{"id":1979,"date":"2013-03-11T15:04:09","date_gmt":"2013-03-11T15:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/?p=1979"},"modified":"2013-03-11T15:32:59","modified_gmt":"2013-03-11T15:32:59","slug":"diligence-beats-following-the-rules-true-stories-about-4-famous-people","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/tayosolagbade.com\/sdnuggets\/diligence-beats-following-the-rules-true-stories-about-4-famous-people\/","title":{"rendered":"Diligence Beats Following the Rules! (True Stories About 4 Famous People)"},"content":{"rendered":"<style type=\"text\/css\"><!--\n.style3 { \tfont-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; \tfont-size: 12px; } .style8 { \tfont-family: Verdana; \tfont-size: 12px; } .style18 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-weight: bold; } .style20 {color: #000000} .style30 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #990000; } .style31 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif} .style42 {color: #990000} .style44 {color: #000033} .style46 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #990000; } .style53 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px; } .style55 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-weight: bold; font-size: 18px; color: #000033; } .style57 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; color: #990000; font-size: 12px; } .style59 {font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; font-style: italic; } .style60 {font-weight: bold; color: #000033; font-style: italic; font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;} -->\n--><\/style>\n<p>In this week's issue of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter, I offer excerpts that I personally transcribed (inserting sub headings in relevant sections) from the audio clip of an edition of the Speaker Match Radio Series titled \u201cSuccess Strategies for Speakers from the Pros\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The host \u2013 Bryan Caplovitz \u2013 interviewed Burt Dubin \u2013 a 25 year veteran mentor of highly paid international speakers, on the theme: \u201cWhat They Don\u2019t Teach You at Speaking Business School\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>Burt tells four (4) powerful true stories to explain how diligence (which is often NOT taught at speaker schools), when employed by an individual in pursuit of a valued goal, can result in notable success.<\/p>\n<p>NB: The Speaker Match Radio Series is described by Bryan Caplovitz as a live show where top experts from the Speaking Industry and business are interviewed to provide emerging speakers with marketing strategies and other business building advice. While listening live, you can participate in the call online by going to Speakermatch.com\/radio. Learn more at www.speakermatch.com.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>SCROLL DOWN TO READ THE FULL ISSUE<\/strong><\/h3>\n<table width=\"500\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<div style=\"background-color: #ffffff; padding: 5px; margin: 0px;\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><a title=\"Click now to view the latest issue of Tayo Solagbade's Public Speaking IDEAS page\" href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: #666633; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; background-color: #f2f2eb; border-width: 0px;\" alt=\"Click now to view the latest issue of Tayo Solagbade's Public Speaking IDEAS page\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/logo.jpg\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" align=\"center\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/TKSolagbadeSDAc\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"style20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"View Tayos video tutorials and demonstrations on Facebook Productivity Tips, Web Marketing, and for his Custom MS Excel-VB driven software applications\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/youtube_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><span class=\"style20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/tayosolagbade\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connect with Tayo on LinkedIn.com\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/linkedin_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tayo.solagbade\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connect with Tayo on Facebook.com\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/facebook_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tksola\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connect with Tayo on Twitter.com\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/twitter_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/117041728654417267212\/about\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connect with Tayo on Google Plus\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/google_plus_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<div style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 10px; line-height: 100%; text-align: left;\">\n<div align=\"center\">\n<p><strong class=\"style3\">Is this email not displaying correctly?