The Category Queen Show

Whether you want to be an official “speaker” or not, it’s likely that you desire to drive impact for others. This means the world is your stage. In this conversation, I bring on a very special guest, Megan McCaleb, who is an expert at public speaking especially for those that know they have a story inside of them waiting to be unleashed. 

You’ll gain so much insight into listening to Megan share how she’s been able to build a profitable business around her unique brilliance and how she’s able to capture the hearts of audiences (on and off stage). 

Do not miss these highlights: 

00:55 Special guest and a second time in this podcast is Megan McCaleb.  

01:23 She is a comedian, and now teaching the principles of improv and comedy to help businesses and coaches. 

04:04 What she considered a success is doing things in her groove in the most effective way with her skill set and with her passion.

05:06 When you are doing it from that space of fun and potential, then people will see why you love it, and then it works better. 

06:04 Success didn't just happen overnight. When we expect things to happen faster for us, or we expect them to go a certain way, that's where the disappointment comes in.

07:52 The imposter syndrome will come in. But then if you literally have it in proof, you can see it.

08:37 What was the true hustle, or the struggle, or the journey? To be successful, one always have a long track record of continuing to put in the work. 

09:26 The craft of building a business that you want. Doing things in the way that you used to fantasize about and really intentionally visualize it.

10:12 Invest in business coaching and really take everything seriously. 

11:07 What does putting in the work or committing to something, mean and look like?

11:21 Building the business stages.

12:40 Always think about things that can help you refine your public speaking and other abilities. 

12:55 The work is, if you have the vision, you have to be the one that actually does it.

13:29 You have to be honest about which things could really make money and which things can't. It's a lot of adjusting and pivoting. 

14:11 Constantly out there refining her message. Staying true to who she was, and being honest about which elements are actually working and which ones are not. 

15:56 She is very mindful of who she allows in her space, personally and professionally. 

16:40 Listening to what the other speakers were saying. Getting a vibe for what they were talking about so that she could enhance what's going on.

17:55 She's gonna soak in it for a second, then she will take an action. It's exactly what she coaches people to do. She has to practice what she preaches.

18:32 Not just making money or making an impact. But it's also this deep self-exploration, and learning to know and love ourselves. 

19:34 Paying attention to what she does when she's by herself. What types of thoughts are going through her head, and how she spends her day. 

21:21 A desire to do something, but it just required a little bit more waiting. 

21:32 The concept of Ovation. 

22:00 Always thinking about how she can help people. She very much believes that a lot of her success comes from serving.  

22:46 She had to keep experiencing things herself. Taking inventory and listening to what her clients were asking for.  

24:23 The things that she literally lacked in order to get paid more as a speaker, to show up as an authority, to look legit.

24:42 To pull together the whole reason she does what she does. She remembered feeling incredibly compelled to share a very personal story.

25:29 The theme has always remained the same. Just staying true to herself, to her own feeling of being compelled to share. 

25:40 Ultimately, we all just need lots of positive stories, especially where unpleasant things have happened. 

26:13 We can get scared and want to shift gears but that can send us back even more if we do that too swiftly.

26:38 There's so much she could be successful in as a multi-passionate and multi-faceted person when it comes to narrowing in on that scalable offer. 

27:10 What is program Ovation? What it looks, and feels like. What does she love most about this offer of her business? 

27:25 Ovation is a training cohort where people wanting to create their own six-figure business around something they're passionate about using the vessel of public speaking primarily. 

28:02 Their kit of information to present themselves as professionals in their own space.  

28:13 She shows them how to use all the missteps that she has done and to get to those quicker. 

28:47 Finding out their “why”, usually something really drastic occurrence that was a pain point. 

28:58 Story of overcoming, and how they have almost unconsciously committed their lives to have other people not have to suffer what they did, and they didn't even realize it. 

29:35 It's about connecting humanity, and how can she share these stories in a way that will intrigue people to want to hear more?

30:45 How to actually find joy in merging professional skill sets with a deep-rooted passion to better serve clients.  

31:33 Create content and share a message that can dip into hearts. Share from there rather than from the neck, and the brain, and all the rules. 

32:47 Connect the dots between where you were and where you are now and make that a compelling message. 

33:02 Be honest with yourself about where you still are with the story. 

33:31 Embrace vulnerability to be in a space that connects and creates impact.  

34:51 Picking something you feel like you are comfortable sharing now and it should be true to the story. That's when people are gonna trust you more. 

36:08 Figure out what your role was in that story. Decide to begin today to write the story the way that you want it to be. 

37:59 Encouraging people to claim their stage and carry that movement with grace. 

39:08 Get to honor every single soul involved. Even if it is only one person because that one person that day might only be you. 

39:19 If you are sharing your own message, listened to your own stuff regularly. 

39:41 Listen to yourself and the types of messages that you're sharing, then refine them.

40:41 If you think it's worth sharing, then it's probably worth exploring. Continue to really do this from a good place. 

41:09 How you show up for yourself should determine how you show up for others.      

42:01 Part of that journey of showing up for your life and committing to the things that you wanted. 

About the Guest 

Megan McCaleb is Serious About Comedy. She is a masterful improv trainer, and the creator of Improv Team Culture, with a specialty in coaching executive leadership and their teams to adopt the simple and effective principle of "Yes, And," the core rule derived from performance improvisation. She's an award-winning author of her autobiography, "Not My Plan - Sucking it in Until I had to Push it Out," an award-winning comedian, and a rabid Jeep enthusiast.

http://kookymegan.com/

https://meganmccaleb.com/

https://improvteamculture.com/

https://www.instagram.com/kookymegan/

About the Host

Kinsey Machos, a Marketing Strategist, is also a recovering people pleaser, self-sabotager, and corporate hustler. She helps entrepreneurs create and execute magnetic marketing and build expert brands so that they can get known, seen, and heard online.

She believes that creating a business that’s 100% in alignment with SELF is one of the most important things that we can do as women — because there’s an inner magic that we all have if we commit to an infinite pursuit of discovering (and re-discovering) that.

As a wife and a mom of three, family takes priority. And having a business that’s run AROUND her lifestyle is a daily intention of hers.

https://kinseymachos.com/

Instagram: @kinseymachos

Facebook: @kinsmachos 

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