How to Thrive In a Crisis with Erick Rheam

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

🗓️ 17 March 2020

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Summary

Speakers are feeling fearful right now, and to help ease that we're talking about how to thrive in a crisis.

Joining us to talk about this unique time is Erick Rheam, our Director of Student Success at The Speaker Lab and also a well-respected speaker in his own right.

On this episode of The Speaker Lab, we're going to help you deal with the COVID-19 crisis and future challenges you may face in the speaking industry. Erick lays out four points to mitigating the impact of any crisis as he learned during his time in the armed forces.

1. Secure the perimeter

Ensure you and your family are safe.
Engage in medical professionals and local authorities' recommended guidelines.
Ensure you are following proper protocol for safe social distancing.
Take stock of your finances.
Finalize potential gigs.
Continue reaching out for future gigs.

2. Evaluate your business. Now is the time to evaluate, learn, think and pause. Ask yourself questions like:

How do I make money speaking?
How will that change as a result of this crisis (and does it need to change)?
What online courses can I promote?
Can I work on that book I’ve wanted to write?
What virtual training gigs can I secure?

3. Gain Perspective.

Keep the big picture in mind.
Try to limit your information and be careful of your sources.
Practice gratitude.
Opportunities will present themselves, look for them.
Be flexible and be open to change.

4. Enjoy these moments.

We are creating unprecedented memories now.
Slow down, look around and take in the good.
Be a good human: be patient and be kind.
Journal your thoughts.
Serve others.

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0:00.0	Hey, friend, are you looking for ways to book more paid speaking gigs?
0:03.7	Well, of course you are.
0:04.4	Maybe you're just starting out as a speaker. You're trying to figure out what to prioritize in order to get booked and paid as quickly as possible. Listen, if that's you, I want you to join us for a free live training where you're going to learn how to create the number one marketing asset that you need to consistently book more paid gigs. This is a tool that one speaker on our team used to book over $36,000 in paid gigs before he even had a website.
0:27.2	This training is free.
0:28.1	It's live and we offered a few times a week so you can find a time that works best for you.
0:32.5	All you got to do is head over to thespeakerlab.com slash get booked.
0:36.3	That's all one word.
0:37.2	Thespeakelab.com slash get booked. That's all one word, thespeakerlab.com slash get booked
0:39.3	and register right now. We look forward to seeing you on the live training.
0:52.9	Hey, what's up, my friends? Graham Baldwin here.
0:54.6	Welcome back to the Speaker Lab podcast.
0:56.0	So good to have you here with us today, whether this is your first time joining us
0:59.4	or in the thick of this crazy time.
1:02.7	You're tuning in.
1:03.4	We're glad you're here.
1:04.0	Glad you're joining us.
1:04.7	Appreciate you hanging out with us.
1:06.6	So we are in some uncharted territory right now.
1:10.9	This is a really unique time for speakers.
1:13.5	And so I know so many speakers I've been talking to on the record, off the record of just
1:19.2	kind of how people are doing.
1:20.5	I know speakers are feeling a lot of fear, feeling a lot of anxiety and doubts and nerves
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