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"style3\"><a style=\"font-weight: normal; text-decoration: underline;\" href=\"*|ARCHIVE|*\" target=\"_blank\">View it in your browser<\/a>. <\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\" align=\"left\"><span class=\"style3\"><strong>Publication:<\/strong>\u00a0Tayo Solagbade's Weekly <strong>Public Speaking IDEAS Page (PSIP)<\/strong> Newsletter<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong><span class=\"style31\"><strong>\u00a0<\/strong>Monday 11th March 2013<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>No:<\/strong>80<\/p>\n<p><strong>Title: <\/strong>Diligence Beats Following the Rules! (True Stories About 4 Famous People)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Author & Publisher:<\/strong>\u00a0Tayo K. Solagbade [<strong><a href=\"tayo@tksola.com\" target=\"_blank\">234-803-302-1263<\/a><\/strong>]<\/p>\n<p><strong>Blog URL:<\/strong>\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.spontaneousdevelopment.com\/blog\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.spontaneousdevelopment.com\/blog<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Archive (For E-mail only version started 14th May 2012): <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/us5.campaign-archive1.com\/home\/?u=2b21f22849a1458efbbb7026f&id=89f027febc\">Click here to view<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Archive (For Blog version started 24th September 2011):<\/strong> <a class=\"style31\" href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/blog\/archives.php\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Hi,<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><em><strong><span class=\"style8\">Please find below <\/span><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">the latest issue of my weekly Public Speaking Ideas page for 2013.\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<table width=\"500\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#CCCCCC\">\n<table width=\"500\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"2\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<p class=\"style44\" style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 18px;\" align=\"left\"><strong>SD Nuggets Blog<\/strong>\u2122<\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td bgcolor=\"#00FFFF\"><span class=\"style55\">New posts from last week that may interest you! <\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#00FFFF\"><span class=\"style53\"><strong>Public Speaking<\/strong><\/span>[<span class=\"style42\">Monday]<\/span>:<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<div align=\"right\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/youve-been-invited-to-speak-on-tv\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"style53\">What If a TV Reporter Requests To Interview YOU Live?<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#00FFFF\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;\" align=\"left\"><strong>Entrepreneurship [<span class=\"style42\">Tuesday]<\/span>:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<div align=\"right\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/do-you-have-to-be-popular-to-get-rich-case-study-michael-jackson-vs-warren-buffet\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"style53\">Do You Have To Be Popular To Get Rich? (Case Study: Michael Jackson vs Warren Buffet)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#00FFFF\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;\" align=\"left\"><strong>Self Development [<span class=\"style42\">Wednesday<\/span>]:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<div align=\"right\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/cheating-denies-you-the-opportunity-to-improve-yourself\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"style53\">Cheating Denies You The Opportunity to Improve Yourself<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#00FFFF\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;\" align=\"left\"><strong>Career Development [<span class=\"style42\">Thursday<\/span>]:<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<div align=\"right\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/to-succeed-treat-even-a-demotion-as-a-good-thing\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"style53\">To Succeed, Treat Even a \u201cDemotion\u201d As a Good Thing<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#00FFFF\">\n<p style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;\" align=\"left\"><strong>Parenting [<span class=\"style42\">Friday<\/span>]: <\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<div align=\"right\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/your-child-needs-to-decide-what-she-wants-in-life\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"style53\">Your Child Needs to Decide What She Wants In Life<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#00FFFF\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 10px;\"><strong>Writing\/Blogging [<span class=\"style42\">Saturday<\/span>]: <\/strong><\/span><\/td>\n<td valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<div align=\"right\">\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/10-valuable-lessons-i-learnt-about-blogging-for-passive-income-from-yaro-staraks-60-minute-podcast-interview-with-patrick-meninga\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"style53\">10 Valuable Lessons I Learnt About Blogging for Passive Income, from Yaro Starak\u2019s 60 Minute Podcast Interview with Patrick Meninga<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td colspan=\"2\" valign=\"top\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<div class=\"style31\" align=\"center\"><strong>Want me to write for you?