My freshman year, I don’t play a lick, and before I knew it I lost my mindset again. Now begin to recalibrate. You know everybody playing in the NBA, I’ll graduate in four years. You know what, I’ll just go get a good job, it’s okay, it’s okay. In the end of my freshman year, […]
In order to get to the next level, I had to make sacrifices. The reality was I was overweight, I was out of shape. You know what, I started to give up soda and only drink water. I gave up french fries. Before I knew it, I had to get disciplined, so my question for […]
What is your discipline like? What is your work ethic like? Are you just comfortable right now? You got an $80,000 job and you’re comfortable. You work in a work queue, and you’re comfortable. You can’t get comfortable. None of us can arrive, none of us can just go through the motions. Our job is […]
Today’s keynote speaker, former NBA player Walter Bond, grew up in Chicago and earned Illinois All-State honors as a standout basketball player in high school. Many universities competed to recruit him with offers of basketball scholarships. He chose the one he thought was the best fit for him and he accepted an offer from the […]
Ideally, if you really want to be a speaker, we set a price so that you fit it. iSpeak is about taking each and every person, a person’s past, everything that they bring to the table and teaching them how to package it up and tell their story. Listen, the first thing you need to […]
Walter Bond recently spoke at our Golden Corral convention, which included 1,100 attendees both company operators and franchisees. His presentation, Think, Execute, Dominate, was a home run with our attendees. Walter’s extreme high energy was contagious. He provided real-life takeaways for our group to bring back to their restaurants for action items to drive improved […]
We’ve been brainwashed. Yes, we’ve been brainwashed. Think about it, we went to kindergarten and if we were mediocre, we got promoted to the next level called elementary school. We went to elementary school, if we were at least mediocre, we got promoted to high school. Am I right or wrong? And all you had […]
What has made me a multimillionaire. I’m gonna reveal to you right now, and I can prove it to you. The superstars that you’re looking for, are on the tip of my tongue. Well, what did we think? Did we like him? The likeability factor is the best kept secret in business. Hire for attitude, […]
Alright, lesson number one, lesson number one, lesson number one. If you want to be successful, business lesson number one, cut off the news. The media’s job is not to tell us the truth, the media’s job is to make money. The media has figured out that America is addicted to negative information. So every […]
What is your methodology on leadership? What is your methodology on culture? What is your methodology on sales? What is your methodology on teamwork? We can go to a Super Bowl party, and we miss the real lesson. You can be down 28 to 3, but if you have a methodology, the teammates won’t panic. […]