We had a trip coming up where my husband was speaking in front of about 2,000 people. And this was across the country for us. And I was going with him to support him, as you do. And I realized, you know, there's going to be a lot of sitting around for me. Here I am going across the country for his speech, and yes I want to help him, and support him, and help him rehearse, but there's going to be a lot of time that he's off doing his thing and I'm sort of just there.

Well I'm not a good person at sitting around. So, I asked him to ask the conference organizer, were there any other businesses in town that may want a workshop on story telling? He did. And sure enough, there was. There were actually several businesses who were really interested in story telling. And one business hired me to come do a half-day storytelling workshop.

So here we go across the country and my husband gets his to do his talk, which was a huge success. I have an opportunity to do a half-day workshop which was also a huge success. And change the lives of all the people who took my workshop and heard his talk. So it was a win-win for everyone.

There are many times in life where you will have an opportunity to make your own opportunities. You know I could have just gone along on the trip and supported him. Or I could have turned this into a business opportunity for me. And also a great way to get a rep in, a great way to serve to a crowd that didn't know me, a great way to affect change in the people's lives of everyone who took that workshop.

As you are looking to do keynotes, you're looking to get on high stakes, short form stages of any kind, think about what else you can do while you're out there. Make your own opportunities. Every time you go out to speak why not add something in additional to what you're already planning on doing?

The next time you have an opportunity to speak somewhere, try this. Talk to the organizers who are putting on this event and ask if they have a group of VIP people that may benefit from you doing a mini workshop the night before you're actually coming to speak to the larger group. Often times there will be people who would love to have more training from you, and all you have to do is ask. Make your own opportunities. Because once you do, then you can serve even more people in this planet.