<\/strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/writing-service\/\" target=\"_blank\">Click here... <\/a><\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2 align=\"center\"><\/h2>\n<table width=\"500\" border=\"1\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>\n<h1 class=\"style31\" align=\"center\"><a title=\"Click to read the post - 10 Valuable Lessons I Learnt About Blogging for Passive Income, from Yaro Starak\u2019s 60 Minute Podcast Interview with Patrick Meninga\" href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/VXS0Qm\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: #666633; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; border-width: 0px;\" alt=\"Click to read the post - 10 Valuable Lessons I Learnt About Blogging for Passive Income, from Yaro Starak\u2019s 60 Minute Podcast Interview with Patrick Meninga\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/yaro_thb.png\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"center\">Patrick Meninga achieved fame as a blogger by building a $2,000 a month adsense website while doing a full time job, and then selling it for $200,000.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"center\">Between 6th and 7th March 2013, I spent over 12 hours typing out a 20 page verbatim transcript of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.entrepreneurs-journey.com\/10542\/how-a-guy-with-a-full-time-job-built-a-2000-a-month-adsense-income-niche-site-and-then-sold-it-for-200000-patrick-meninga-tells-his-story\/\" target=\"_blank\">Yaro\u2019s wonderful 2012 podcast interview<\/a> for my personal use. Then it struck me that others could find it useful as well.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"center\">So I\u2019m distributing this free PDF eBook version, which begins with an article that discusses twenty-one (21) lessons I distilled from listening repeatedly (for a cumulative period of over 24 hours) to the interview.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style59\" align=\"center\">I've published a blog post based on excerpts from my 21 lessons article from the ebook. It's titled \"<a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/VXS0Qm\" target=\"_blank\">10 Valuable Lessons I Learnt About Blogging for Passive Income, from Yaro Starak\u2019s 60 Minute Podcast Interview with Patrick Meninga<\/a>\".<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style31\" align=\"center\">To read the full post - <a href=\"http:\/\/bit.ly\/VXS0Qm\" target=\"_blank\">Click HERE<\/a>! (As a subscriber, if you want a copy of the FULL ebook, containing the transcript of Yaro's podcast interview, simply reply to this email newsletter from your mail box.)<\/h3>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 style=\"font-family: Verdana, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span class=\"style44\">No. 80: <\/span><span class=\"style42\"> <span class=\"style31\">Diligence Beats Following the Rules! (True Stories About 4 Famous People)<\/span><\/span><\/h2>\n<p class=\"style3\" align=\"center\"><em>****<em> <strong>****<\/strong><\/em><strong>******<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>NB: <\/strong>If you ever find yourself wondering what else I've written, some days after you've read THIS Speaking Ideas newsletter I send out on a Monday, <strong>here's what you can do to find out:<\/strong> <em>Point your browser to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\" target=\"_blank\">www.sdacademy.org<\/a> to read at least ONE new post added to my <strong>SD Nuggets blog<\/strong> on a different category from Tuesday till Saturday (sometimes even Sundays) in line with <a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/how-to-use-the-self-development-nuggets-blog\/\" target=\"_blank\">this publishing schedule<\/a> \ud83d\ude42<\/em><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>****<\/strong><strong>******<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">In this week's issue of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter, I offer excerpts that I personally transcribed (inserting sub headings in relevant sections) from the audio clip of an edition of the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speakermatch.com\/radio\" target=\"_blank\">Speaker Match Radio Series<\/a> titled \u201c<strong>Success Strategies for Speakers from the Pros<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">The host \u2013 Bryan Caplovitz \u2013 interviewed Burt Dubin \u2013 a 25 year veteran mentor of highly paid international speakers, on the theme: \u201c<strong>What They Don\u2019t Teach You at Speaking Business School<\/strong>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">Burt tells four (4) powerful true stories to explain how diligence (<strong>which is often NOT taught at speaker schools<\/strong>), when employed by an individual in pursuit of a valued goal, can result in notable success.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><strong><em>NB: <\/em><\/strong><em>The Speaker Match Radio Series is described by Bryan Caplovitz as a live show where top experts from the Speaking Industry and business are interviewed to provide emerging speakers with marketing strategies and other business building advice. While listening live, you can participate in the call online by going to Speakermatch.com\/radio. Learn more at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speakermatch.com\/\">www.speakermatch.com<\/a>. <\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style60\"><<<TRANSCRIBED EXCERPT <span class=\"style42\">STARTS <\/span>HERE >>><\/h3>\n<p class=\"style3\"><strong>Bryan:<\/strong> So let me just try and get a little bit more from you about this you know, the tenacity and what else is needed . So we\u2019re talking about what they\u2019re not telling you in speaking business school.