Tom KrieglsteinFounder, Global Keynote Speaker, Swift Kick Leadership · Founder and Award-Winning Keynote Speaker at Swift Kick Leadership

The ugly side of professional speaking. #BehindTheScenes #ProfessionalSpeakerLife

Name: The ugly side of professional speaking. #BehindTheScenes #ProfessionalSpeakerLife
Uploaded: 2023-06-26T23:23:21+00:00
Duration: 59 s
Channel: Tom Krieglstein
Description: In this candid monologue, professional speaker Tom Krieglstein reveals the hidden hardships of a speaking career. He recounts a recent series of travel…

26 Jun 2023 · 1 min

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In this candid monologue, professional speaker Tom Krieglstein reveals the hidden hardships of a speaking career. He recounts a recent series of travel mishaps: a 6 am flight from Asheville, NC, was first cancelled, then delayed repeatedly, and finally cancelled again at 7 pm, forcing him to drive an 11‑hour overnight journey with only two hours of sleep to reach Buffalo, NY for an 8 am engagement. Despite severe fatigue, he delivered a six‑hour program successfully. That night his return flight was also cancelled, requiring another six‑hour drive home. The narrative highlights the unpredictable logistics, physical toll, and relentless commitment required of professional speakers.

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So you want to be a professional speaker? Well, let me tell you a little bit behind the scenes of something that they don't talk about if you choose this career path, because some of you are looking at me right now and going, wow, Tom, you look tired. Yes, I am. The reason is, is yesterday morning I was in Asheville, North Carolina, and I had a flight at 6am that got canceled, so it moved it to noon. But then that flight got delayed, delayed, delayed, delayed, and then canceled at 7pm where was I going? Buffalo, New York. Because I had a program starting at 8am the next morning today. And so the only way I can make the program, because there were no more flights, was to drive 11 hours through the night with sleeping only two hours to make the program. The program was six hours long. I crushed the program. We had an amazing time at that program. But then my flight out tonight gets canceled, so now I'm driving six more hours to get back home.