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I’ve never met a teacher who wouldn’t teach you everything you have to know. Have you? Just ask the school for a faculty list and suggestions of whom to contact. They live to teach.

So if a subject or “Gee—I couldn’t be a teacher” are holding you back, let loose.

Classes Offered by Private Businesses

In many cases, very successful private businesses.

You can find local ones in the Yellow Pages under the heading “Schools,” “Colleges and Universities,” or similar headings. The number of them will surprise you.

You can also google colleges and the city you want, or narrow your search with something like business colleges or martial arts schools.

Online Learning

This is a great opportunity if you’re concerned about standing in front of a classroom. Try it once, and you’ll be amazed at how easy it is. You have a most admiring audience in adults there to learn, meet, and have fun.

Google online education or online learning. This is a really cool way to teach. Just a short commute to your computer room, and you can do it in your sweats. While you’re imbibing your Magic Potion (Do 2).

These businesses are so sophisticated that you can hold your classes on conference calls in a virtual classroom where students can hear and see whatever you put on your computer screen (usually a PowerPoint slideshow). You can also post lectures, respond to student questions, and check assignments after hours.

I encourage you to explore this wonderful, giving-back way of life that will enhance your self-esteem and generate tons of interviews!

Do 24: Giving a Speech

Who me? Instantly?

Yes, you. Instantly enough. If you’ve just started the I.I. system, follow the relaxation and visualization techniques (Do 42). Google self-hypnosis public speaking instantly and get a single, simple CD on its way to you ASAP. Get the best deal. They all work. Don’t skip a session. Use the F-O-C-U-S Principle (Do 59). And with it, visualize yourself as you’re instructed on the CD.

Your incessant interviews and the mind-body exercises will work like nothing you’ve ever experienced in your life. Please stay with me on this and believe what I’m telling you. Try it. You’ll be so proud of yourself for what you alone accomplished.

You Can Speak

If you can talk, you can give a speech. In fact, you’ve probably done it many times at parties, your kid’s school career day, or at a local city council meeting. It’s so easy once you get yourself out of the way. Besides, you’re probably an expert at many things. Everyone is at something. Share what you know with a group.

Every group, from local service clubs to national associations, needs speakers for its meetings. They’ll give you credentials you never even knew you had. You’ll think they printed your photo on the wrong article. Instantly many, many interview leads too.

Listen to the next few speakers you see (few people do). Some are really not spectacular. Do they say “uh,” “well,” and “ya know”? CEOs do it!

Those who do listen are there to learn. I always measure my success in speaking by the content I’ve conveyed. If people are staying and taking notes, I’ve done my job. If they come up to me after I’m through and ask more questions, I’ve done my job. If they go away from the session able to get more interviews than they thought jobs existed, I’ve done my job. The less I self-aggrandize, the more aggrandized I get.

You’re already becoming an expert on instant interviewing! Call me and we’ll get a quantity discount on Instant Interviews for you to use as the text. That would make me very happy. Just think what you’d be doing to help—truly help—so many people! It would be the most wonderful call for me to receive.

Choosing Where to Speak

If it’s a local group, it really is your choice. They crave anyone who’ll talk about something even marginally related to their mission. The toughest assignment any member can get is to be on the speakers’ bureau or be the program chair. If the