Overwhelm?

It’s when you’ve just finished a big training that required a huge number of hours for prep that I have to re-prioritize a lot of stuff.

I really can’t take any phone calls at all. I’m sitting here at London Heathrow.
I definitely keep email responses shorter.
I thank myself for hiring a housekeeper….

and

I make sure that the most important things are taken care of with as little interruption as possible.

I’ve just finished one of the most important “live” events I’ve ever done, and I’ve got a couple of multi-week courses going on and those people all deserve connection time, quality material and information and so on.

Not easy, and as Mom always said, “No one said life was going to be easy.”

So much for me…

You…

How Are You Living?

Ask yourself right now how you are living each day? Are you feeling overwhelmed by the vast number of things that you need to do? It does not matter if we are talking about work or your personal life, too many things leaves you in a constant state of being overwhelmed, which ends up pushing your buttons and causing nothing to be achieved as it should be.

Most people live every day in this constant state of being overwhelmed. This happens because your body can’t take in and process all of the information that is required of it. More so, you are on a constant overload in every activity that you do, which just intensifies the worry, frustration and the lack of concentration that you have.

When you are successful at time management, you are able to maximize use of every hour of the day. This means using each hour of your day to do the right things to accomplish all of the tasks that you need to in the most efficient manner. In the CD Program, Time For Love, Time for Money, I show people how to literally produce time. It’s a pretty cool thing and I hope you’ll take a look at it.

Time. There just is not enough of it. That is the first thing that you need to face. There is not enough time in the day to do all of the things that you want to.

You have to make decisions, and smart ones, about what can be done, what should be done, as well as what there simply is not enough time to do.

Read that as some people and some stuff have to get the ax. And that is a bummer.

And that is 100% necessary if you are going to live without overwhelm for the rest of your life. One day? No problem. One life? Huge problem.

5 Things You Can Do Now to Get on Track…

Your goal is always to work on the most important parts of your needs. When you focus on only what is important, you can transform the way that you think and relieve a lot of the stresses that you face.

Indeed, focusing your time on the most important aspects to you means that you are making the very best decision for your time. Focus on the most important aspects of your day, and you will always make the very best use of your time when you do so.

Five Things to Do Now

Here are five things to do right now to get the ball rolling.

Make the decision that you can not accomplish everything that you want all at one time. You need patience to be a successful time manager.
Relax your mind set. You need to be able to focus on what you need to do and how to accomplish it. When you can relax your mind from its frantic, overwhelmed state, you are better able to see just what it is that is the most important aspect of your time. Or at least be aggressive like a mad dog and then take 20 minute cat naps after completing a major project. Either will work fine depending on your drive and style.
When it comes to deciding what is the most important thing to accomplish at this moment, go with what will have the best long-term implications. If you listen to your gut, you’ll stay in bed.
Make a list. Those that are successful at planning their time are people that have a list of things that need to be done. This way, you can see what is in front of you, make decisions about their importance and not feel like there is no end in sight. Include everything you can on that list that you need to accomplish, small and big. Then, invest the time in organizing it by the most important to the least important. Lists are under rated. I have a good memory for facts and figures, but I can’t possibly remember the stuff that needs to be done today. I put a line through everything I get done and I don’t put a line through ANYTHING that I work on that DOES NOT GET DONE.
Get a Project Based Planner and plan your work day. Plan out what you need to accomplish in blocks of time.

I made the decision that I’d create a time system planner and make it available to the world. Pretty much all systems are screwed up and unusable. Most everything is hour based and not project based and people who live on the hour don’t make as much money as people who live by the project.

You need to schedule time to accomplish your goals and your tasks. When you do this, your mind is less overwhelmed and you are more likely to achieve the goals that you have, too. This simple step will be the most important aspect to overcoming your frustrations and the overwhelmed feeling you have.

These five things are simple, yes? You can accomplish them right now in a matter of minutes in most cases. Do that and see what your first initial reaction is. You may find yourself in the best position that you have been in over the last few weeks or months.

How the Pareto Principle Factors In..

