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Michael Port is an NYT bestselling author, co-founder, and CEO of Heroic Public Speaking. His latest book is The Referable Speaker: Your Guide to Building a Sustainable Speaking Career—No Fame Required, which he co-authored with Andrew Davis. 

What we talked about…

• Parenting picky eaters.
• Being born and raised in Manhattan, NYC.
• Michael’s education at Tulane in New Orleans and his Masters’s Degree in Acting at NYU Graduate Acting Program.
• Moving to Bucks County 17 years ago.
• Why he doesn’t believe he’s a writer, even after writing nine books, including best-sellers.
• What question is the presentation answering?
• What book is the author answering?
• Do a little writing every day.
• Don’t set pre-determined outcomes too early in your process.
• Julia Cameron The Artist’s Way book and her Morning Pages.
• Deep thoughts on collaboration.
• In order to be a great partner, you have to know you can bring value and be appreciative of the value others bring.
• The best business partnerships are the ones where each person feels they got the better end of the deal.
• Aim for delivering “How to Think” speeches instead of “How to” speeches if you wish to deliver referable keynote presentations.
• Moving beyond your personal brand to something bigger.
• Read The Other Black Girl by Zakiya Dalila Harris.
• Contact Michael at Heroic Public Speaking.

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