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Two weeks ago I was in Toronto and delivered a speech to a group of 750 insurance advisors from across Canada. The audience was diverse, made up of everyone from the brand new insurance advisors to a few celebrating their 55th year with the company. I had butterflies in my stomach; but, truth be told they were all flying in formation. I was introduced and walked on to the stage to a round of polite applause.

My talk began as usual with a few spots of clean humor to get the audience’s emotions moving, humor is a great way to test the emotion of a group. I introduced myself as one of them and told a few stories about my youth. Soon, the light laugher calmed down as people found themselves caught intently listening to my story; and as I spoke, the laughing became silent and then tears were seen. This is why the next joke seemed so funny… not because of the humor, because of the release. I was told later, the hour flew by as if my talk had only lasted minutes.

One lady approached me afterwards in the lineup, unable to hold back her tears and just wanted to say hello. Others were still smiling and wanted to say thanks. Many times, their stories came out of how we related during the 60 minutes. My message is simply to live life every day.

In the end, I don’t ask what or why, I just let them say what they want. My gift as a speaker is not the ability to tell my story. It’s the blessing to allow others to see themselves in their own lives for an hour they will remember forever.

When people ask me why I enjoy being on stage, I tell them it’s because I enjoy having a “one on one” conversation with hundreds of people at once. That’s all. 

We are currently booking Canada for 2016.

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