Martin Lesperance

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so you want invention reinvention you're going to need a Stephanie for this one as I was sitting down seven years ago with the woman I love my wife same person yeah we are recording so I just want to confirm same person okay so I'm sitting down with the person I love the the woman I love her more each second that goes by Ser yeah I know if only she would be here to hear it but anyhow so I'm sitting down with Stephanie and I say Stephanie I want to be a professional speaker she looks at me she says oh honey you already are a professional

speaker you give talks all around the world with for Eye Care Professionals like I am I say I'm I know but I want to give them my story I want to inspire people to be happy engaged motivated I want people to love their job okay go do it I've got you you're going to rock you know what you want invention reinvention you're going to need a Stephanie for this one I've got you you're good going to rock so here I go I let go of the corporate job six figure ping job health insurance rrsps stock option let it all go and I write my first

story my first keynote are you in how to reach the impossible where Stephanie is challenging me to run a marathon any marathon runners in the room yeah you know how long is a marathon it's long you want to know how it went you're going to need to see the show so then I write my second story Inspire it's your choice it's a tale of Father and Son where we uncover The Not So surprising secret on how you should show up in the world and have the best year ever and so far it's inspired tens of thousands of people in over 20 countries you want invention

reinvention you're going to need a Stephanie for this one I've got you you're going to rock you're also going to need business partners SL clients that you're going to treat as friends that will become friends you're going to need people that believe in what you do and sell what you do to people around like the Luc Eric Martin gourd Tammy you're going to need super fans you know the people that love you at everything that you do they like you they share everything that you do that's that's the Linda the JFS the the the da the the the Rob I mean they're everywhere you're going

to need people that provide you a stage for you to carry your message that's Serena and a Dan yeah let's give it up you're going to need somebody at some point that Whispers In Your Ear I've got you and that's a joani you're going to need experts out there to propel you like a tabita a Brian a Francisco a Katie a Girish a Majid and even a Shannon and you know what all these real people have in common I love them not like them I love them genuinely I am so grateful for these people to be on the same planet that I am and I

am so grateful to live this adventure with them you want invention reinvention show gratitude to the people around you gratitude is an attitude dude yeah no okay maybe you weren't ready for this one sorry sorry yeah I'll do it again relax are you ready now gratitude is an attitude yeah I know I know so give it up seriously you want invention reinvention show gratitude and remember you're going to need a Stephanie for that but I got a question from somebody in the crowd and I'm coming to you you oh yeah she's going like seriously your name again Diane on a daily basis Diane who would

you say you talk to the most on a daily basis Diane your kids your kids Diane and we in the room we're getting friends now right we're getting close and we think there might be somebody that you talk to more in a day than your kids and that person might be in the room right right now who might this be yourself do you talk to yourself sometimes Diane yes yes there's always somebody in the room that says I no I don't talk no I'm still looking no and and if you are as creative I as I am do you always tell beautiful things to yourself

inside the head or is it more like you know you have something pressed big meeting big something you need to get there it's really important you're speaking on speaker slam you know you're getting ready at home you put on the little puffy and then all of a sudden it takes more time and your hair is not cooperating that wasn't a joke and then you get in the car and then you're stuck in traffic and it's getting too long and your mind goes somewhere and you miss your exit on the highway out loud in the car it's like Oopsy Daisy but in your head isn't it

more like [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] [ __ ] why does this always happen to me I'm such a loser speaker slam I'm so stressed out but I got do you talk to yourself This Way seriously would you talk to others like you talk to yourself please say no and yet there's always that one person somewhere in the back that says I say everything I have no filter and the whole room turns around and says we know shut up no seriously why do you talk to yourself This Way show gratitude of course show gratitude to the people around you but show

gratitude to yourself no nobody is perfect we checked on Google we checked on chat GPT nobody was ever perfect yet and I'm sorry to say you and me will not be the first ones so give yourselves a break they say reinvention I say invention you get to create who you are with every choice at every moment in a day so you know what you want invention reinvention show gratitude gratitude is an attitude and and by the way you're going to need a Stephanie for this one and you know what I've got you you're going to rock thank

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come on oh are you're in for an origin story okay okay okay okay tonight's theme Brave and I'm sitting at my desk looking out my window at the beautiful fall colors of mon rbla am I brave no you know what Brave is putting your head inside a lion's mouth doing an Iron Man running a nor Marathon that's risking everything some people are doing some crazy out there am I brave nah what about you speaker slam are you Brave now if you want to participate tonight say I'm in I'm okay so in your head what is the first sound or scream that defines Brave any sound

or scream now when I say go you're going to scream it out loud one 2 3 go oh that is loud now picture this I'm 9 years old it's poem recital day in fourth grade remember that day oh classroom is filled with our parents who look like giants sitting at our tiny desks and my friends are nailing their poems one after the other nice and finally it's my turn my hands are sweaty my heart is racing I walk to the front of the classroom I smile and nothing comes out absolutely nothing I turn to my mom she smiles and Winks so I must be doing

okay so I've got this I can I I I let's do I so I do this again and nothing comes out absolutely nothing nothing I panic and I run out of the classroom in tears and crying on my pillow that night I promised myself I will never feel that ever again fast forward improv team talent shows School radio host speaking competition I am everywhere I coach gymnastics I become a Science High School science teacher a corporate trainer I launch my speaking business I meet people like Gore aor and you know what it's been 6 and a half years now averaging 70 Keynotes per year that's

over 400 stages with tens of thousands of participants coming from 20 countries I enter speaker slam I win the Grand Slam I deliver a tedex talk that is going viral right now and you know what is the fourth grade little boy standing right in front of you right now being brave Brave isn't about being Fearless being brave is feeling the fear and making the choice to do it anyway being brave is choosing to put yourself forward time and time again to become better at whatever you do to enhance your art your craft unfortunately bravery is not as loud as you were just a few moments

ago as fear scream s at you bravery Whispers ever wonder why we get our best ideas under the shower because we can hear The Whispers as we're not disturbed by our fcking phone if ever you are willing to listen to The Whispers of Bravery say I'm in I'm in now oh I'd be surprised let let me see that raise your hand if you're not doing something because you are scared of the Judgment from others raise your hand and keep your hand up and look around you you're not alone no because we were school parented and pressured by Society to be that way and this is

going to change right here right now tonight are you in okay so here three ways that you can be brave right here tonight well when our friends are going to walk up here you're going to welcome them like there is no tomorrow like you're going to give them a standing ovation when they arrive a standing ovation when they leave I mean bravery is contagious they need you are you in okay second thing you're going to do when you listen to their stories you're going to focus on The Whispers and transfer whatever resonates with you inside your life so that you can be brave are you

in okay and third and final at break you're going to go outside here and stretch your legs you're also going to stretch your comfort zone yeah because you're going to go up to someone you do not know you're going to introduce yourself and you're going to share a mini story on how you can be brave what you've done a decision you've made to be brave are you in okay in closing now the only thing that you are in control of is your next decision will you decide to lean back or to lean forward be brave and make happen I mean because the sum of all

your choices will Define who you are who you become and the color of your adventure now people ask me all the time are you nervous Martin to go up on stage this ain't a poem recital it's okay if you hear The Whispers just say I'm in have a good evening everybody thank you thank you one speech can change your life Unleash Your power embrace the stri Inspire the world let your story flow as speakers slam let your spirit

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