School is going well; right now my 2 classes are Marketing and College Composition for Business Majors. Both of my teachers seem smart and the subject matter is quite interesting, but some of the assignments I find silly. One of my latest assignments is writing a paper about the career I want to have. Ever since I was a little girl (7) - I've wanted to be a public speaker. I view it as being a teacher without all the governmental structure ... teaching freestyle - you could say. While researching for references to use in my paper I came across a site I had visited over two years ago just before I joined the military that advertises training to be a public speaker. I wanted to pursue it very badly at that time but felt limited monetarily. Four days later I signed a contract with the military.
When I came across the website this time I instantly knew I had visited it before but didn’t remember why it was significant. Then I saw the photo of the motivational speaker who owns and operates the site: all memory of what happened came back to me … when I first found the site I was very disappointed that it wasn’t the right time to jump at the opportunity so I figured I would just call the number, find out it was a scam to get your money, and live with no regrets in passing it up. It was around midnight and I dialed the number – 2 rings and an answer. I was startled, for it sounded like a real person, not an automated system. Turns out he was at an airport to pick his daughter up from a redeye flight and picked up because he thought I was her. After I told him I wasn’t his daughter and that I found his number on a website he was much obliged to tell me that he trains people to be motivational speakers and the training offers one on one help over the phone and sometimes even in person. I was so surprised as I hung up the phone and sustained the disappointed feeling – I guess for over 2 years now.
I was stoked to have found the site again and the amount I will pay is more than affordable to me. I’m not sure if it’s the same price as it was before, but I do know that the price means nothing to me now as I feel making a move toward this lifelong dream I’ve had will be very rewarding. It wasn’t but 10 minutes after having had explored his site that I decided to go for it. The thought of giving it my all made me very happy, so I also decided I would pursue this learning and put a hold on my AAS for a quarter. The very next morning I called my school to initiate the leave of absence! My leave will start at the completion of this current quarter – 3 weeks from now. I will spend the three months away from school learning about public speaking, the business, the pitfalls, etc… with this type of training I won’t have to reinvent the wheel once I get started!
My next assignment for one of my existing classes is to interview someone who’s sustained a position in my optimal career for over five years. This motivational speaker from the site, Mike Moore, has 30 years to his name. I decided he’d be my interviewee and no better time to call than as soon as possible, so sure enough I called him the next day after I called me school. I told him about how we’d spoken once before and to my surprise he remembered! Then I told him about school and my assignment, my interest in being a student of his, and asked for an interview time. I conducted the interview just yesterday and my excitement for this new plan!!!
xo-Nae
P.s. Isn't this photo funny? Don't worry it's just a cardboard cutout at a museum - but my finger is so perfectly placed to look real!
