Getting Paid To Speak

In 2018, I was just starting my career as a motivational speaker. I owned some retail stores and had given a few unpaid speeches at small events. I had just started to build my personal brand when I received a message from an event host asking if I would be willing to speak at Caesar’s Palace in Las Vegas. When my plane landed, the event host called and told me to cancel my rental car because they had booked a private limousine for me! I felt like a rockstar! You Can Get Paid To Speak? When I returned to Colorado a week later, the event organizer sent me a tin of cookies. I excitedly showed the gift to a client while telling them about getting to speak at Caesar’s Palace and do a radio interview in Las Vegas. It wasn’t until my client asked how much I got paid that