The Pareto Principle…The 80 to 20 Rule

In a previous issue of Coffee, we learned that in the United States, 62% of the taxes paid to the government come from 5% of the people. 86% of all dollars are paid by 25% of the people.

Sounds insane but it’s The Pareto Principle.

In business, love, life, romance, you name it, you will see a disproportionate amount of results come from a tiny amount of people.

There are a lot of “free riders” out there….and you’re paying for their ride every week when you look at your check. And that isn’t going to change.

The very best sales people outsell all the others by a wide margin… in every business. Most people are terrible at what they do. That “20%” make it so EVERYONE can get paid.

20 years ago I was an associate manager at a restaurant. We had a staff of about 50 or so. Of those fifty I had Julie, Brenda, Todd and Ken who did roughly the same amount of work as the other 20 people on the shift. Thankfully I didn’t stay in management. My idea was to double their salaries and get rid of 1/2 of the other people.

That of course wasn’t fair, had legal implications, you’d have to collect reams of paperwork on someone before firing them, even if they weren’t productive.

This kind of thinking is utterly insane. You don’t need paperwork to see that someone is 50-100% more productive than the person next to them on the same shift…all the time…

Everyone got a 1-5% raise at the end of the year. But Julie, Brenda, Todd and Ken deserved twice that…and I told them so as I departed.

That’s the Pareto Principle in Action.

It is important for you to understand the situation that you are in. How well are you managing your time? For those who study time management, the Pareto Principle applies as well.

So I should be sleeping or resting and eating chicken soup instead of writing the upcoming week’s Coffee today, right? Well, no…because there are thousands of people that want to say hello every week. I won’t let them down. Period. My target is to publish 45 issues of Coffee per year. 45. This year I will hit 50. (I miss one just a few times a year.)

The Pareto Principle says that in most situations, your unfocused energy is only providing you with a mere 20 percent of the results that you have. That means that the other 80 percent of results that you have are derived from a mere 20 percent of the effort that you are putting in.

Perhaps for you it is not actually 80/20 exactly, but it is likely that you are putting a lot of work into achieving just very little with that time.

What does this mean for you? In short, you need to direct your attention to the parts of your day or your tasks that can deliver the most return for accomplishment, rather than worrying about all of the smaller things in the meantime and accomplishing very little.

Your goal is to get as much as you can from your time, as much bang for your buck, without sacrificing too much time to accomplish any one task because you are unable to focus on that task. By focusing, you reduce the amount of time necessary to complete the task.

As you can see, there is much to be gained by managing your time appropriately. When you learn how to do that, you can accomplish much more with your time… find yourself in a better position either in your business or in your personal life and even have extra time to be productive. (To create accomplishments as opposed to just keeping up.)

While it sounds too good to be true, it will take some understanding and restructuring, but the end result is likely to deliver for you the type of rewards that you seek. That is, of course, the one thing everyone wants more of but struggles to obtain: Time!

Are you a Procrastinator?

Procrastinating…You?

Procrastination is the end to your time. It is that because once you begin to procrastinate, it is likely that you will face a long road to getting back on track.

Procrastination is the means of putting off something for another day even though you have the ability and the time to obtain those goals right now.

If you are someone that is known for waiting until the last minute to get the work done, this could be causing you a variety of problems that can be wrecking your day and your time. The fact is, though, most people go through the process of procrastination, in different amounts every day.

When you procrastinate, you are actually not getting to achieve what you are capable of achieving and that can cause you to miss out on many opportunities for success in many ways. Procrastination can ruin your career because it may be the one thing that shows others that you are unable to achieve your goals.

How in the world can you actually get around this problem, then? Start with learning what is happening and knowing how to react when you begin to procrastinate. When you realize that you are procrastinating or about to, you can recognize this, stop it and get back on track to better managing your time.

That’s the behavioral strategy and it’s a good one.

It is also important for you to understand why people procrastinate and in doing so you will be in a better position to avoid allowing it to happen to you, over and over again.

