How To Get Paid To Speak

Want to start your public speaking business, become a paid speaker, and finally make the transition to a speaking career?

Whether you're ready to go from corporate to consultant, or you're an expert looking to increase brand awareness and grow your online presence, this conversation will show you how to start a speaking business from scratch and master the art of getting paid to speak.

You’ll learn practical keynote speaker tips, speaker marketing strategies, and the step-by-step mindset and methods needed to move from expert to entrepreneur.

If you're a thought leader looking to use speaking for coaches, consultants, and educators—and you dream of replacing your 9-to-5 income—this episode is your roadmap. Discover how to communicate your value clearly, craft a powerful message, and position your personal brand as the go-to authority in your niche.

Odell Bizzell is a nationally known blogger, speaker, author, and entrepreneur. While in high school, Odell started a small candy retail distribution center that earned him over $75,000, and he earned an academic scholarship to college.

As a successful keynote speaker, Odell has been featured in the USA Today, Yahoo Finance, CNBC.com, and over 200 media outlets. Odell has partnered with over 200 colleges, youth organizations, and the military to reach tens of thousands of students.

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Markeith: Hey, what’s going on, everyone? Welcome to another episode of the *Maximize Your Brand* podcast. I’m so excited to be with you today because we’re going to talk about a topic that is near and dear to my heart—public speaking as a business. Are you someone who is an expert in your industry or someone in the corporate environment who wants to transition into speaking, coaching, or consulting? One of the ways you do that is through presenting and public speaking.

Today, I have a great guest who’s going to share about the business of public speaking and how you can make that leap—how you can transition from your nine-to-five, your corporate career, into becoming a paid public keynote speaker, workshop presenter, trainer, or consultant. But before we get into today’s episode, I want to share one of my latest offers that I’ve been sharing with many of my prospective clients who have an interest in monetizing their expertise. They’re learning how to package their knowledge. Right after this commercial break, we’ll introduce our guest and go right into the interview.

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All right, welcome back. I hope you take advantage of that new offer—Laser Coaching with Markeith Braden. It’s an opportunity for you to really maximize the moment and move your brand to the next level.

Let’s go ahead and introduce our guest for today. My guest is Mr. **Odell Bozell**. Odell Bozell is a nationally known blogger, speaker, author, and entrepreneur. While in high school, Odell started a small candy retail distribution business that earned him over $75,000 while he also earned an academic scholarship to college. As a successful keynote speaker, Odell has been featured in *USA Today*, *Yahoo Finance*, CNBC.com, and over 200 media outlets. He has partnered with more than 200 colleges, youth organizations, and the military to reach tens of thousands of students.

So without any further delay, let me bring in our guest, Mr. **Odell Bozell**. Odell, thank you for joining me for the *Maximize Your Brand* podcast. I’m excited to have this conversation about how to transition into the speaking market. Many of my clients are high-level professionals with expertise and advanced skill sets within their professions. They’re interested in transitioning into speaking and consulting but don’t really know the steps. This is going to be a great conversation with an expert in the field.

I just finished giving a brief bio of who you are, but I always like for my guests to take time to introduce themselves. Tell us a little bit more about you.

Odell: I appreciate that intro. The only other thing your audience needs to know is that I’ve been an entrepreneur since 2008—and I didn’t really know what I was doing until about 2015. That doesn’t mean it will take you that long; it means I’ve made a lot of mistakes. I’ve done a lot of things in entrepreneurship, the speaking game, and the marketing game—made the mistakes, learned from them—so now I know better, and I can help people better and more efficiently.

More specifically, I am a professional speaker and communication expert. Communication is my primary topic. I work with organizations that want their leaders to develop the skills necessary to thrive in a diverse workplace, and I do that by teaching them how to navigate uncomfortable conversations and situations—on the job and off the job. That’s me as a speaker.

As a coach and consultant, I’m the co-founder of Getting Known Marketing. We help small-business owners, coaches, consultants, and what I like to call “marquee expert” entrepreneurs get more leads in less time—and get those leads to pay them more. That’s the overall picture, and I think it’s relevant to everybody.

Markeith: Great. Yeah, I’ve read a little bit about your story. It reminds me of one of my colleagues I met many years ago, Del Toro McNeil. He had done all the things we’re taught to do—college, school, and so on—but he started speaking at a very young age, like you. I think he was 22 when he began his speaking career. So there are some familiar threads there.

Tell us a little about the journey that launched this effort and your path toward becoming a professional speaker. We’d love to know a little more about you.

Odell: Yes, shout out to Dellatoro. I always name-drop when it’s good. He is a great human being, a great person, like a big brother in the speaking game.

My journey, Markeith, was not odd. I grew up in North Carolina. I did not have the kind of childhood most motivational speakers talk about. I was not abused. I did not come from the mud. I was pretty regular. I was good at sports and good in school, an academic jock, if you will.