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><strong>Burt:<\/strong> Exactly!<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><strong>Bryan: <\/strong>In the speaker school they\u2019re telling you that oh you need to get a demo CD, and you need to get a list of people to go after. You know you need to do the standard things to build your business. Ehm I guess it\u2019s the tenacity part of it is just being willing to go out there and do what it takes to get those meeting planners on your side and to figure out everything there is to know about the business.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">Talk a little bit more about what you really need to have in order to make this work. I\u2019m assuming that most people that are trying to start a speaking business, at least have the skill to speak in front of an audience.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">So, once you have that, what else do you need?<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><strong>Burt: <\/strong>(Exhales.) Diligence. Let me talk to you about diligence.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style46\"><strong>Story 1: Jan Vermeer Painted Light<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"style3\">Some of our listeners may not have heard of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janvermeer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Vermeer<\/a> (click to see his <a href=\"http:\/\/www.janvermeer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">paintings, biography and quotes<\/a>). He was a painter during the renaissance. And Jean Vermeer did something that all the painters of his time knew could not be done. And even today, no one has been able to what he does. And you can find his paintings in the great museums of the world. JV working <em>diligently, <\/em>discovered how he could paint light\u2026L.I.G.H.T.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">Look up some of <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.janvermeer.org\/\" target=\"_blank\">Jean Vermeer\u2019s paintings<\/a><\/strong>, wherever you can find them in art books or whatever, and you will see that I\u2019m telling you the truth,. . No one else of his time could do it. And as far as I know, no one to this day could it. He did it with relentless diligence.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style46\"><strong>Story 2: Colonel Sanders Started Kentucky Fried Chicken, While Living On Social Security<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"style3\">I will give you a second example. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.colonelsanders.com\/bio.asp\" target=\"_blank\">Colonel Sanders<\/a> (click to read biography). Harland Sanders. (Exhales.) When he was 65 years old, older I\u2019m sure than many of our listeners, living on social security, he had nothing, but diligence and a recipe for Kentuck \u2026for what he called Kentucky fried kitchen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">And he talked abut 11 herbs and spices which you can find in any kitchen cabinet. And he went around in the country in his old beat-up Volkswagen, the early Volkswagens from the early 1950s if you remember, trying to persuade restaurant owners to offer and to produce, in a pressure cooker actually, what he called his Kentucky Fried Chicken. He persevered for years, and finally broke through, and the only reason he broke through \u2013 this 65 year old man living on social security - was he was relentlessly diligent.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">Now I have a Col Sanders story. A true story. I lived in the valley, San Fernando Valley. And Colonel Sanders lived in Encino I believe. That\u2019s the valley too. I was in North Hollywood.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">He drove a big Chrysler, the Chrysler Imperial. I drove a Plymouth. And twice in my life I pulled into the Chrysler agency in Van Nuys, by chance directly behind Colonel Sanders! Him in his Big Imperial and me in my (laughs) used ehm Plymouth.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">And I watched him as he interacted with the service representative, in that white suit with the polo ties looking exactly like his pictures if anyone remembers those pictures.\u00a0 He was so so courtly, so gentlemanly, so kindly, ah so gracious, and I had a chance to see him in real life - not on television, not on stage.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">However, and that\u2019s how he became in his older life.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">Something else about his older life many people don\u2019t know. The last 20 years of his life, Colonel Sanders, the purveyor promoter of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Col Sanders was a vegetarian.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><strong>Bryan:<\/strong> Really?<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><strong>Burt:<\/strong> Now few people know that. But keep in mind he wouldn\u2019t have gotten there, had he not been diligent.