This is all about Lifestorms: Blasting Through Self-Sabotage for Breakthrough Results, available now in our store.

Finally, you need to take the right steps to managing your time so that you can manage the outcomes of your time by learning how to deal with procrastination. It’s a mind set that you can not afford with the limited amount of time that you actually have.

Why Do You Procrastinate?

Procrastination is something that many people, if not all people, actually deal with. You should not believe that this is something that only you go through. BUT you need to take care of as quickly as you can so that you can take back the time you are losing.

Procrastination is defined as putting off doing something that you should be putting your attention onto right now. Usually, people do this when they want to do something else that is favorable, a bit more fun or even just easier…instant gratification…

Is this you? Do you spend long days working hard at what you are trying to accomplish but you are investing your time in accomplishing the easy tasks instead of taking on the larger, more important tasks?

Are you finishing things?
Are you starting things that you’ve decided to do?

A common problem here is that many people can not see the difference between priorities in tasks. For example, you have an important task to complete. You also have an urgent task to complete. Which do you go to first? You should accomplish the important task because it is just that, important!

That’s why writing down a list is so important. You weigh everything out. People who don’t use a list are like shoppers who shop without a list. Go to the store with a list, you buy what’s on the list and you’re out in 30 minutes. Go to the store without a list, you spend 50% more and are out in 45 minutes.

Same thing in life and in business. Have a list? You get stuff done. No list, you start falling into the 80% of the people that don’t produce.

Far too many people look towards accomplishing the things that they think are necessary to complete right now, forgo the important task and then need to find a way or a time to balance the ball in their favor.

Here are some common examples of this. Let’s say you are working at your desk and in walks your boss. They need you to handle an important client. The phone rings, it is another employee, struggling to accomplish his task and wants your help. You get back to work. The other employee calls again. They need you. Which task do you do; the important client or the employee that will keep calling until you help?

The task here that you should be completing is that which is important, the one that needs your full attention and that will get you the most bang for the buck.

Unfortunately, far too many people strive to accomplish that other task because that person has complained, called and got into their head and they now are the loudest voice there telling them what to do.

STOP IT.

What Do You Do?

Tell them, NO and get back to work on YOUR job. Don’t train yourself to be an idiot.

When you react to that person, you change the way that the day is flowing. Now you need to deal with the imortant client, when you are stressed and overwhelmed. You’ll also have to explain to the boss why you made the client wait, why the task was not completed soon enough and in the end why the job was not done completely right (because you could not concentrate, of course.)

Are You Overwhelmed Yet?

One of the other reasons that many people struggle with procrastination does not have to do with any of these other situations. It has to do with the feeling of being so overwhelmed that you feel like you just can not do it.

For example, you have a large and important project on your desk. There are many steps to accomplishing it and it will take time to go through the project, organize and accomplish it.

The instant feeling of being overwhelmed attacks. You can feel it in your shoulders, in your head and all of a sudden, you just can no longer focus on the process and you end up facing the fact that today just got very long and complicated.

Perhaps you are not sure where you should start the project. You may even feel as if the task is so large or so hard that you do not have the skills or the ability to complete it or complete all of it.

Perhaps you do not think you have all of the information and tools to get the job done right. Instead of accomplishing the task, then, you put it off to the side, for another day.

Why would you do that?

Most people do this form of procrastination because it feels easier to accomplish something that they can do and know that they can do. They feel that the big project is just too hard.

Whether you have the intention of going back and completing the project or not, you have now sidestepped the job so that you can gain the comfort and the benefit of completing a job that is easier for you to do. Instant Gratification.

Since that was an important job, you realize at the last minute that you need to complete it and the overwhelming worry starts up all over again except; now there is more problem to deal with. Now, time is limited, which means less focus and less ability to complete the job with the same quality that you could have done beforehand even though you think you could not have done so.

Important jobs and projects that are larger and harder do not just go away. They can not be shoved under the carpet until the next day, week or whenever you get to it. If you do that, you are likely to never be able to complete the project like you could complete it if you did it today, with your full attention and the time to do it right.

Procrastination can cause all types of problems for you. For example, some additional reasons that you may procrastinate include not being able to organize your thoughts and your needs, fearing that you will fail at the task, and waiting for the right time to start on your project. No matter what, it is still procrastination!

Many people need to work on improving their situations so that they can improve the overall need that they have for achieving time management skills. For some, being a perfectionist may be the reason that they do not step forward to complete the important tasks. For others, making decisions is not something that they know how to do correctly and thoroughly, which leads to not making any decision at all.

All of these signs of procrastination are just that: signs for you to stop doing them and to start taking back control of your time and your life.

How to Make Money as
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Can YOU earn an extra $50,000 next year public speaking?

$100,000?

More?

I’ve never met anyone who was responsible for their own income (business people, sales people, therapists) that couldn’t earn (easily) twice as much income when they added Paid Speaking to their Life Tool Box.

Maybe you have done some speaking already. (That’s a big plus by the way!)

Bill Clinton earns $100,000 for a speech. And he’s good. But he was the President. He should be getting paid high buck for the stories he can tell and the experiences he can share.

I’m not Bill Clinton. I don’t earn $100,000 per speech. Not many people do.

But, how does $10,000-$15,000 per speech sound?

I get at least that. What about you?

Who are the highest paid people in the world?

Public speakers, motivational speakers, inspirational speakers, keynote speakers, workshop leaders and seminar presenters are among the highest paid people in the world. And I’m talking about people who for the most part, didn’t go to college…

One article I read recently said that public speakers are the single most overpaid people in the world.

Really.

The article was written by a staff journalist. Superb writer. Articulate. Makes a good argument. And he could easily be earning 10 times what his paper pays him…easily. Sorry my friend, that was your choice.

Not only is there no reason that you can’t be “overpaid,” I’d be surprised if anything else was the result.

You don’t have to be a dynamite speaker to earn $100,000 per year speaking. You don’t have to have a college degree and you definitely don’t need a decade of experience.

You need a coach with connections and a detailed plan.

You don’t have to be gorgeous (I can show you photos…), intelligent (I can let you listen….) or even “have money to make money.”

I will outline for you in absolute minute detail how you, too, can:

Control your income level. (Decide how much you want to get paid!)
Develop programs, products and written material superior to all competitor’s
Have your own Boot Camp (which is the fastest way for participants to accelerate their career and their lives!)
Learn why Boot Camps are the best investment per dollar spent for every participant.
Have knock ’em dead platform skills…inspire…entertain…inform…change lives
How to use publicity to build your self and your business
How to position yourself as THE expert in your field
Use the internet to add enormous amounts of money to your income.
Give profitable teleseminars that people desperately need
Dominate your market
Where the hottest markets are right now

What are people saying about this course?

“Kevin Hogan lays a path that magnifies your ability as a speaker. Whether you are currently on the speaker’s circuit, or have a burning desire to join, you owe it to yourself to better your abilities with Kevin’s Speakers E-Course. The information you will receive will answer all of your questions and then some. If you are serious about maximizing your potential, get into this E-course!” Matthew Shields, President, Emc2

“Kudos for your Public Speaking Program. And I never even have to leave the house. I actually love doing in-person presentations, but they aren’t the only way to do things. I also do teleseminars, and I have just launched a new joint venture project with some of the big names in Internet Marketing. I am interviewing 7 of Mark Joyner’s Space Monkeys from his 7 Day Business Turnaround Kit, and Mark himself. The participants include Jason Henderson, Michael Morgan, Tom Justin, Reed Floren, and more.

Thank you for the inspiration, the skills, and giving me the courage to make this dream into reality!” Tania Baildon, Wealth Virus Expert

“Wow, you really do over-deliver! I have at least 2 months more work to do even after the course is over. I am not complaining…this is GREAT. I have arranged 3 speaking engagements already and I have a blueprint for my future speaking to be successful. Not only have your prepared the soil you have helped water and fertilize it! I previously thought speaking was just speaking, but boy, was I wrong! Thanks for helping me open my eyes – and – giving us tools to manifest what we are learning. All of the add-on information helps us have multiple streams of income as well as better and more effective marketing. What you have delivered is more than what I thought I would receive, and frankly, it is worth more than you charged. I can’t wait to get to the $100K mark…you have already deserved a bonus and the course is not over yet!.”

