July 10, 2025
Episode 296- Transforming Lives From the Stage, The Making of Paul Lawrence Vann, Professional Speaker
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Join us on this inspiring journey with Paul Lawrence Vann, a powerful professional speaker whose voice has ignited audiences worldwide. In this episode, Paul shares the pivotal moments that shaped his path, from early challenges and unforgettable breakthroughs to the defining calls he answered to stand in front of thousands.
What You'll Discover
The moment Paul realized his calling to speak—and the vulnerability behind it
The practical strategies and personal mindset shifts that took him from hopeful dreamer to accomplished professional
Behind-the-scenes stories from some of his most transformative events and keynote speeches
The values and vision that guide him today—and how they drive his mission to empower audiences
Actionable tips every aspiring speaker can apply to command the stage with confidence and authenticity
Why This Episode Matters
Whether you’re just starting your own speaking journey, looking to elevate your presence, or seeking deeper purpose in your message, Paul’s story offers both inspiration and grounded advice. You’ll learn how to harness your own narrative, cultivate impact, and connect with audiences in a way that sparks real change.
🎧 Tune In If You…
Are passionate about personal development and storytelling
Want to learn how to craft and deliver powerful keynotes
Crave honest insights into building a meaningful speaking career
If you want to be a professional speaker and you don't know where to start, contact Paul at info@paulvannspeaks.com or (240) 416-5077
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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to Wealth the Academy podcast.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for tuning in to listen to this dynamic and insightful podcast with host Paul Lawrence Van.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Paul and his guests provide content rich information that will enhance your knowledge.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Enjoy this episode.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to another amazing episode of Wolf Academy podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm glad that you could be with me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Again, I'm your host, Paul Lines van.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm the last episode I've talked about why I became a professional speaker after serving twenty-two years in the military, specifically in the Air Force.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm going to continue that particular story today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then add and build a planet to tell you where I'm at today and what is taking place.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, first of all, when I retired from the Air Force, I knew that I was going to be a speaker.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I had attended a lot of conventions and met speaker such as Zig Ziegler.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Jeannie Robinson, who was one of the most amazing humorous speakers ever, the late Jeannie Robinson, who lived in my home state of North Carolina.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then of course, last Brown, who person who always admired, and he's one of the last people that I had met.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I knew at the time he had a program where he helped speakers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I didn't go through his program primarily because at that time, I was still feeling my way.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I went through toast masses as I mentioned before,
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as a result of that, I really got my start in speaking by working as a member of the work rights toast masses club in my local area in Fort Washington, Maryland.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But we're just based just maybe five miles from downtown Washington DC, but it's close enough and so I learned from them.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then, of course, I came in with my very first speaking coach, the lady walkers, and she wrote the book, speaking girl Rich, so I followed her plan.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I attended the bill of speech workshop with an amazing individual by the name of Steve Sibo.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and Steve has done some amazing things, and he helped me, so I flew to West Palm Beach, Florida, and I attended his particular speaker training, and that really got me on my way.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But since that time, I've had many, many other coaches speaking coaches, and that's what you have to do to get better at this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then my very first year as a professional speaker, I had a contract with a nonprofit on a twelve city speaking tour, and it gave me my
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[SPEAKER_01]: outlet for being able to join NSA as a professional member of which I'm a member of today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so that kind of gets us started.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So if you ask me now, where am I?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I have a new speaker, coach, Dr. Cheryl Wood.
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[SPEAKER_01]: She's based here in Maryland and she is phenomenal.
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[SPEAKER_01]: She really knows how to get the very best out of you and more.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And one reason why it's because she has been to the mountain top, if you will.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And she is a just an awesome, awesome speaker coach, entrepreneur and leader.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I just told her the other day, you know, without you, there's no way I would be where I met today.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's true.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and I just went through her speaker program and we want to a speaker showcase and I will share that information with you and that will help you to better understand what's taking place.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So as you can see here for those of you who are viewing this video episode, it states here, stage ready, speaker showcase.
