Sally A CurtisContent Monetization and Legacy Content Strategist

How can global strategies improve your life and career?

22 Dec 2024 · 1 min

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In this brief dialogue, Speaker A reflects on having spoken at over 200 international events, revealing that only about a third to a quarter of those engagements were truly profitable when considering holistic ROI. The majority served mainly as résumé highlights rather than financial or personal gain. Speaker A explains that the pressure to maintain a façade of constant success—showcasing lifestyle and achievements—created an unsustainable expectation, ultimately leading to burnout. Speaker B’s brief interjections underscore the conversational nature of the exchange.

And I did the same thing because when I, when I had my chart, I looked at— yes, I can say I've spoken over 200 times internationally, but if I really looked at the, the whole of the ROI in each of those speaking events,
yeah,
I mean, probably a third or a fourth of those were actually fully holistically profitable for me. The rest were just on my CV like, ta-da! And it is that— I think that is What had me burn out the first time was just trying to keep up that expectation, trying to keep up those pretenses, because that's what shows success is show your lifestyle, show what you've accomplished. Yeah. And so getting those things, but then every time somebody would be, oh, you know, you're so successful. So, you know, you're so great.