Today’s post is about the need to empty your brain between speeches to be able to be inspired by new content and to be able to inspire new audiences on multiple occasions during one day.
Today I was introduced as “a Modern day Tintin – someone who travels the world to learn new things.”

I really liked that introduction, and in many ways it is true. As a global keynote speaker I get to travel the world and learn a lot of interesting things.

And today was another such day:

1) I was the opening keynote speaker at a client event for one customer. I spoke between 9-10.

2) Then I jumped into a taxi and arrived 15 minutes later at another event where I was the keynote speaker before lunch (11-12.30)

4) I then did 2 90 minute workshops for the same client (14-15.30 and 16-17.30)

5) before I jumped into a taxi to get to a University in Singapore where a professor had asked me to be part of an evening class from 6:30 – 9:30.

And it was at this event that the professor, Ferdinand de Bakker, introduced me to his students as “a modern day Tintin who travels around the world to learn new things.”

So today I learnt about mobility solutions, about trends in accounting, and about PR and investor relations (in the University course).

But by doing 2 keynote speeches, 2 workshops and 1 class for students during one day you have to have a technique to keep your inspiration.

Now to be clear: As a global speaker it is less common that I do multiple speeches on the same day as it is not geographically possible, but for the instances – like today – when it happens, I would like to share with you the technique I use to keep my inspirational level high: I call it “empty your mind”.

By “emptying your mind” I mean: Find a quite room at the NEW location where you are going to speak and sit and meditate for at least 10-15 minutes.

Think of nothing.

Just let your body and mind and soul land in this new location.

Let the emptiness of thought and silence of the room wipe away any adrenaline or “high” that you have from just giving the previous speech.

Let your brain feel like the day is staring over as a clean sheet of paper.

If you can not find a quiet room, then go and find a restroom/toilet.

It’s not about finding the most relaxing of enviroments, it’s about finding a place where you can be:
– by yourself
– alone
– undisturbed
– quiet

Then go out and do your normal “warm up” that you do before a speech.

On this Friday I did the “empty your brain” routine 4 times in one day. It helped me keep the energy up all day.