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The Surprising Truth About Elvis Presley You Never Knew #podcast #noahstjohn #keynotespeaker

7 Oct 2024 · 1 min

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In this monologue, the speaker shares a lesser‑known anecdote from his research and book about Elvis Presley’s early life. He describes Elvis as a very quiet, shy, and effeminate‑looking teenager who was teased at school and even told by a band that he had no singing talent. Despite this profound low self‑esteem, Elvis later became the most famous star of his era. The speaker uses Elvis’s story as a motivational illustration, asking listeners to consider how anyone with similar self‑doubt might also achieve greatness.

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And I just wanna touch on this for a second because one of the stories that I talked about in the book was Elvis Presley. And again, a lot of people don't know this, and I was actually fascinated to learn this in my research, that Elvis was actually, he was very, very quiet, very shy, you know, and he was teased in school because, you know, the, the boys, they called him too girly, too effeminate, you know. And he just really was very quiet and very shy. And in fact, they, he tried out for this band when he was like a teenager. And they said, you know, forget it, son. You have no talent for singing. You know, so just— and this is all true story. I mean, this all happened. And of course, he went on to become Elvis Presley, you know, the biggest star on the planet during his time. And so the point is, you know, if somebody like Elvis can have that kind of low self-esteem or be very shy and quiet— I mean, quiet and shy is what I meant to say— then, you know, what about the rest of us?