Heather Monahan

Shout out, real leaders.

Okay, so things were getting better, but I still, in the back of my mind, right, I was still kind of bummed that, wow, you know, those really elite speaker bureaus, they just had never booked me.

Now, I remember when I first started out in the speaking business, someone who had 30 years experience said to me, here's the best thing I can teach you, Heather.

You'll want a speaker agent.

You're going to want a speaker bureau until the day you've hit it.

You've made it, right?

And everybody knows you.

And then you won't want a speaker bureau.

You won't want an agent because everyone and every opportunity will be coming to you.

And it was frustrating to hear that at the time, right?

Because when you need an agent is when you haven't hit it yet.

You haven't made it yet.

That's when you need someone pitching and selling you, someone who knows how good you are, that cares, that says, no, this woman might not be known like Oprah Winfrey, but she's

She can have a massive impact on your audience and you need to see her.

And that person didn't exist.

Right.

So I knew in the back of my head that, you know, the way that everybody says they're going to start showing up when you really started making it.

But wouldn't you know what a surreal moment this week I received an email from Harry Walker Speaker Agency reaching out as if it was, you know, they had just signed me yesterday.

Hey, Heather.

We have a firm deal for you for two different speaking engagements.