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[SPEAKER_01]: One stage, ten of speakers of which I want to have been an infinite impact.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm coming in with the speech.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This title leads yourself first.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then that speech I talk about and experience that I had in one of the Caribbean islands that could have taken my life.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I was able to overcome that
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[SPEAKER_01]: And now today, what I tell people is that leadership leads you so first.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's definitely the life challenges, all right?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Versity that demands self leadership.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm going to be talking about that on a keynote on, as you can see here, Friday, July, eighteenth at one o'clock PM.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it is a free event.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's going to be held in a theater, the AFI, it's so with theater.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And Silver Spring, Maryland.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll be there on that day to deliver my keynote along with nine of my cohorts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we'll be delivering messages to impact people that just show just how well we've been trained as speakers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's the important thing to take away from this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I'm going to show you here a picture of the entire group.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and see these with the tense speakers here and each and every one of us would deliver.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I've heard everyone's presentation before, they're speaks before.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm telling you, they have some remarkable stories just as I do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we're here to share that with with people who are in attendance.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And this particular event is just going to be from Mendus.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And again, it's Friday, July, eight things at one PM.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It'll be from one to three.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Each and every one of us will be there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The speakers will be there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's going to be found.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then we're going to have some head shots taken and receive awards and everything.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And after that, we're going to dinner later on that evening.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So it's going to be great.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And here you can see a picture.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Dr. Cheryl, your wood.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If you are watching this video.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I really encourage you that if you're looking for a speaker coach, select Dr. Cheryl Wood, I highly recommend her just as the other nine cohorts do in people who are in her programs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: She's amazing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so that really takes me to where I'm at.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, if you ask me, where did I get the information for my speech?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, that information came from yours truly.
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[SPEAKER_01]: out of the book that I wrote is an award winning book.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Leadership is influence and this book won the twenty twenty five international book impact book award here in the April time frame.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So a lot of the content that I have, in fact, comes from this book that I wrote a little bit over a year ago.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it just brands me as an authority.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm just here to share more and more about leadership.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Because I was talking about this yesterday, even though my functional specialty in the Air Force was one financial management, I don't certified in that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I was also an expert at legislative studies and legislation, while I worked with general officers, I escorted them to Capitol Hill with members of Congress so that we can enhance our budget, get more aircraft, more tanks, more aircraft for the International Guard, more tanks for the Army Guard.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's one of the things I did and then ultimately I became a capital Hill fellow and I worked for a member of Congress in the US House representative and I worked on the House Armed Services Committee.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I bring those experiences of leadership into to the foe as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so when it gets down to it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as soon as what is done, it's just made me a better leader.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I bring in those different aspects of leadership, such as emotional intelligence, empathy, great communication skills, and being able to make really great decisions.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But most importantly, when I work with my clients, it's that I would address them, look at what problems they may have in their organization.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I try to help them to develop other leaders within that organization.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's how I provide the solutions.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And also for individuals, I might need a ship coach.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I help people to improve their self-leadership to help them to become better leaders.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Because once they become an individual, it becomes better leader than an organization gets better.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And the community in which they serve as so as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, as I mentioned before,
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm considered, and was just voted on by the voice of change magazine at their first year anniversary, as one of the top forty speakers shaping the future.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as you can see, I'm on this picture here, the next cilantro and the far right and that's the picture of me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I have my hair done that day and everything.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm one of the top speakers shaping the future.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And again, this is the result of just having a great coach.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Michael Jordan had a coach and he then had a really great coach and several coaches he would not have been the person he would be.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And if you think that you don't need a coach, then you need a coach.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's exactly what I did.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then again, I'm one of the top forty speakers shaping the future in twenty twenty five.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's really an honor to be in this position.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm really honored to be able to present a little bit over
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[SPEAKER_01]: a team to a live audience, and it's going to be a great time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But looking at where I am today, just yesterday, I was on another in a masterclass for speakers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I'll take what I'll learn here and I'll enhance it because as we go further, we really need to continue to build upon what we have.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as my friend last Brown states, you're never too old to learn and never too young to lead.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I concur with him all the way.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so when I look at the body of work that I have, I'm a three-time, a number one best-selling author.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm an award-winning speaker.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm also a member of the National Speakers Association.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I've delivered programs internationally as well as nationally for different organizations.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And if I had to look at
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[SPEAKER_01]: One, I had the twelve city speaking to her which took me all over the US in Guam, Hawaii, Seattle, Montana, Utah, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I want to all of those states and cities in those states, and I deliver programs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I got better and better and better over time because you receive feedback after each address that you provide to an audience.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I became better as a result of experience and the training that I was receiving.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And though my mentor, a daughter walked as no longer with us in the earthly ramp,
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[SPEAKER_01]: If it wasn't for her, I would not be where I met today because she told me that's one story when she started speaking and he granted, Dottie had over fifty years of speaker experience and she said that she spoke to an audience that had maybe two or three people
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[SPEAKER_01]: But she still delivered the speech, as if there were two or three hundred.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And after that presentation she delivered, one young lady walked up to her and said, you were speaking to me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That speech was for me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so she transformed that individual in that particularly address.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's what I want to do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I want to be able to transform people and deliver for them the chance that they need and of course for the organizations that I speak to.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So what's next for me?
