Ges Ray delivers ‘Speak Performance’ skills based on four decades of performing, from public speaking competitions to MC’ing, keynotes to radio broadcasting, on a solid foundation of commercial roles (including Bank Manager!) and choral singing. Only ask him about singing in Carnegie Hall, NYC if you have time for the answer…
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
None specific
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Redundancies… The biggest issue was the last redundancy when I was in my late fifties and that realisation after probably 300 plus job applications with help from a job coach – everyone was tailored and really sharpened for that application. Virtually no responses, maybe an occasional acknowledgement. And that feeling that you are on the scrapheap and there is no chance of anything before you, the feeling that you need to do something because there is still a mortgage to pay, there is still a household to keep ticking over, and that feeling of uselessness that you are no longer relevant for society. So that was a huge psychological barrier I had to overcome… And the impostor syndrome creeped in. Who am I in the world of business where people start businesses and are really successful? ‘Who am I to start a business on my own?’”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
The Key: To Business & Personal Success Book by Martyn PentecostFavourite Quote:
“To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late, and to be late is totally unacceptable” Desmond Crowe
Recommended Online Resources:
- BIGVU teleprompter app & video maker – iPhone, iPad, Android. Script, film, edit share videos with the BIGVU teleprompter app for iPhone, iPad Android. Teleprompter video maker, green screen replacement, motion titling
- AppSumo – Learn How to Make Money Online Fast. AppSumo is the 1 software deal site for entrepreneurs to make money online. Enjoy lifetime software deals, discounts on small business tools, free resources
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“I will give you three. One, a top one for me, go for a long walk. Mull around what you are thinking… Go and ask your head, your heart and your gut what is really going on. What are they saying to you? Give yourself a chance to actually think things through. Secondly get out and talk to the others, mastermind group or networking. Get among people where you can open up to what you are doing and just get other people’s views ”…[Listen for More]
More About Ges Ray:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“You must do the kind of things you think you cannot do.” Eleanor Roosevelt
Other Quotes From the Chat with Ges Ray:
- “Being part of a support network, mastermind has been really, really useful where you get to know people in depth and you can open up and reveal your fears and get other people to contribute. That has been really, really helpful. So, getting some kind of support, mastermind group, a coach if that’s the way you like to do things just even a networking support group where you know you can open up and trust people with the answers that are not necessarily the ones you want to give them. That would really have helped me had I started it earlier”
- “Be yourself, be honest to yourself, don’t be afraid to take your… Find the risk because you don’t want to take a risk that damages you but step out of your comfort zone from time to time. Give yourself time to come back and relax and lick your wounds and recover but just be yourself. People respect you for who you are not what you have decided you want to try to be. So, play to those strengths.”
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