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How To Handle Failure?

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Every now and then, during our seminars, I meet someone who tells me “Oh Yogesh, things are different for you. You are successful. You won’t understand what I am going through. Life is tough and I have failed so many times, that I want to give up. I have no hope left.” Most people see only the face of success. They see the cheering, the applause, the awards, the fame, the wealth – just the parts that look attractive and appealing. They don’t see what goes behind the success. They don’t see the struggle, they don’t see the failures, the pain, the hurt, the sleepless nights, the rejection, the frustrations and people all around saying, “What makes you think you can do it?” Almost everyone who has succeeded and is at the top has gone through this journey. It doesn’t matter who this person is – the journey is filled with struggle, challenges and people telling you “Don’t even try! You will fail!” I have failed so many times. And every time I have failed, I have tol

5 things you need to be a good motivational speaker

With true public speaking skills comes a true responsibility to exercise them appropriately. The art of speech is one that is one that is most impactful when it comes to communication. Moreover, among them all, the most purposeful use of the art of the speech is to employ it to drive those around you. To emanate optimism and positivity and be technically informed at the same time is a trait that only few innately possess and one that fewer have mastered. However, there are certain ways in which one can inculcate these values and traits as part of one’s personality in order to become a successful business motivational speaker. Here are a few: Start with yourself One cannot expect to spread optimism up and about themselves if they themselves possess a pessimistic approach towards life. It is important to look for the positive in every situation at hand. This, of course, does not imply that one is to look for an exaggerated silver lining every step of the way. But it is import