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[SPEAKER_01]: After I complete the speaker showcase, which I'll show you once again, I will be speaking with different organizations.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm a fee-pay speaker, but I will speak for free if there's the right audience and the right connections.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what I plan to do is I speak primary on leadership, I provide leadership core competency to organizations, things as different communication skills, motivating people to leadership.
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[SPEAKER_01]: also how to deal with conflict within the workplace and much much more.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So those are some of the things that are delivered.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then from the self leadership perspective, I have a direct deep dive into how an individual can become a better speaker.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And some of the organizations and locations I've spoken to over the years include twice last year Paris France.
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[SPEAKER_01]: One year I was in the Ukraine
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[SPEAKER_01]: Kenya and India and in addition to that Canada of course great country of Canada and then from Fortune five hundred companies and federal government agencies and my my family the Air Force and Air Force Academy just a name of few so this is going to end this particular episode of Well for Academy podcast my time is up and I thank you for yours and I really appreciate your support
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[SPEAKER_01]: And get out there on an Apple podcast or wherever you get to your podcast and write a review this particular episode and if you're interested in learning how you can become a speaker, I just test based with me and I can assist you with that as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So have a great day and I appreciate each and every one of you and thank you so much.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is just another episode of Well for Academy Podcast that I'm
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[SPEAKER_01]: on to deliver and it would be possible without you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Have a great day and take good care.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Goodbye.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Welcome to Wealth the Academy podcast.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thanks for tuning in to listen to this dynamic and insightful podcast with host Paul Lawrence Van.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Paul and his guests provide content rich information that will enhance your knowledge.
00:16.378 --> 00:17.399
[SPEAKER_00]: Enjoy this episode.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Welcome to another amazing episode of Wolf Academy podcast.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm glad that you could be with me.
00:24.129 --> 00:26.231
[SPEAKER_01]: Again, I'm your host, Paul Lines van.
00:26.652 --> 00:36.741
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm the last episode I've talked about why I became a professional speaker after serving twenty-two years in the military, specifically in the Air Force.
00:37.281 --> 00:40.144
[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm going to continue that particular story today.
00:40.164 --> 00:46.151
[SPEAKER_01]: And then add and build a planet to tell you where I'm at today and what is taking place.
00:46.451 --> 00:51.677
[SPEAKER_01]: Well, first of all, when I retired from the Air Force, I knew that I was going to be a speaker.
00:52.258 --> 00:56.362
[SPEAKER_01]: I had attended a lot of conventions and met speaker such as Zig Ziegler.
00:57.103 --> 01:06.028
[SPEAKER_01]: Jeannie Robinson, who was one of the most amazing humorous speakers ever, the late Jeannie Robinson, who lived in my home state of North Carolina.
01:06.488 --> 01:13.432
[SPEAKER_01]: And then of course, last Brown, who person who always admired, and he's one of the last people that I had met.
01:14.093 --> 01:17.134
[SPEAKER_01]: And I knew at the time he had a program where he helped speakers.
01:17.194 --> 01:22.337
[SPEAKER_01]: But I didn't go through his program primarily because at that time, I was still feeling my way.
01:22.477 --> 01:25.179
[SPEAKER_01]: I went through toast masses as I mentioned before,
01:26.385 --> 01:39.511
[SPEAKER_01]: And as a result of that, I really got my start in speaking by working as a member of the work rights toast masses club in my local area in Fort Washington, Maryland.
01:40.031 --> 01:47.195
[SPEAKER_01]: But we're just based just maybe five miles from downtown Washington DC, but it's close enough and so I learned from them.
01:47.775 --> 01:57.146
[SPEAKER_01]: And then, of course, I came in with my very first speaking coach, the lady walkers, and she wrote the book, speaking girl Rich, so I followed her plan.
01:57.646 --> 02:03.173
[SPEAKER_01]: And then I attended the bill of speech workshop with an amazing individual by the name of Steve Sibo.
02:03.773 --> 02:15.137
[SPEAKER_01]: and Steve has done some amazing things, and he helped me, so I flew to West Palm Beach, Florida, and I attended his particular speaker training, and that really got me on my way.
02:15.517 --> 02:21.118
[SPEAKER_01]: But since that time, I've had many, many other coaches speaking coaches, and that's what you have to do to get better at this.
