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The Worst Day Of My Presenting Career

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Every year, I travel over 100,000 miles to visit a number of foreign countries in order to present my philosophy with the hopes of inspiring and changing lives for the better. Although these trips require a lot of courage, hard work and money, the risk has usually been worth the reward. I am proud to have presented in over 30 countries around the world. As a result of developing my speaking skills, I have been exposed to exotic cultures, languages, foods and people. I cherish these adventures which have led to some of the greatest experiences in my life. But…

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My Most Embarrassing Presentation “Mistakes”

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I am often asked if I have always been the motivating and confident speaker I appear to be on stage today. I wish I could say the answer is, “Yes.” I would love to state I never had a fear of presenting and all my skills just came natural to me. Those statements, however, would not be true. Learning to present over the last 20 years has been both a painful process of trial and error and an accident! What I mean is that I never set out to be a speaker. The company I worked for needed someone to…

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My 10 Biggest Presenting “Secrets”

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Over the last 20 years, I have delivered hundreds of speeches in over 30 countries around the world. I have had the opportunity to talk to groups of people as small as two and as big as five-thousand. I don’t write that to impress you, but to impress upon you whether it was a Fortune 500 company, professional sport team or sales meeting with a couple, I always treated each presentation as equally important. As a result of that consistent desire to succeed and improve as a presenter, at every one of the talks I always learned something new. A…

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The 6 Biggest Speaking Mistakes You Can Make

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You have surely heard that public speaking is one of the biggest fears of most people. Maybe you have even experienced this fear first hand as a result of having to give a talk or speech to a group. Whether it was at work or a community function, you might agree that this fear of speaking is real and justified. Although this is easy to believe the old Jerry Seinfeld joke about how most people would rather be in the casket than having to deliver a eulogy for a crowd, the real reason for this fear is harder to understand…

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My 3 Greatest Public Speaking Tips

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Martin shares how he got his start in public speaking and the three importance lessons he learned during his most difficult speech ever. This is Martin Rooney, founder and head coach of Training for Warriors. During my world travels I’ve had the opportunity to meet and learn from some of the most interesting and successful people from all walks of life. On this podcast those same people will be sharing their secrets of success with you. Join me as we go Into The Roar. Hello everyone. This is Martin Rooney and this is another mini-episode of Into the Roar. This…

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