today, it's my privilege to introduce you to
2:12.6	Alex Lee. How you doing, Alex? Hi. Thanks for having me.
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