People ask me all the time: 

How long should it take to prep for this big talk?

My answer is typically: More than you think.

With incredibly busy lives, juggling way more than one thing at a time - prepping for our talks often gets squeezed. Add onto that the mental and emotional challenge of developing a talk… well, avoidance and procrastination can take on a life of its own. 

I get it! It’s not easy to create space when the more seemingly urgent can easily jump to the front of the line. But often the last few days and hours and moments before a talk, we are then faced with that moment of regret…

I wish I would have taken more time for this. I wish I would have practiced this more. I wish I knew this better. I wish….

No more wishing!

It’s 2019 - let’s do things differently this year.

JOY. 

There were all kinds of signs pointing me to JOY: a journal that jumped out to me at the craft store; our Christmas card; a talk I heard; my latest Netflix craze watching Marie Kondo “spark joy”… The universe has been laying down little pebbles for me on this one. 

But what does JOY have to do with you - and what does JOY have to do with speaking? 

I think Joy is an essential element of speaking that MOVES people.

Not convinced? Take a listen: