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A moment that changes life

“ A moment's insight is sometimes worth a life's experience. ” - Oliver Wendell Holmes Sometimes days are long. But there are times when you can see eternity in a moment. I call them my Eureka! moment and I expect that moment to come anytime soon. Jef Menguin http://jefmenguin.com  

play and work

“ The supreme accomplishment is to blur the line between work and play .” - Ellen Langer Inspirational speakers do not always have fun doing what they do. They work like your world class professional athletes too. You will see me talk for 30 minutes, but you have not seen my 3 days of preparation to come up with the right message and find the right words to create the right impact. I needed to regularly rethink not only my stories and strategies and structures. This is because I am not a commodity, but a problem solver. My speech is not a product but a solution. But the only way for me to appreciate what I am doing (I am writing 2:57 in the morning) is to see this as an expression of my passion. I am seriously working on my play (passion) to reach my potential and playing on my work to maintain creative joy. Do you want to become an inspirational speaker? Make work play and play work. Jef Menguin P.S. Are you looking for an inspirational speaker in the P...

Keep on planting

“Don’t judge each day by the harvest you reap, but by the seeds you plant.” - Robert Louis Stevenson It is easy to think that you are big simply because you are now busier than the most popular motivational speakers in the Philippines. It is easy really to think of your harvest. But if you are really an inspirational or motivational speaker, or at least aspiring to be one, remember that the goal is to keep on inspiring, educating, engaging, and empowering people. You’ve got to plant seeds everyday. You’ve got to plant seeds in people who attend your seminars. You’ve got to plant seeds in your staff. You’ve got to plant seeds in new motivational speakers who come to you for guidance. You’ve got to plant seeds in everyone you meet. Because your mission is not measured by how many fruits you have harvested today. Keep on planting. Jef Menguin http://jefmenguin.com

Speak from the heart

You can speak well if your tongue can deliver the message of your heart. – John Ford You can be a fast-talking-mouth machine, but unless you speak from the heart you cannot truly become an inspirational speaker. You can learn all the techniques in 21 days, and I can show you how. But unless you listen to your heart and allow it to speak when you open your mouth, you are nothing but a robot who knows how to speak like a human being. Start where it all must begin and everything will follow. This is my simple tip for you this morning. Speak from the heart. Jef Menguin http://jefmenguin.com

Jef Menguin Inspirational Speaking workshop

I am looking now for possible dates to conduct this workshop. My original plan is to hold a boot camp. However, that will not be possible for the next three months for I am booked for training and speaking almost six times a week. Some companies are also requesting for Sundays, but I decided to keep it free. Well, it is possible that I will be on the road for Sundays too. But no more work. As of now,am looking at a 2 month workshop for those who would like to join the Jef Menguin Inspirational Speaking workshop. The fee will not be expensive. It will at cost. My earning will be mainly spiritual. My desire is to train more passionate Filipino motivational and inspirational speakers. But not everyone can join for I will not waste my time with those who only wanted to see if there is anything they can learn from this workshop. I am not experimenting, and I do not like to spend my time with undecided motivational speakers. I will give more updates soon.   Jef Menguin ht...

Be unreasonable

" The reasonable man adapts himself to the world: the unreasonable one persists to adapt the world to himself. Therefore all progress depends on the unrea sonable man . " —  George Bernard Shaw  ( Man and Superman )   I encourage you to visit  http://jefmenguin.com/?p=1302  for my article on why leaders must be unreasonable.

Thinking big is easier than what you think

“ You must do the thing which you think you can not do. ” - Eleanor Roosevelt Doing so is what thinking big all about. When I started my career as a trainer, I thought of training school teachers for I thought that was within my competencies. So I created programs for school teachers. But then nobody got my service. Until I was asked to train school principals. In the beginning I was hesitant for it was not even in my dreams to train school principals. But I did it well. And I did it better again and again after that. It was actually easier than what I thought. Do whatever you think you cannot do. When you think you cannot speak before a crowd, find your crowd and be their inspirational speaker. When you think you cannot lead people, find at least one person and help him become a better person. Then find another, then another until you are able to create your own tribe. When you think that there is way you can succeed in life, be like water.Find your way. When walls are too ...