How does motivational speaking impact your life and others?

Whenever I have an opportunity to share the stage with an audience, my desire is to move them beyond emotion and into mindset. My purpose is to motivate people through their pain. When you think of pain , it is usually connected to an emotion. I don’t want people to stay there.  If they do, they will not grow because they will resist embracing change.  I want others to always think about the flipside.

I once heard someone say that adversity comes with a gift.  I want people to consider how their current situation, circumstance or trial, and how it is making them stronger through cultivating faith, increasing their wisdom and building their confidence.

When I launched my business, Carenda Deonne LLC, I was in a place of pain. I wasn’t on the mountain top.  I wasn’t even in the hills; I was in the valley. Life was giving me lemons coming from every direction. Truth be told, I had more internal lemons than external lemons. Nevertheless, I decided to embrace change by building my inner man.  I decided to shift my mindset; to speak the word of God over my life with boldness. I decided to heed to wise counsel. I didn’t just need to talk about my pain, but I needed layers of hurt to be uprooted. I constantly tell people that “making lemonade” is a thing of the past.  Now, I am taking aim. I am throwing those lemons back.  That’s how motivational speaking impacts my life and others.

Who are people in your life that motivate you?

I love this question because it allows me to brag on a few amazing women in my life. The first person who motivates me is my mom. My mother is an amazing woman. She was the first in our family to graduate college and she always displayed in word and deed how to be a lady of poise and grace.

My second person that motivates me is “Mom A.” Our relationship is one of beauty and love. Mom A is so much more to me than a “stepmom” She has always been supportive of my goals and dreams. She is truly a woman of resilience who has bounced back from several insurmountable situations.

Finally, my two grandmothers -Nettie Morris and the late Lula Mae Pittman - motivate me. My grandmothers represent so much wisdom and faith in God.

How can we impact others and motivate ourselves on a daily basis?

The best and most impactful way to motivate yourself and others is to stay true to your authentic self. Do not compare yourself to others. Do not set unnecessary pressures onto yourself. Just be you. Forget perfectionism. When you make a mistake, learn from it and move froward gracefully. Love both your strengths and your weaknesses. Love the unlovable about yourself… both make you the remarkable and unique person that you are. Finally, be 100% present in your commitments. People know if you are prepared; people know if you are sincere. □

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