Who is the top motivational speaker on the planet today?
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Everyone needs a constant dose of Motivation & Inspiration. The top motivational speakers in the world are experts at doing much more than simply motivating us for a short period of time.
They strike a nerve deep in our soul, inspire us to take action & live the life we all deserve to live.
They have inspired millions to create happier more abundant lives, they talk the talk but most certainly walk the walk.
In no particular order:
Les Brown – Top Motivational speaker
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Full Name: Leslie Calvin “Les” Brown
Born: February 17, 1945
Official Website: http://lesbrown.com
Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/LesBrownMotivation
Estimated Yearly Earnings: $4,000,000
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Les brown is one of the most famous, renowned, and powerful motivation speakers on the planet today.
His speeches are used in many motivational videos on you tube, and some, including “you can live your dreams” have become a worldwide phenomenon & he has a passionate loyal following.
Why is Les Brown so great? In one of his (now famous) speeches, Les describes how He was declared “educable mentally retarded” while in grade school. Despite this Les Motivated himself to reach his full potential, this is a key point he references in many motivational speeches he now gives, of course he got past this hurdle and went to to become regarded as one of the greatest motivational speakers in the world. A real life story of someone who has acheived so much when it did not seem possible for him to do so.
Les Brown Quotes:
“Wanting something is not enough. You must hunger for it. Your motivation must be absolutely compelling in order to overcome the obstacles that will invariably come your way.”
“In every day, there are 1,440 minutes. That means we have 1,440 daily opportunities to make a positive impact.”
“If you’re working on you dream, sure they’re gonna be times when you’re gonna want to give up, sure there will be times when life will knock you down and catch you on the blind side, but the challenge is to hold on. And if you hold on tenaciously, I say the universe is on your side. If you don’t decide to act on your dream, if you don’t decide to make a decision to live your life, if you don’t decide to step into your fears, if you don’t decide to say yes to your life, it will never work for you. You’ve got to live what’s in life, life is too short and unpredictable.”
But what do we say? ”But there will always be tomorrow.” Oh, no. There’s no guarantees that you’re gonna show up tomorrow. Always something there, the reason you can’t move on, the reason why you can’t grow to the next level, why you can’t being to manifest your greatness, why you can’t begin to live life on your terms, that you’re gonna say “it’s not worth it.” Yes, that’s going to be right there for you, it’s going to be in your face, telling you to go back. So if you want to do something, if you’ve thought about something you want to do, take it head-on. Life will never be the same. Live your dream.
Eric Thomas – Top Motivational speaker
Full Name: Eric Thomas
Born: September 11, 1965
Official Website: http://etinspires.com/
Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/etthehiphoppreacher
About Eric Thomas: Why is Eric Thomas so great? His passion. ET has passion eeking out of his veins. You can see it and feel it in every speech he gives. He lives for this. He is intense, inspirational & loved by millions.
Eric Thomas, also known as the Hip-Hop preacher, owes a big part of his success to YouTube promotion and his style is tied to passion. His rags to riches story is one of struggle and dedication. He dislikes formal attire and dresses casually so as to establish a closer connection with his audience.
Quotes:
“Listen to me, even when you lose, it’s OK to lose, but you can never get comfortable with it. You can never be satisfied with losing. When you lose, it’s got to hurt.”
“Don’t make a habit out of choosing what feels good over what’s actually good for you.”
“I’m here to tell you, Number one, That most of you say you want to be successful, But you don’t want it bad, You just kinda want it. You don’t want it as much as you want to be cool. As much as you want to sleep!
You don’t want it badder than you wanna party. Most of you don’t want success, as much as you want to sleep!”
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Anthony (Tony) Robbins – Top Motivational speaker
Full Name: Anthony (Tony) Robbins (born Anthony J. Mahavorick)
Born: February 29, 1960
Official Website: http://www.tonyrobbins.com/
Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/TonyRobbinsLive
Estimated Yearly Earnings: $9,000,000
Although Tony hates being tagged as a “motivator” because he offers much more than that, he is still regarded by millions as one of the greatest motivational speakers of all time. True leaders lead by example and this is precisely what Tony Robbins, the Success Coach, does! He is a renowned motivational speaker who managed to help people make a meaningful change in over 100 countries in the world. Success didn’t go to his head and being that he grew up in poverty, now that he is extremely successful, he is giving back to the community. His goal in 2015 is to feed 50 million Americans from his own charity.
Quotes:
“The secret of success is learning how to use pain and pleasure instead of having pain and pleasure use you. If you do that, you’re in control of your life. If you don’t, life controls you.”
“I’ve come to believe that all my past failure and frustration were actually laying the foundation for the understandings that have created the new level of living I now enjoy.”
“One reason so few of us achieve what we truly want is that we never direct our focus; we never concentrate our power. Most people dabble their way through life, never deciding to master anything in particular.”
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Jack Canfield – Top Motivational speaker
Full Name: Jack Canfield
Born: August 19, 1944
Official Website: http://jackcanfield.com/
Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/jackcanfield
Estimated Yearly Earnings: Unknown
Jack Canfield is attributed by the flattering title of “America’s #1 Success Coach” and has been pronounced “publishing phenomena of the decade” by Time magazine. He specializes in helping corporate leaders, mangers, sales teams, educators and people of similar vocations to find the necessary drive within them and achieve their dream.
Quotes:
“By taking the time to stop and appreciate who you are and what you’ve achieved – and perhaps learned through a few mistakes, stumbles and losses – you actually can enhance everything about you. Self-acknowledgment and appreciation are what give you the insights and awareness to move forward toward higher goals and accomplishments.”
“One individual can begin a movement that turns the tide of history. Martin Luther King in the civil rights movement, Mohandas Ganhi in India, Nelson Mandela in South Africa are examples of people standing up with courage and non-violence to bring about needed changes.”
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Iyanla Vanzant – Top Motivational speaker
Full Name: Iyanla Vanzant (originally Rhonda Eva Harris)
Born: September 13, 1953
Official Website: http://iyanlavanzant.com/
Official YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/IyanlaVanzant
Estimated Yearly Earnings: Unknown
Born and raised in Brooklyn, New York, Iyanla Vanzant is, on top of being a motivational speaker, also a lawyer, spiritual leader and a TV personality. She is currently the host of a TV show: Iyanla, Fix My Life, and she is also an author of an extensive book series. Iyanla has appeared several times with Oprah Winfrey, both on the Oprah show, and Oprah’s new TV Channel.
Quotes:
“Plan your hours to be productive…Plan your weeks to be educational…Plan your years to be purposeful. Plan your life to be an experience of growth. Plan to change. Plan to grow.”
“You know why the road curves as you’re driving along? It curves because if God showed us the distance from where we are to where’re going, we’d think it was too far.”
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Zig Ziglar – Top Motivational speaker
Top Motivational speaker
Full Name: Hilary Hinton “Zig” Ziglar
Born: November 6, 1926 – November 28, 2012
Official Website: http://www.ziglar.com/
Official YouTube Channel: http://www.ziglar.com/ziglar-personal-development-products
Estimated Yearly Earnings: $2,5 – $5,000,000
Although Mr Ziglar is not with us anymore, his legacy carries on without him.
At its core, his motivational speeches are there to help people on their self development jour