#CareerQuestion #MotivationalSpeaker #ProfessionalMystery
Have you ever had that one friend who you see constantly posting about “success” and sharing tons of motivational quotes? 🤔 I have a friend like that, but I still have no idea what he actually does for a living!
Here are some observations I’ve made:
– He’s always wearing a suit on stage giving presentations
– Lots of pictures of him speaking at events
– Once invited me to a group Zoom meeting with Fat Joe as the host, but it was a bit confusing on what the meeting was actually about
Do you know what these “motivational speakers” actually do for a living? I feel like there’s a lot of mystery surrounding this profession! If you’ve got any insights or experiences to share, please enlighten us! Let’s crack the code together and demystify the world of motivational speaking. 🕵️♂️🎤
MLM schemes probably.
It’s some MLM bullshit
When someone talks and you still don’t know, yeah …he’s bullshitting.
Motivational speaking is getting people excited enough to think they are accomplishing something when they have accomplished nothing. Some skill would be required.
I once asked a typical motivation quote dipshit what he had accomplished after reading the snippet he had shared. He couldn’t understand the question because he didn’t consider action necessary — just feeling. Berkshire Hathaway was inspired by the father of fundamental analysis Benjamin Graham. The word doesn’t mean that anymore.
Tesla takes preorders. Those with an Elon Musk quote nailed to the wall …not so inspired. Business the shit out of that, inspired and motivated online folk.
Nice title – I will be borrowing this.
Pyramid schemes never die
He does motivational speaking and creates networking events in the process. He charges fees for admission or for access to core strategy networks. There’s work involved in pulling it all together. What is so hard to understand about this?
Sounds like the old adage – those who can’t do, teach – or in this case – try to
Motivational speaker. Creating money out of others messed mindset. Giving them toxic positivity like drugs getting them hooked in.
Well maybe he does consults.
My husband and I use to do consults before my company got big. We use to teach others to do exact what we do, and at that time it was a cannabis “green rush” and many people wanted to learn but didn’t know how. We would charge anywhere from 10k to 100k depending on grow size. (The 100k grow was a 5m dollar set up).
Basically we just talk and we gave a packet that explained every single last step to go from start to profit LEGALLY and then kept contact for the first year to make sure they were making a profit.
Maybe it’s something like that.
I know you are in the comments talking about scams with this sort of business but we made our clients 100 times what they gave us so our knowledge was extremely useful.
Sounds like they’re selling ‘motivation’ without a real product or service behind it.
Pyramid scheme 100%
100% an MLM. Probably one where the shitty “product” that is only there to keep the pyramid scheme within legal boundaries is some sort of investment, not a physical product.
selling multi story pyramids or something
I’m 69% certain it’s a “System for Success” business where they sell you on how to become successful
So you sat there for 50 minutes and still couldn’t figure out what was going on?
First of all, he’s trying to build an image of mysterious success, which clearly he’s done well. You’re interested. You’re talking about him. You want to know what he does.
That’s his step one to establish his personal brand.
From here, he most likely does a bunch of things. Maybe he gives talks on success and personal improvement. Maybe he’s a coach. Maybe he has a course. Maybe he sells used cars. Maybe he resells expensive watches.
I think he’ll never tell what he does, so he can maintain the image of mystery.