Powerful Motivational Speakers Worth Listening To
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Motivation is a complex necessity that is hard to draw from when you don’t have it in you. Although the truth states otherwise, there are some individuals who need to get it from somebody else, and this is where the motivational speakers enter the picture.
Gifted with the power of gab, and more importantly the effective knowledge of Neuro-Linguistic Programming, the best motivational speakers have been very successful in showing the way and making the naysayers follow the beat of their drums. Below are some of the top motivational speakers and how they used NLP as their tool of choice.Tony Robbins
Considered as the number one Life and Business Strategist, Tony Robbins is also a man that wears multiple hats including those of an entrepreneur, best-selling author, and philanthropist. Acknowledged and revered for being an authority on the psychology of leadership, negotiations, and organizational turnarounds, he has been the advisor to leaders all over the world and has been successfully doing this for more than 38 years.
In that span of time, he has empowered more than 50 million people through his programs that come in the form of audio and video. His reach has also invaded publications with his New York Times #1 best-seller “Money: Master the Game.” It is also no wonder that he was able to create the number one personal and professional program of all time that has helped more than 4 million people and counting.
Because of his mission to impact the lives of millions of people, he partnered and lent his voice to disruptive companies in the financial services sector, which quickly landed him in the headlines. He also set up America's Best 401k, a full service 401 solution company that provides free side-by-side comparisons that enable business owners to determine how much they are actually paying in fees. The company also pioneered unique guaranteed income solutions for those who are about to retire.
With his NLP based solutions, Robbins has become the chairman of a holding company that is made up of more than a dozen private business with combined sales exceeding $5 billion annually. His accolades continue to pour in with honors like being one of the “Top 50 Business Intellectuals in the World” by Harvard Business Press, one of the “Top 200 Business Gurus” by American Express, and one of the “Top Six Business Leaders in the World.” This has rightfully earned him the title “CEO Whisperer.”Jamie Smart
An accomplished gentleman in his own right, Jamie Smart is an internationally renowned writer, speaker, coach and consultant. He has become successful in placing himself in the eyes of his clients as the provider of clarity, which he believes, is the ultimate leverage in achieving their individual targets. Born a natural speaker, Jamie can effectively engage his audience no matter how small or big it is. All of these are actually shadowed by his desire to help businesses and individuals have a deeper understanding of Innate Thinking and use it to create the results they need for themselves.
So far, he has broadened his network by working with coaching clients and corporate programs. He also handles professional development workshops for businesses, consultants and coaches. As part of spreading his brand, he has also appeared on Sky TV and on the BBC while writing for numerous publications. On top of all of this, he has created his very own company Salad that has almost instantly created a market of 80,000 subscribers who madly consumed his personal development products. The company zoomed to the top as the world's leading NLP product business at that time.
Amidst the success, Jamie focused on a paradigm shift and began to focus on Innate Thinking, dropping the NLP business and selling Sald in 2012. He had nothing to worry about with his new direction because he had some multi-million pound organizational change programs prior to selling his company.Richard Bandler
Dr. Bandler is a multi-faceted man who's a mathematician, philosopher, modeler, teacher, artist, and composer. But his biggest legacy happens to be his work as a motivational speaker and co-founding the field of Neuro-Linguistic Programming. He's a distinguished visitor to the Menninger's Foundation and has become the keynote speaker for a lot of foundations and associations. As a big proponent of NLP, he led The Society of NLP-Richard Bandler which had 600 Institutes all over the world.
He was also a maverick consultant as he provided his services to numerous Fortune 500 companies, the U.S. Military, U.S. Intelligent Agencies, and even top sports organizations like the Major League Baseball Teams, NFL players and Olympic Athletes. Moving on to new endeavors, Richard also developed Design Human Engineering, Persuasion Engineering, and the Neuro-Hypnotic Repatterning among so many others. Tucked under his belt are thousands of students and hundreds of licensed institutes all over the world. Today, he continues to be of service to those who have been diagnosed as incurable and claims he has just begun.John La Valle
A firm believer that it is not just enough to want, but then to do, John La Valle crossed the line and did just that. His realization of how powerful language is in changing behavior propelled him to his success as one of the world's most respected corporate consultants. Stumbling across NLP by accident, it began with a one-day basic introduction program and instantly got hook on the powers of NLP. This led to him to attend his first Practitioner program and because of his great interest in the subject, he was able to skillfully NLP into business applications. His professional journey started to take off and began to train all the major players in the 1980s.
He credits Richard Bandler who inspired him with his skills and go-getter attitude. Building his reputation as the guy who gets the work done, John has kept contact with lots of his corporate contacts who were witness to the growth of his business that multiplied year after year. Such contacts learned how to hire better people and deservingly promote the performers, which led to the goal of lowering costs and increasing their profits.Robb Whitewood
Helping people to help other people has always been the great vision of Robb Whitewood. He put up Dynamic Mind Works in 1999 with the goal of leaving a legacy that was bound to give a better life for millions of people all over the world. Earning the moniker “The Gun” he was able to develop his sharp shooting behavioral profiling skills that has won over many of his corporate clients. Eventually, he found the ABNLP (Australian Board of Neuro Linguistic Programming) in 2004 and the AANLP (Association for Applied Neuro Linguistic Programming.
Unique in his excellent capabilities as trainer, motivator, and entertainer, he has travelled the world at the tender age of 16 and got involved in the entertainment industry as an actor and stunt actor for TV and film. His belief in NLP inspired him to master Hypnosis and NLP as a master trainer and clinician, which pushed him to a rewarding career that spanned 30 years in the business. Aside from dabbling with NLP, he was also a doctor of Chinese Medicine and is a highly qualified Acupuncturist and Diagnostician, making his students call him their Earth Angel.
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