“Kevin, with two thirds of the Professional Speakers Course behind me you continue to challenge and push me beyond limits I did not even realize existed. With over 400 pages of unadvertised course manuals, 20+ hours of recorded training material, continual opportunities for active participation and one third of the training still to come, I cannot fathom what you have left to share! I haven’t even read about a course that contains half of the materials that you have covered to this point, and still say there is more! The opportunity to interact with the other participants really pulled it all together. Thanks…so far.” Murray R. Mortlock, CD, Alberta, Canada

I got paid $500 for my first paid public presentation. Now that may not sound like a lot to you, but this was 1987 when $500…was about twice what it is today. I was 25.

Two years before that presentation, I earned $14,140 as a restaurant manager that worked 54.90 hours per week. (Do the math.) I was not a good manager. To my credit, I was a customer-service-junkie manager. I wanted every customer served at light speed and with the best we had. But I didn’t care if the paperwork was up to date…didn’t care if the drawers added up perfectly at the end of the night. They were always close enough. (If they weren’t I put in my own money and found how the cash disappeared later…) Didn’t care if the coupons were all entered into the registers. I just was not a bookkeeping kind of guy.

I didn’t mind paying lazy employees minimum wage and good employees twice that. But the restaurant did. Employees needed to be paid roughly the same amount of money….How stupid was that?! Lose your best employees to the first real job they find…and I’m stuck with what’s left. I shared that with the regional people. They didn’t like my non-conformist attitude. I confess that I never read “the company handbook.”

That got me into more than occasional trouble. I didn’t know you couldn’t help people with their family problems at home, compliment the lady on how nice she looked that day, tell the guy to get his backside in gear, or bet on the Vikings. I managed “by Mom.” I managed the store like my Mom would have. (And by the way…we were substantially profitable that year over and above the previous year even with bad weather at the holidays!)

I didn’t get fired from THIS job. But I should have. I hated the rules…well I would have if I would have read them. The Regional Manager kept reminding me of the rules. I would almost get ill when I would be lectured about “the rules and policies”. Policy always sounded like Police to me….

It just wasn’t for me. I quit before finding more ways to get “fired.” (No one was “downsized” in those days.)

I wanted to do something FUN, EXCITING, and something I LIKED. My two co-managers LOVED their work. The place was a perfect fit for them…but not me. I was a square peg and had no intentions of getting any more shaved off on the sides to “make me fit.”

Napoleon Hill sat by my bed every night. (Think and Grow Rich, that is.) I was going to do him proud….

Moving from the point of being a speaker who wanted to “get good,” to a professional was a pretty big step for me. I was going to ask for $500….

I was REALLY young. Why would anyone PAY ME to talk to them?

And once I decided to actually answer that question…

It was 1987 at Moreland Elementary School. I talked to the 400 kids packed into the gymnasium about drug and alcohol use. The good. The bad. The ugly. I was scared to death (almost literally, as I suffered from severe panic disorder in 1987…I had panic attacks 3-6 times per week…they were random…I never knew when they would come.).

I was 25 years old and my life dream was now officially on day one. I didn’t do it alone. I asked for help and I had help. I had a friend helping me. Someone who was as dedicated not to my dream but the message we wanted to share. In fact, there were 2 or 3 people like that. None of us got rich. We weren’t in that frame of mind. We shared a powerful message to people who wanted to hear it…and a lot that didn’t. Later letters and testimonials would show lives saved, endless appreciation, recommendations to other schools and organizations.

Two years later I spoke to South St. Paul High School. $1000. I had an enormous audience of students, teachers, parents. The place was packed. Same subject. But media covered this one. We came up with a neat angle that tied us into a national campaign. That was a very, very good thing because it was the beginning of the next level…

In fact most of my early presentations were all $500-$1,000 per day (several presentations per day at each school). They were in front of schools…kids…the toughest audiences on the planet…and I survived to tell about it!

