The Speaker Lab With Grant Baldwin // Public Speaking / Motivational Speaking / Entrepreneurship

Grant Baldwin and Neen James hosted a Facebook Live to talk about how to diversify your speaking income right now.During the live stream, Grant and Neen discuss:Comparing the impact of COVID-19 to the 2008 recessionRelocating to the United States and starting speaking business over from scratchHow uncertainty creates a unique challengeKeeping your head in the right spaceA service vs a sales mindsetDefaulting to positivity and generosityThe difference between making money during a crisis and making money from a crisis (shout out to Sean McCabe)Unique challenges faced by different industriesManaging a long lead time before your next live speaking gigThe domino effect of events getting postponedFinancial practices that speakers should emulateThe reality of what events are actually getting canceled vs rescheduledHow speakers can look at their available speaking dates as inventory“Be kind or be quiet."Avoided short-sighted decisionsDon’t sell something you’re not qualified to teachPlaying the long-game with intent