I was scrolling LinkedIn a few weeks ago and I noticed a good colleague of mine from my time in another Canadian province complained that opportunities for speaking are scarce.

I differ.

There are many opportunities.

The question worth asking is:

Are we getting ourselves out there in the most credible and exciting way for the buyers to find us?

Not any buyer, but the right buyer.

What's the right buyer for this friend of mine?

He needs to figure it out.

He needs to ask more people for referrals, endorsements, and recommendations.

People, 

You'll learn that you can't continue swimming in a small pond.

Sooner or later, you've got to get out of that or they eat you or you eat them alive!

There's this saying I heard recently.

"Sometimes you eat them and sometimes they eat you."

This eating-thing is because you're all in a small pond.

Trying to compete at each other for peanuts!

​Elevate your offers, your tools, and your strategies.

There's no elbowing in the summit.

There's a space for everyone.

The air is pure and the scenery is tranquil.

But first, you've got to dance with abundance.
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I hate people who keeps on talking in circles, using a lot of word salad but conveying nothing in substance.

Just evading answering the questions, gaslighting and hurling accusations indirectly. 

I have an encounter recently with someone who speaks good but has no substance. 

And the fact that he's still talking to me is mainly a matter of curiosity or wanting to get a freebie.

I don't know which one.

But I'm certain that I don't have the patience for it.

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I hate to say this but certifications added to your name doesn't give you free meals or free rides on a public transport.

If you have a great personal brand with a million following but, posting  low-level content doesn't make you more attractive or entertaining to work with.

If you think that another course on top of the last will prepare you for your next assignment, this too will not be useful. 

If you have a double PhD, guess what you need to know how to use these degrees in the workplace and become an authority in your field. 

There's so many mediocre people playing mediocre games at the lowest level.

Get out there as fast as you can.

The higher-level playing field is never crowded.

Aim for the big game. 

Excellence, mastery, and more courage to take new stretch projects. 

You've got to provide value in your industry, fill the gaps,  and lead without asking. 

And never take no for an answer.

They just do the work and their resourcefulness brings them to the next stage.

Again, there's no perfect time, resources, circumstances to act on things that will propel you forward.

Quit getting ready, fire the cylinders. 

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