02:21.519 --> 02:31.542
[SPEAKER_01]: And then my very first year as a professional speaker, I had a contract with a nonprofit on a twelve city speaking tour, and it gave me my
02:32.542 --> 02:38.588
[SPEAKER_01]: outlet for being able to join NSA as a professional member of which I'm a member of today.
02:39.129 --> 02:40.970
[SPEAKER_01]: And so that kind of gets us started.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So if you ask me now, where am I?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, I have a new speaker, coach, Dr. Cheryl Wood.
02:48.938 --> 02:51.941
[SPEAKER_01]: She's based here in Maryland and she is phenomenal.
02:52.442 --> 02:56.004
[SPEAKER_01]: She really knows how to get the very best out of you and more.
02:56.584 --> 03:02.707
[SPEAKER_01]: And one reason why it's because she has been to the mountain top, if you will.
03:03.107 --> 03:09.249
[SPEAKER_01]: And she is a just an awesome, awesome speaker coach, entrepreneur and leader.
03:09.870 --> 03:16.272
[SPEAKER_01]: And I just told her the other day, you know, without you, there's no way I would be where I met today.
03:16.473 --> 03:17.133
[SPEAKER_01]: And that's true.
03:17.813 --> 03:30.649
[SPEAKER_01]: and I just went through her speaker program and we want to a speaker showcase and I will share that information with you and that will help you to better understand what's taking place.
03:31.619 --> 03:41.025
[SPEAKER_01]: So as you can see here for those of you who are viewing this video episode, it states here, stage ready, speaker showcase.
03:41.225 --> 03:45.828
[SPEAKER_01]: One stage, ten of speakers of which I want to have been an infinite impact.
03:45.848 --> 03:48.129
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm coming in with the speech.
03:48.169 --> 03:50.531
[SPEAKER_01]: This title leads yourself first.
03:50.591 --> 03:58.075
[SPEAKER_01]: And then that speech I talk about and experience that I had in one of the Caribbean islands that could have taken my life.
03:58.676 --> 04:00.377
[SPEAKER_01]: But I was able to overcome that
04:00.836 --> 04:05.779
[SPEAKER_01]: And now today, what I tell people is that leadership leads you so first.
04:06.660 --> 04:10.623
[SPEAKER_01]: And it's definitely the life challenges, all right?
04:10.663 --> 04:14.645
[SPEAKER_01]: Versity that demands self leadership.
04:15.646 --> 04:23.851
[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm going to be talking about that on a keynote on, as you can see here, Friday, July, eighteenth at one o'clock PM.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it is a free event.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It's going to be held in a theater, the AFI, it's so with theater.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And Silver Spring, Maryland.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'll be there on that day to deliver my keynote along with nine of my cohorts.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we'll be delivering messages to impact people that just show just how well we've been trained as speakers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I think that's the important thing to take away from this.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I'm going to show you here a picture of the entire group.
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[SPEAKER_01]: and see these with the tense speakers here and each and every one of us would deliver.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I've heard everyone's presentation before, they're speaks before.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm telling you, they have some remarkable stories just as I do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And we're here to share that with with people who are in attendance.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And this particular event is just going to be from Mendus.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And again, it's Friday, July, eight things at one PM.
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[SPEAKER_01]: It'll be from one to three.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Each and every one of us will be there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: The speakers will be there.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's going to be found.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then we're going to have some head shots taken and receive awards and everything.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And after that, we're going to dinner later on that evening.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So it's going to be great.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And here you can see a picture.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Dr. Cheryl, your wood.
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[SPEAKER_01]: If you are watching this video.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I really encourage you that if you're looking for a speaker coach, select Dr. Cheryl Wood, I highly recommend her just as the other nine cohorts do in people who are in her programs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: She's amazing.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so that really takes me to where I'm at.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, if you ask me, where did I get the information for my speech?
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[SPEAKER_01]: Well, that information came from yours truly.
