Give yourself some credit - My guess is that you have been on more stages than you think, and if you're looking for your next stage, well, stop waiting. My friend Scott Donnell got invited to speak on the Tony Robbins stage. So did my friend Ben Kjar (and when I say friends, yes I have their phone numbers). You know how they got invited? They were already speaking. Quit waiting for an invitation to speak. Open up your phone, turn on your camera and make it happen.

A few years ago, we were behind on our mortgage, car payments and credit. It's hard to admit, since I placed SO MUCH of my business (and reputation) on creating an income from stage. 10 years ago I was on foodstamps. I learned how to speak, and how to sell, and then I started making about a hefty multiple six figures a year. Then, everything changed. I got fired from my job. My stage got taken away - the leads got taken away - and most importantly, my income got taken away. We lived off of our savings for a long time when we started up our own company's We started a med-spa. Then it closed. We bought a nail salon. Then it closed too. Richard and I spent SO MUCH TIME betting on everyone else while we watched our savings get closer and closer to zero. Then less than zero. It was like watching a dumpster fire. Sometimes we can be really stubborn while God is trying to teach us. As we took this picture, it meant more than seeing a magical landscape - it meant we had our freedom back. It meant we had our time back. It meant we had our feet under us again. I'm going to tell you this right now – you WILL crash and burn in your business. Plan on it. Literally save up for it, because it WILL happen. And probably not just once. But you will also FLY. You will have those thank you notes filling up your wall. You will have those vacations that you dreamed about. You will feel the sand in your toes as you kick up on the beach. Success= Consistency+Time This is just your reminder to keep at it.

This headline catches everyone’s attention and is on ads everywhere. Yet every time I click through or even go to events that claimed to teach this, None of them have the secret sauce. None of them have a secret formula. None of them have a clear “how to“ That’s because it doesn’t exist. Are there speakers out there getting paid $30,000 to speak? Of course there are. So if people are getting paid that much, why don’t they just tell everyone how they do it? What I have found to be the case is that it always comes from doing the hard work. There are no shortcuts. You have to go to events, meet event, coordinators, and develop relationships. Earn fabulous introductions. I’ll be honest with you: I have not taken $30,000 for a speaker fee. But I made over $100,000 speaking in my first year in business. Here’s what I know: Speaking as a coach is way more lucrative than getting paid a speaker fee (even if no one knows who you are). If you want to be paid any amount as a speaker fee then you need to have a speech that that’s worth 10 times your fee. You also need to go to people who pay that amount. Start with colleges who literally are given funds for this, and associations who have budgets for it. In this group, I teach you everything that you need to know to learn how to get paid to speak, but I will be honest with you: you’re not just getting paid to speak. You’re getting paid to teach what you know.

What’s stopping you from appearing on more stages and podcasts?

I was not anticipating this! He started booking @Willie Blake on Podcasts a year ago. Now to be honest, he requested a crazy schedule. He told me he wanted to be on three shows a week. I guess that’s what happens when you’ve got fire in your bones. Now Willie’s ranks in the top 10 podcast guests globally on the platform. Congratulations!!