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style46\"><strong>Story 3: Sylvester Stallone \u2013 Got the Rocky Movie Made Despite Countless Rejections<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"style3\">I will give you a third story. This is a story written by and acted out by Sylvester Stallone. The film was called Rocky. I don\u2019t know how many of you know this, Sylvester Stallone was indeed a film writer many years ago.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">He came up with this story called Rocky, went to peddle it to the studios and was told by <em>all<\/em> of the major studios they wouldn\u2019t have it. Finally one said \u201c<em>Okay we\u2019ll have it and we\u2019ll create the stars\u201d<\/em>. Stallone said \u201c<em>No! If you want this picture, I star in it\u201d<\/em>. Well needless to say that was the original Rocky picture. There have been 7 of them now I believe. Something like that.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">Diligence. Diligence. Diligence. None of these 3 people. Not Jan Vermeer, not Colonel Sanders, not Sylvester Stallone would have made it without diligence.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style46\"><strong>Story 4: Burt Dubin Relentlessly Endured Rejection 24 Out of 25 Times, to Win Speaking Gigs<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"style3\">Let me now tell you Bryan about my version of diligence. Let me get the time in California, I would get up at 4 in the morning. That\u2019s 4 a.m California time\u00a0 I\u2019ll spare you what I did between 4 and 5. By 5 a.m I was at my phone making my east coast calls <em>relentlessly<\/em> Monday through Friday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">And as ehm\u2026That\u2019s 8 a.m east coast. And most decision makers for meetings are at their desks by 8 a.m. The whole idea is to get them early in the morning, while their day is fresh, before they have a million things on their mind. It was this kind of relentless diligence, being rejected 24 out 25 times, that remains the percentage these days.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">24 out of 25 well placed phone calls, to decision makers with the budgetary discretion, the ability to hire you, the budget to hire you, and the need for what you can do, do not succeed, you fail: The 25th one you will make it!<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">That is not just my percentage. My numbers. Others in the business, including some CPAEs, top speakers, report that percentage too.\u00a0 It\u2019s a number game. That\u2019s the way this business is. Relentless diligence, and you will absolutely make it.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style46\"><strong>Diligence is More Important Than Following the Rules<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"style3\"><strong>Bryan:<\/strong> It sounds like you\u2019re also saying that diligence is much more important than following the rules? From some of the examples you gave, those people didn\u2019t necessarily follow the rules for lets say how to start a restaurant\u2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><strong>Burt:<\/strong> Absolutely! You just\u2026we go right back to being a bulldog! Relentless commitment that nothing, but nothing is going to stop you.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style60\"><<<TRANSCRIBED EXCERPT <span class=\"style42\">ENDS<\/span> HERE >>><\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"style31 style42\">Need More Details of How to Make The Above Ideas Work for YOU?<\/h3>\n<p class=\"style3\">If you need more specific details of how to make use of the ideas I've shared in this newsletter, <strong>call me on 234-803-302-1263<\/strong> or email <strong>tayo at tksola dot com<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">Alternatively, <a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/contact.htm\" target=\"_blank\">send me a message using this request form<\/a> (with \"<strong>Re: Diligence Beats Following the Rules!<\/strong>\" in the subject line).<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><a title=\"Click to view larger screenshot showing the applications NEW formula storing interface.\" href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/faq-BurtDubin.pps\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-style: initial; border-color: initial; color: #666633; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; text-align: left; border-width: 0px;\" alt=\"Click now\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/bdu.png\" width=\"442\" height=\"336\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">Have a lovely week!<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #5977b3;\" title=\"Tayo Solagbade - signature\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spontaneousdevelopment.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"border-width: 0px;\" alt=\"\" src=\"http:\/\/www.spontaneousdevelopment.com\/images\/signature.jpg\" width=\"255\" height=\"71\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><span class=\"style30\">Tayo K. Solagbade*<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Self-Development\/Performance Improvement Specialist<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>*Sole Agent For\u00a0<\/em><em><a style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #5977b3;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.speakingsuccess.