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[SPEAKER_01]: out of the book that I wrote is an award winning book.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Leadership is influence and this book won the twenty twenty five international book impact book award here in the April time frame.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So a lot of the content that I have, in fact, comes from this book that I wrote a little bit over a year ago.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it just brands me as an authority.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm just here to share more and more about leadership.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Because I was talking about this yesterday, even though my functional specialty in the Air Force was one financial management, I don't certified in that.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But I was also an expert at legislative studies and legislation, while I worked with general officers, I escorted them to Capitol Hill with members of Congress so that we can enhance our budget, get more aircraft, more tanks, more aircraft for the International Guard, more tanks for the Army Guard.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's one of the things I did and then ultimately I became a capital Hill fellow and I worked for a member of Congress in the US House representative and I worked on the House Armed Services Committee.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I bring those experiences of leadership into to the foe as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so when it gets down to it.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as soon as what is done, it's just made me a better leader.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I bring in those different aspects of leadership, such as emotional intelligence, empathy, great communication skills, and being able to make really great decisions.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But most importantly, when I work with my clients, it's that I would address them, look at what problems they may have in their organization.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then I try to help them to develop other leaders within that organization.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's how I provide the solutions.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And also for individuals, I might need a ship coach.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I help people to improve their self-leadership to help them to become better leaders.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Because once they become an individual, it becomes better leader than an organization gets better.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And the community in which they serve as so as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Now, as I mentioned before,
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm considered, and was just voted on by the voice of change magazine at their first year anniversary, as one of the top forty speakers shaping the future.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as you can see, I'm on this picture here, the next cilantro and the far right and that's the picture of me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I have my hair done that day and everything.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So I'm one of the top speakers shaping the future.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And again, this is the result of just having a great coach.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Michael Jordan had a coach and he then had a really great coach and several coaches he would not have been the person he would be.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And if you think that you don't need a coach, then you need a coach.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's exactly what I did.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then again, I'm one of the top forty speakers shaping the future in twenty twenty five.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And it's really an honor to be in this position.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm really honored to be able to present a little bit over
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[SPEAKER_01]: a team to a live audience, and it's going to be a great time.
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[SPEAKER_01]: But looking at where I am today, just yesterday, I was on another in a masterclass for speakers.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I'll take what I'll learn here and I'll enhance it because as we go further, we really need to continue to build upon what we have.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And as my friend last Brown states, you're never too old to learn and never too young to lead.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I concur with him all the way.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so when I look at the body of work that I have, I'm a three-time, a number one best-selling author.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm an award-winning speaker.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I'm also a member of the National Speakers Association.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I've delivered programs internationally as well as nationally for different organizations.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And if I had to look at
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[SPEAKER_01]: One, I had the twelve city speaking to her which took me all over the US in Guam, Hawaii, Seattle, Montana, Utah, Pennsylvania, North Carolina, Ohio, Texas, Oklahoma.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And I want to all of those states and cities in those states, and I deliver programs.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I got better and better and better over time because you receive feedback after each address that you provide to an audience.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so I became better as a result of experience and the training that I was receiving.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And though my mentor, a daughter walked as no longer with us in the earthly ramp,
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[SPEAKER_01]: If it wasn't for her, I would not be where I met today because she told me that's one story when she started speaking and he granted, Dottie had over fifty years of speaker experience and she said that she spoke to an audience that had maybe two or three people
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[SPEAKER_01]: But she still delivered the speech, as if there were two or three hundred.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And after that presentation she delivered, one young lady walked up to her and said, you were speaking to me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: That speech was for me.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And so she transformed that individual in that particularly address.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And that's what I want to do.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I want to be able to transform people and deliver for them the chance that they need and of course for the organizations that I speak to.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So what's next for me?
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[SPEAKER_01]: After I complete the speaker showcase, which I'll show you once again, I will be speaking with different organizations.
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[SPEAKER_01]: I'm a fee-pay speaker, but I will speak for free if there's the right audience and the right connections.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And what I plan to do is I speak primary on leadership, I provide leadership core competency to organizations, things as different communication skills, motivating people to leadership.
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[SPEAKER_01]: also how to deal with conflict within the workplace and much much more.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So those are some of the things that are delivered.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And then from the self leadership perspective, I have a direct deep dive into how an individual can become a better speaker.
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[SPEAKER_01]: And some of the organizations and locations I've spoken to over the years include twice last year Paris France.
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[SPEAKER_01]: One year I was in the Ukraine
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[SPEAKER_01]: Kenya and India and in addition to that Canada of course great country of Canada and then from Fortune five hundred companies and federal government agencies and my my family the Air Force and Air Force Academy just a name of few so this is going to end this particular episode of Well for Academy podcast my time is up and I thank you for yours and I really appreciate your support
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[SPEAKER_01]: And get out there on an Apple podcast or wherever you get to your podcast and write a review this particular episode and if you're interested in learning how you can become a speaker, I just test based with me and I can assist you with that as well.
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[SPEAKER_01]: So have a great day and I appreciate each and every one of you and thank you so much.
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[SPEAKER_01]: This is just another episode of Well for Academy Podcast that I'm
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[SPEAKER_01]: on to deliver and it would be possible without you.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Have a great day and take good care.
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[SPEAKER_01]: Goodbye.
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[SPEAKER_00]: Thank you for listening to this episode with Paul and his guest.
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