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Trend of Motivational Speakers

· 1 min read · By Sameer Ahmed Khan
#mental-health

Every second you find a new ‘Motivational Speaker’. You check their past and it’s full of quotes and poems which again are from someone else.

To those who ‘pay’ to attend such sessions, find the courage to ask and listen the stories of your father or mother. Find motivation in them and the ones close to you.

Worst, learn to search such videos on Youtube. You’ll find plenty, with better and newer quotes and poems!

PS: People who work keeping their heads down for a long time, are the ones who inspire and motivate with their experiences. Everything else is a movie - mostly entertaining but not productive.

Peace!

Sameer Ahmed Khan

Cofounder & CEO, Social Champ

Wrote my first line of code at the University of Karachi (1st in class). Built three failed startups (GameOChat, Educating Dreams, RemindZapp) before Social Champ, which now publishes tens of millions of posts every month across 100+ countries and was endorsed by Guy Kawasaki. Accelerated by Techstars Toronto '22. TEDx speaker, mentor at Founder Institute Toronto, four-time P@SHA ICT winner, APICTA award recipient. YouTube Silver Play Button for spearfishing vlogs. INFP. Pakistani. Karachi.

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