More often than not, an inspirational or motivational speaker is someone who makes money from telling us that we can do all of the things that we can do … and pretty much all of the things that we cannot do.

Mokokoma Mokhonoana
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Many speakers make the mistake of spending their time promoting all of the things that we can do… and pretty much all of the things that we cannot do. But, in life, it is not the things that we can do that make us successful; it is the things that we can’t do that often lead to our greatest achievements.

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