I don’t have detailed records (what a surprise)… but I did about 15 schools per year for four years. I made more money in those 15 days than I did the entire year in 1986.

I made the audience members’ adrenaline pump. I was unconventional. I did a lot of things most speakers would never do in front of an audience. I was not politically correct. My lack of judgment in content often got me a few scowls but, by-and-large, they liked the 25 year old…

I worked hard to get the dates…next to no one knows how to go from anonymous to known quickly…and I was no exception. I had to learn the hard way. But I learned.

I learned how to get paid even when they didn’t have ANY MONEY. I learned how to get paid and my audience was children, which meant ZERO back of room. I learned how to get paid when there was literally no budget, no allotment, no nothing. Each month went by and I learned another secret. Another insider idea that would pay off over and over again. The kind of stuff no one on the outside would ever think about…which is why they were on the outside and I was in the jungle on safari!

Today…things have moved along nicely. I have been invited to speak literally from London to Australia. It took me an enormous amount of time to learn how to move from level to level. 500 to 1000. 1000 to 1500. 1500 to 2000. 2000 to 4000. 4000 to 5000. 5000 to 10,000.

But the hardest leaps were the early leaps. Constantly having to justify how I could be worth 1000.00 for one day…

And that’s what I want to help you do.

I want to show you how to move from zero to whatever you want to earn. (There is a cap by the way, in what you get paid for speaking. You can do X dates per year. That’s it. There IS a cap so don’t think you will make 100,000,000 just from speaking. You won’t! You simply get paid more than all of your friends and peers and most everyone else…a lot more.)

What else are people saying about this course?

“Kevin, I have received incredible value and benefit from your Professional Speakers Course. You have left no stone unturned per pro speaking. I highly recommend this program to anyone considering speaking professionally! Thanks!”
Michael Roth, DC

“Kevin, you damn near bring water to my eyes man, I want this so badly, it is truly a “burning desire” something I have to do, not merely want to do. I really appreciate you and how I’ve learned from you, which was mostly what you pulled out of me. The technical “how to’s” are invaluable. You truly delivered as and beyond what you promised. You may or may not believe in God but one thing for SURE, God Believes In YOU. The qualities of character and compassion, the giving and care that you exhibit are clear and identifiable, they have a source. That source has been expressed through YOU.”
YOUR brother, Michael Muhammad

“Kevin, this week I secured a further 12 speaking engagements where I am speaking for free. This is the start of my career and I want to speak wherever I can. However, get this…I am also speaking at two large engagements with 500 and 600 attendees respectively. Both paid. I am just doing everything you told me to do. I am getting myself out there in every shape and form and it all is beginning to happen. I am on the edge of some great things. I owe so much of this to you, Kevin (and that is underplaying it)!”
Adam Eason www.Adam-Eason.com

“This class has made me realize that almost anything is possible. Your class gave me every tool necessary to not only begin my speaking career but catapult it forward. You not only made me realize my commitments – but put me on the road to achieving them. You are an incredibly intelligent, witty, dependable, thoughtful, inspirational, energetic and authentic human being. All of that bundled with the fact that you truly care about others makes you very unique. It was an amazing experience for me to begin this e-course and over a period of eight weeks learn all there was to learn about becoming a professional speaker. You are a genuine giver. I hope others don’t miss the opportunity to spend time learning from you. You have changed my path and I thank you for it. Thank you for helping me get my website up to the #1 position on Google.” Tonya Reiman www.tonyareiman.com

“I signed up for Kevin’s Speaker Course thinking I would learn some better communication skills and improve my presentation style. I received that in the first week and we were just getting started! This course opened my eyes to all aspects of professional speaking, besides just the speaking. I can’t thank you enough for all that I have learned. This course is a must for anyone who is considering professional speaking.”
Todd Bramson www.toddbramson.com