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">Burt Dubin's Speaker Mentoring Service<\/span><\/a><\/em><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><em> In Africa<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>Mobile:<\/strong> 234-803-302-1263<\/p>\n<p><a style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; color: #5977b3;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.spontaneousdevelopment.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\">http:\/\/www.spontaneousdevelopment.com<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><span class=\"style3\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong>Tayo Solagbade is a Performance Improvement Specialist & multipreneur<\/strong>. He works with individuals\/businesses who want to achieve highly profitable outcomes, and also with parents who want to raise real-world competent children. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">Tayo earns multiple streams of income providing clients with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tksola.com\" target=\"_blank\">performance improvement training\/coaching<\/a>, custom <a href=\"http:\/\/excelheaven.spontaneousdevelopment.com\">MS Excel-VB<\/a> solutions, <a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/joomla\">web marketing<\/a> systems, <a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/category\/writingblogging\/\" target=\"_blank\">freelance writing services<\/a>, and best practice <a href=\"http:\/\/iff.spontaneousdevelopment.com\" target=\"_blank\">extension support services<\/a> (for farm business owners).<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">When he\u2019s not amazing clients with his superhuman skills (wink), Tayo works as the creative force behind his\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sdnuggets\/how-to-use-the-self-development-nuggets-blog\/\">Self-Development Nuggets\u2122 blog<\/a><\/strong>, and\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/blog\">Public Speaking IDEAS newsletter<\/a>\u00a0(which he publishes to promote Burt Dubin's Public Speaking Mentoring service to experts working across the African continent).<\/p>\n<p>==================<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style31\"><strong><span class=\"style44\">Have you been undecided about whether or not to become a paid speaker? <\/span><\/strong><strong><span class=\"style20\">Or have you been trying to get your speaking career off the ground with little success?<\/span> <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"style3\"><strong>Here\u2019s a tip: <\/strong><a href=\"http:\/\/burtdubin.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Burt Dubin<\/a> works with people who want to be speakers, and with speakers who want to be masters. <a href=\"http:\/\/burtdubin.com\/contact_test.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a> to visit his website NOW and submit a contact form message telling him what challenges you\u2019re facing, and how you\u2019d like him to help you. <em>Tell him I sent you, and you\u2019ll get a pleasant surprise offer from him<\/em>.<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style46\"><strong>Comments?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"style3\">What do you think of the above message? Do you have any personal experience to share on this subject? Are there some other points you feel can be added, to help persons looking for answers? <strong>Please share your thoughts!<\/strong><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style46\"><strong>Share this issue! <\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"style3\">Do you know anyone who might benefit from reading this newsletter issue? Why not hit the forward button now, and send it to him\/her with a short recommendation. You can also use share it via your social media channels. Thanks in advance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><span style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/TKSolagbadeSDAc\" target=\"_blank\"><span class=\"style20\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"View Tayos video tutorials and demonstrations on Facebook Productivity Tips, Web Marketing, and for his Custom MS Excel-VB driven software applications\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/youtube_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><span class=\"style20\"><a href=\"http:\/\/linkedin.com\/in\/tayosolagbade\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connect with Tayo on LinkedIn.com\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/linkedin_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/tayo.solagbade\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connect with Tayo on Facebook.com\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/facebook_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/tksola\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connect with Tayo on Twitter.com\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/twitter_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/117041728654417267212\/about\" target=\"_blank\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Connect with Tayo on Google Plus\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/google_plus_32.png\" width=\"32\" height=\"32\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"style46\">What fears or doubts are keeping you from <span class=\"style20\">(a) <\/span>taking up Burt Dubin's monthly speaker mentoring, or <span class=\"style20\">(b) <\/span>buying his products?