Discipline Yourself to Constantly Improve

In everything we do, we must continue to improve; and that includes our public speaking skills. One word defines what is necessary in making this happen. I will share it after a few moments.

The secret of living is giving, and I believe that part of caring is sharing. That’s why I blog. That’s why you as a public speaker should blog. With my Master Blog Class course, I teach people to get a blog up in five minutes so they can benefit themselves and others, forever. Gain more credibility and more clients with your blog. 

To the readers of this blog, I know that you have certain goals related to speaking. I’m going to share with you one word that defines what many people either lack or they are constantly battling and are hopefully improving. This is the one thing that keeps them from success in any life endeavor be it speaking, learning to play an instrument or even becoming rich. That word is discipline.

You may remember the TV series called the A Team. My favorite character was Murdock, the guy who had bouts with insanity and either was a “character”, talked to what others perceived as “imaginary” characters, or both. One episode his imaginary self was that of an artist. I’ll always remember the line when he stated that “He trained inspiration to meet him here”. There really is a bit of that that does happen; so when it does, we need to be disciplined to be there when inspiration comes to meet us.

“Success always comes when preparation meets opportunity”

Henry Hartman quotes

As a professional speaker, set aside a minimum of 15 minutes at the same time of the day on a regular basis and sit at your computer and do a key word search about different speaking topics. Learning an instrument? The same applies; spend one half hour daily, at the same time of the day, practicing. Want more money? Read 15 minutes daily from books and other materials from people who had or have more money. (Probably the very first step in all of this is to have a set time daily to read 15 minutes because as I’ve said before, “readers are leaders”).

When whatever it is that you want becomes your intense desire, you’ll find the “right” time and place to do this without being disturbed or dissuaded. Reading from Sylvester Stallone’s book about exercise (wow, this guy is the real deal and this is a good book; almost 5 stars by reviewers), he talks about getting up early to workout. Sometimes I think that the term “no pain no gain” means as much about the “inconvenience” of success as it does about the feeling and “hurt” of exercising.

Well, this is my “15 minutes” for today. I hope you’ll join me in disciplining ourselves to set aside time on a regular basis to “sharpen our saw” so we can cut down the obstacles in the path of our dreams, goals and desires.

Ter