“Your offer for the speaking course in Coffee with Kevin Hogan came at just the right moment in my life. I had just decided to turn my focus from private hypnosis sessions to sales training. After finishing the course, I feel like I have been through a university level course on how to become a successful speaker. My stack of notes and printouts is over 2 inches high. It was just the exact information I needed, from how to set up and drive your web page to the top at google to how to get paid to how to win over your audience with stories. The information was practical and extraordinarily valuable. I now have all the tools I need to succeed as a speaker/trainer. I highly recommend Kevin Hogan’s speaking course to anyone who is contemplating earning money as a speaker. In fact, it is a necessity.” Patrick Dillon, Real Estate Broker/Hypnotist New Paltz, NY

“If you are successful, highly motivated and think you are already at the pinnacle of self-achievement, then this program is definitely the program for you! Not only does Kevin teach you insider secrets on how to jump-start a highly successful professional speaking career, he skillfully elicits potential areas of self-sabotage and procrastination and then firmly guides you to overcome them; patiently ignoring your kicking and screaming and excuses. He then proudly shares your joy as you reach goals that were only vague hopes when starting the program. Kevin’s skill, knowledge and warmth make this the “must have” course not only for those seeking a professional speaking career, but also for any successful person seeking the next pinnacle.” Michelle Drum, Charleston, IL

“Long before I met Kevin Hogan, I heard and read tons of nothing but great comments about him. Now I have a ton of great things to say myself. Kevin is absolutely brilliant. He is a master at his craft and it was inspiring to witness him doing what he does best: Deliver powerful, life-changing information in a humble but extremely confident manner. I have read dozens of books, attended dozens of workshops and dozens of seminars on the professional speaking industry searching for the secret ingredient. But there is no secret ingredient, there’s a secret recipe. Kevin Hogan is the man with that recipe. During this Speaker Course, Kevin covered it all. From creating stories that deliver your message straight to the unconscious mind to how to position yourself on the stage for maximum impact. From killer marketing secrets to fee and contract negotiations. How to become an “expert”…How get YOUR book into the top 10 on Amazon! That secret was worth the cost of the course by itself. And as if all of this wasn’t enough during our one-on-one coaching session, Kevin gave me some advice and guidance that will not only make my career better, but make my entire life better. I don’t know where he keeps his heart, because it’s too big to fit in his body! The bottom line is this: It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginning speaker or an advanced one. If you want save thousands of dollars and cut years off of your learning curve then quit playing, and take this course.” Al “The Inspiration” Duncan, TV Personality, Host of The State Of The Mind Address, www.alduncan.net

Here is what you are going to learn in your 8 week course:

How to get companies to pay you more than you have ever been paid in your life.
How to Get White Glove Treatment. Get the company to pick you up at the airport in a limo, assign you your assistant, bring you to your world class hotel, drive you to the convention, buy you a gourmet lunch, wine and dine you at night and return you feeling like you never have felt before to your hotel ready to return home in the morning.
How to get them to pay you *in advance*.
My contract that I use with companies all over the world…I’m going to give it to you.
Typical contracts that they respond with! (They don’t tell you this in Speakers 101. You have to learn that their contracts are written by big shots who don’t care about you or your speaking. They are the company attorneys.)
How to easily negotiate your fee (usually in one minute or less) and the terms of your contract.
How to get nonprofit organizations to pay you when everyone else is speaking for free.
How to get THOUSANDS of dollars from nonprofit and charitable organizations that do not have “ONE CENT” to pay your fee… (I lived on this secret for three years!)
How to develop a wealth of material that is YOUR UNIQUE MATERIAL to use when speaking.
How to develop stories from YOUR LIFE that you can tell over and over for tens of thousands of dollars. Never will you have to tell someone else’s story again.
How to build YOUR name so YOU become your own BRAND.
How to start tomorrow!
How to get newspapers and TV to come and cover you tomorrow!
How to get free television time that would cost you tens of thousands of dollars if you could afford to pay for it.
How to get international gigs. (Read that as get paid to travel first class to the most exotic places on the planet!)
I’m going to show you EVERYTHING you MUST do from square one to square 100.
I will fill in every step.
I will show you every secret.
I will show you who is getting hired, why and where.
I will show you how to work as MUCH or LITTLE as you want to.
I will show you how to get INVITED BACK next year so you don’t have to market to that group ever again!

