Okay who is gonna try this with me? This is what I just received in an email. It said "to boost productivity" but I think it is a GREAT tool to: - Learn about your audience - Get over the fear of speaking on camera - Build an audience - Build relationship with viewers - And on and on! So this is what the email said: Adopt the “100 reps fast” rule to get good quickly: pick one primary channel (YouTube Shorts, newsletter, or podcast) and commit to 100 consecutive publishes as fast as your life allows (daily if possible, otherwise 3×/week). Keep a living checklist (hook, promise, proof, CTA), use AI to beat blank page syndrome, and reserve your human time for voice, stories, and examples. At rep 25/50/75, pause for a data review and prune anything that isn’t moving opens, watch time, or replies. I did up a spreadsheet so I can track: - Hook, promise, and proof in each video - Number of video and date I will do it - Opens, watch time and replies. Also, I am an over-achiever so I will be shooting and releasing the same video on YouTube, TikTok and Instagram cuz why not! lol. (I expanded my spreadsheet to capture that lol) I already have the topics for the next THREE videos and I am starting TODAY! Also, 100 days from now takes us to December 16th which is EPIC information to have on your viewers/followers going into the new year! So whose with me? I have attached my spreadsheet (without my ideas already in it). Feel free to use it!

I don't know how other speakers feel but as MUCH as I love being on stage or in front of an audience, nothing beats being home. No bed is more comfy than my own. My coffee is perfect. And my desk ... where dreams are made. So after a week on and off the road, I am looking forward to a few days in the home office. I am looking forward to downtime, boring stuff and the behind the scenes stuff that take no brain cells at all but are important. The little things that keep my machine running. So this is me, grateful for the events, and even more grateful for my soft place to land, my home. The journey continues ...

Storytelling is the real superpower in speaking. When I first started out, I thought it was all about giving people the right answers. But I learned quick , answers don’t change lives, stories do. A good story…Teaches without preaching. Connects without forcing. Sticks long after the slides are gone. Here’s how I break mine down: Share the struggle. Don’t skip the messy parts, that’s where people relate. Show the shift. What changed? Who stepped in? What moment flipped the script? Drop the takeaway. Give them something they can walk away with. For me, it was sleeping on cardboard in a basement, ready to give up, and then a leader showed up, believed in me, and changed everything. T hat story isn’t about me, it’s about resilience and the power of not giving up. Now I want to hear from you: - What’s the story that always connects with your audience? - How do you weave the lesson in without sounding like you’re lecturing? Let me know your thoughts

Hi Everyone, So happy to be here.

Sixteen years as a speaker, my anniversary this very month, and I have learned so much in those years ... I have learned that preparation for an event is so much more than just practicing your speech. I have learned that a great night sleep for days before the event is key (because I KNOW I am not sleeping the night before). I know that hours upon hours of focusing on the audience, thinking of them, envisioning them, guarantees I speak the words they need to hear. I know that exercise gives me energy but not without the good food to feed that energy, then and now. And most of all, I know how essential it is to walk my talk. To speak of hope on stage while filling the world with pessimism when I am not will guarantee my words ring as true as the stereotypical salesman's. And I know being me is the only way to give them what they need. Because simply, they hired me and even when I had no idea why they chose me, I had to acknowledge they did. And these truths have never failed me. Prepare, my speaker friend, to KNOCK IT OUT OF DA PARK! And you will, every single time. I love you! HUGSSSSSSSS Sandi