Some slides from a motivational speech I delivered to the U-Tech Marketing Club on March 10, 2015. Kemal Brown.

1. Defeating The Odds
And Overcoming The
Challenges

2. Welcome!
I am Kemal Brown
Entrepreneur, Motivational Speaker,
Digital Consultant, Corporate
Storyteller, Speaker & Teacher
You can find me at:
@kemallbrown
on social media

3. Ideas
Embrace Failure
Chase Opportunity
You Are A Brand

4. “
We All Fail At Things…It’s
About How You Respond To
Failure That Determines How
Much You Will Succeed

7. Know
Thyself
The Biggest Challenge You Will Have
In Life Is You
Ask yourself the hard questions?

9. Improve your
thoughts,
improve your life

10. The 6 Human Needs
6 Human Needs
▷ The needs of the personality.
1. Certainty.
2. Uncertainty.
3. Significance.
4. Connection and love.
▷ The needs of the spirit.
1.To grow – we grow from people and projects – surround
yourself with people that inspire you.
2.To contribute beyond ourselves.
The ones given priority drives destiny.

14. “
To become who you want to be
you must divorce who you are
-
Kemal Brown

17. “Always remember in every
problem, lies opportunity, in every
challenge, growth, in every
setback, a setup for greatness
-
Kemal Brown

19. The Eternal Struggle…
• How many of
us were asked
what you want
to be when you
grew up?
• What we should
ask is, How
much pain and
suffering are
you willing to go
through?

21. Stand Up To Yourself
Eliminate negative self-talk
A true mastermind, masters
his mind.
African Proverb

22. Formula For Success
Failure
+ Persistence
= Success

23. Chase
Opportunity

25. The Skill
Economy

26. How & Where Do Opportunities
Come From
▷ All around you.
▷ But you only see them if you get better.
▷ What are you reading?
▷ Don’t settle.
▷ The Law of Attraction
▷ Youth – Digital DNA – Best & Brightest

28. Add Value – Do What’s Valuable
▷Focus on adding value to the world and
developing skills that are necessities.
▷A person’s true wealth is the good they do in
this world.
▷We achieve success when we fall in love
with problems, not our ideas.
▷Focus on doing something that solves a
problem for the world.

29. Tips To Carry Passion With You
▷Explore – test out different things, to find what
is valuable. Take yourself out of the equation.
▷Get good at flexible skills.
▷Solve pressing problems – find one that is
being neglected – that’s where you have impact.
▷There are many ways to be valuable, chief
among them ideas, but it is skills that execute
them.
▷Do these things and a fulfilling career with
come about, passion in a sense is not innate but
learned.

31. 5 Key Areas
▷Forget what you want, think about what you
are willing to sacrifice to create something
larger than yourself.
▷Success is achieved one minute one day at a
time
▷The resurgence of the skill economy - points
from article
▷Time - Stop selling your time
▷Mind over matter - mind before matter
▷I’m not a businessman, I’m a business, man.

36. “"We are CEOs of our own
companies: Me Inc. To be in
business today, our most important
job is to be head marketer of a
brand called You.”
–
Tom Peters, Branding Expert

37. “
A brand is what people say
about you when you aren’t
in the room.
-
Jeff Bezos, CEO Amazon

38. Your brand story must have a before,
during and after, illustrating how your
brand solves their pain.
Whatever you decide to do, try to master it -
Passion Yields Mastery
Set High Personal Standards
Find A Niche
Build Your Brand That Is Aspirin
Solve A Pain

39. Passion - Yields Mastery
There must be subjects that your interest has
led you to read. If you are an expert, you
should be able to identify other experts.
Can You Solve An Issue or Pain?

40. “
Protect your brand and
your word with your life.

41. “You Must be Constantly Improving Your
Craft
Aim To Be The Best

42. ▷ Self awareness - Get to know yourself
▷ Get to know the market - Research Similar
Products
▷ Digital - Global Reach
▷ Commit yourself to Growth and Learning
Know Yourself & Your Skills

43. “"The only thing separating you from
them is what they know, and what
they do with it.”
–
Kemal Brown, Branding Expert

44. Thanks! I hope you
enjoyed!
Any questions?
You can find me at:
@kemallbrown