<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"style57\">You can choose to purchase Burt's mentoring at any of the three (3) levels listed below:<\/h3>\n<h3 class=\"style3\"><strong>1.<\/strong> <strong>Top Shelf <\/strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.speakingsuccess.com\/speaking_success_system.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>] <strong>| <\/strong> <strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>Mid Range<\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.burtdubin.com\/tools\/177monthly.html\">Click here<\/a>] <strong>| <\/strong> <strong>3. Budget Delight<\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.burtdubin.com\/tools\/underground_mentoring.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>]<\/h3>\n<p class=\"style3\">Burt's three mentoring packages can be likened to the seating options offered by airlines: Budget Delight (Economy); Mid Range (Business); and Top Shelf (First Class).<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><em>At least that's how I like to think of them!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">All three will get you to your desired destination of <strong>\"speaking success-ville\" <\/strong>- so long as you meet the requirements\/play your part well (your fare, abide by the set guidelines etc). During the \"flight\", the seat you have will determine how much personal service attention and preference the provider will accord you. It's that simple \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\"><strong>So, make your choice:1.<\/strong> <strong>Top Shelf <\/strong>[<a href=\"http:\/\/www.speakingsuccess.com\/speaking_success_system.html\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>] <strong>| <\/strong> <strong>2.<\/strong> <strong>Mid Range<\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.burtdubin.com\/tools\/177monthly.html\">Click here<\/a>] <strong>| <\/strong> <strong>3. Budget Delight<\/strong> [<a href=\"http:\/\/www.burtdubin.com\/tools\/underground_mentoring.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Click here<\/a>]<\/p>\n<p class=\"style3\">Send me an e-mail with your questions via\u00a0<strong>tayo at tksola dot com<\/strong>. In the meantime, why not get started by subscribing\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burtdubin.com\/tools\/signup_form.html\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>\u00a0to get his\u00a0<strong>7-Part\u00a0Course (How To Succeed And Get Paid As A Professional Speaker)\u00a0.\u00a0\u00a0.\u00a0.\u00a0<\/strong>and\u00a0receive\u00a0his<strong>\u00a0monthly newsletter (Speaking Biz Strategies Letter)<\/strong>\u00a0at no cost.<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: left;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"background-color: #ffffff; padding: 5px; margin: 0px;\">\n<table width=\"500\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"1\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td bgcolor=\"#00FFFF\">\n<table id=\"Table11\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"1\" cellpadding=\"3\" align=\"center\" bgcolor=\"#FFFFFF\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td width=\"445\"><a title=\"Get mentored by Burt Dubin - coach of some of the world's highest paid public speakers\" href=\"http:\/\/burtdubin.typepad.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Get mentored by Burt Dubin - coach of some of the world's highest paid public speakers\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/sphpblog-content\/images\/burt-cut-banner.jpg\" width=\"500\" border=\"0\" \/><\/a><span class=\"style3\">For over 25 years,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/burtdubin.com\" target=\"_blank\">Burt Dubin<\/a>\u00a0has provided a variety of speaker mentoring products and services to clients worldwide.<\/span><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><strong style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">Download this flyer as PDF: <\/span><\/strong><a style=\"cursor: pointer; color: #3b5998; text-decoration: none; font-family: 'lucida grande', tahoma, verdana, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 14px; text-align: left;\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/bdubin-africa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow nofollow\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: larger;\">http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/bdubin-africa<\/span><\/strong><\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"font-family: Arial, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 12px;\"><a title=\"Burt Dubin now offers his speaker mentoring service to experts based in Africa. Click now to download this flyer as PDF\" href=\"http:\/\/tinyurl.com\/bdubin-africa\" target=\"_blank\"><span style=\"font-family: Verdana;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Burt Dubin now offers his speaker mentoring service to experts based in Africa. Click now to download this flyer as PDF\" src=\"http:\/\/spontaneousdevelopment.com\/uploads\/burt_new_flyer.png\" width=\"539\" height=\"723\" border=\"0\" \/><\/span><\/a><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In this week's issue of my Speaking IDEAS newsletter, I offer excerpts that I personally transcribed (inserting sub headings in relevant sections) from the audio clip of an edition of the Speaker Match Radio Series titled \u201cSuccess Strategies for Speakers from the Pros\u201d. 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