How can you learn the different aspects of public speaking from home with an e-course?

First, you’ll receive raw uncut footage of me at work with various groups and corporations. You’ll see me at my best, good and once when I wasn’t as good as I wanted to be. I’ll show you what works and what doesn’t and WHY and HOW to replicate it. You’ll see what it takes to keep an audience in rapture.

Four times during the two month course you will call in to our special phone system and record parts of a speech that you will develop and that I’ve approved. (I won’t let you develop a presentation that you won’t get paid for!) I’ll have crucial feedback for you within 48 hours in most cases. I’ll let you know exactly where you are at with no B.S. I’ll show you how to repair the defects and enhance your strengths. You’ll get point by point feedback as if I was in the room with you. You don’t need any special equipment to do this. I take care of everything.

As a bonus, I’m also going to let you use video tape if you have the ability to videotape yourself. If so, you will have two opportunities to get me video in the 5th and 8th weeks of the course. I will analyze up to 30 minutes of a presentation that I approve for you. I’ll give you point by point feedback as if I was in the room with you.

There’s a great deal of written work in creating various messages (marketing, manuals, PR, press releases) that you will use to represent yourself to the people you want to hire you. I will line by line each piece of work for you.

Every piece of getting paid what you are worth is included and detailed.

I will hold nothing back. If you need the answer to ANY question you will be able to ask at any time.

The complete plan is here for you. Nothing is left out. No additional secrets. Everything is here. Everything.

The course works like this.

10 people participate (I’d work with 50 if I had the time, desire and energy…it’s not that “space is limited”…it’s not…it’s an E-Course.)

Each week, you’ll receive your lesson for the week. One week it’s a video tape that will arrive in your mailbox. The next week it’s densely packed information and crucial data you get by email. The next week it’s YOU making a video and sending it to me to FIX. Not only will I show you how to present so they WANT YOU BACK, I’ll show you what to do to become a truly SUPERB speaker so they will be talking about you the next day!

Yes. I’m going to show you how I create and develop presentations so that you can literally talk for DAYS and not cover the same story or material twice…all without a script.

This program not only shows you how to make money but…if you choose… how to become one of the best!

Crucial: In order to get feedback on the week’s assignment you MUST get your homework to me by the end of the week. I won’t play catch up with anyone. It’s your life, not mine….and it’s MY LIFE, not yours. I’m dedicated to you, you dedicate to me. If fixing the planter in the back yard is more important than the rest of your life, then don’t register for the course.

At the end of the course, you will have my attention for quite some time because of how I earn my money…

Each participant pays a grand total of $10,000 per person.

I’ll do 100% of the work to get you where you want to be, if you will put a 30% deposit down. (Or less…!)

You enroll for only $2997 (or choose an easy installment pay plan!) or save up to $500 if you apply TODAY! (See Application Form for full details.)

Then you give me your word (and a signed note) that after you have earned $100,000 in speaking fees, you will pay the balance of $7,000.

I’m going to write letters of recommendation, take phone calls for you from potential clients, help you in ways that only someone in the field can, and be here for you when you need any holes filled in for you.

If we have corresponded or talked in the past…this is who I prefer to work with. But even if we haven’t as long as you have integrity (total integrity) and a strong desire to succeed, you can participate.

I retain the right to turn down any application for any reason prior to the beginning of the course.

If you want to lead the field, I want to help you. Oh, and if I’m anywhere nearby when you are giving your first speech after you hit the $100,000 mark, I will be there in the audience cheering you on.

Here’s your chance. You’ve always wanted it. You’ve always dreamed it. Whether you are 25 or 75…don’t die with your music still in you…this is the opportunity of your lifetime. Let’s have fun together and make some music!