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Dec 2024
44m 19s

How to Find Your Strengths As A Speaker ...

Grant Baldwin
About this episode

“I might not be world class ever, ever, but I’m definitely gonna be way better than I was on my own, and without the reps.”

Josh Shipp has had a brilliant career providing knowledge to thousands of people. Today, he joins us to talk about the hard work of making it as a speaker, how to find your strengths, and what you should know at the start of your journey.

Josh has frequently worked in the education space with parents, teachers, and students. In fact, he even founded a company dedicated to this training called Youth Speaker University. Josh is here to talk about how to break into this space and why what you do matters on and off stage.

Josh also has some great insights to share about drawing inspiration, the great thing about individualism, and learning from your failures. Thoughtfully targeting your niche and your goals is something you have to learn, and Josh is here to walk you through it.

You’ll learn:

  • The common denominator of successful speakers
  • Why endurance & self reflection matters
  • How there are negatives and positives with innovation
  • What you can learn from criticism
  • How to identify your main topic to speak about
  • And so much more!


You can learn a ton from those 3 out of 4 that don’t book you.”

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