I wanted to go to the NBA. That was my goal. I thought I would go to the NBA, make money, and take care of mom, dad, grandma, and everybody. I am the oldest of my parents’ kids. When I entered high school, my AAU team had just won a national championship, so I was riding high. I made varsity my first year in high school, which was a big deal at the school I attended.

Then I matched up with LeBron James. I like to tell this story because in that moment, I realized God did not put me here for this. He did not put me here to do what that human being does. I was pretty good. I dominated my neighborhood and was one of the best in the city, but not at that level. I remember it so vividly. I remember where my team was, and I thought, Okay, I am not going to get rich with sports, so I have to do something else.

I started binge-reading books. This was before Audible and before all the streaming. I read Rich Dad Poor Dad. I also read another Robert Kiyosaki book, If You Want to Be Rich and Happy, Don’t Go to School, which was less popular than Rich Dad Poor Dad. The business theme kept coming up. Get into business. Find something you are passionate about, because the money does not come immediately.

I went to college and majored in communication because my logic was simple. I am always going to communicate. There was no other reason. In college, I was an average student.

I graduated on May 12, 2007, a day that will stand out in my life forever. My public speaking professor, Dr. Pon, came up to me. It was hot, families were all around taking pictures, and I was with mine. He pulled me to the side and said, “Hey, Odell, what are you going to do?” I told him, “I don’t know. I have no idea.” I was an average student with no job lined up. I graduated right before the 2008 recession, so I said, “I don’t know.” He said something that did not make sense to me then: “You should be a professional speaker.” I said, “Alright, what is that?”

Markeith: What is a professional speaker? 

Odell: I had heard speaker like Les Brown and Jim Rohn. I heard those early on when I was getting serious about business, but I thought they were successful entrepreneurs people wanted to hear because of their stories. I didn’t think my story was remarkable.

I wondered, what is a professional speaker? Do you have to be famous? I started asking all these questions. He said, no, you need a message and an audience willing to pay for that message. Wow.

I said, so I am the message. I am a good speaker. Then I started studying the world of professional speaking. That was May 2007. I wrote my first book in November 2007, self-published it in December, and got my first paid speaking engagement in February 2008.

Markeith: Wow, wow. You need a message for an audience in need. What was the third one,

Odell: You need a message & an audience willing to pay for it.  To this day, that is how I coach people to market. You need a message, and you need an audience willing to pay. For some people, Markeith, especially those transitioning into public speaking, high level consulting, or executive coaching, identifying the audience first is the big thing, because you can see what they are already paying for. 

If I know people are already buying Nikes, and this is a crude retail example, I know Nikes are in demand. If I can get a hookup on Nikes, I already know people are going to buy. So it is not a matter of whether they will pay for this.

For those listening who are in corporate, or who have had a career in a field for a long time, people will pay you for what is inside your head. The key is to find out who that audience is. If we are using public speaking as the medium to share that message, what types of events are they attending? What types of products are they already buying? Create those things, and position yourself as someone worthy of selling.

Markeith: That is a good segue to speaking to the expert in their field, or the person in corporate America with deep expertise who is ready to make a shift. Many of my clients say they have climbed the corporate ladder and achieved great success at work, but they want to make a greater impact on society or find more fulfilling work. They often say, “I feel like I have a message to share with those coming after me, or with those who are climbing the corporate ladder and feel there is more to life.”

What are the first steps they should consider if they want to transition from their career into public speaking? For someone younger who knows they have a message or has life experience they would like to share with an audience, what is the first step they should consider before moving in that direction?

Odell: I’ll say this. I’ll speak to both groups, and I’ll start with the younger professional who is diving in but finding that corporate life is not what they expected. Use your job as the best research and development gig ever, and as your private investor. Do not rush to leave. Learn the economics of where you are. If you are in a corporate environment and it is not the role you thought you would have, or you were up for a promotion and did not get it, focus on the economics.

I’ll give you an example from my life. My first job out of college was as a detention officer with the Guilford County Sheriff’s Department. I did not want to do it. I needed a job, Markeith. You do what you have to do. What I did, without realizing it at the time, was start learning the business of government. The business of a municipality. The government has a business. Too often, we take off our business hats as employees and focus only on the task at hand. I suggest you study how the economy works.

Working at the jail, I learned that every person who is booked in gets a receipt from a receipt book. We book them in, sign them in, log their property, and then create a receipt. We tear it and send a copy to another department. In training, you do it by routine. I asked, What is the receipt for. What is this for? Then I started working in the jail kitchen, and I heard how much the meals cost. That is when I learned, again, that this is about learning the economics of where you are, that for every person locked up, the jail receives money for that person. If a jail, a government municipality, is given money for each activity, there is commerce behind it in your job as well. I say this all the time. Everybody works on commission; they do not know it. You do not know the sales breakdown. If you learn the economics of where you are, you will see the flow.

This matters for those who have been in the corporate world for a while. If you know where the money flows, you know where your speaking goes. If you know where the money flows, you can ask what problems these companies are facing. If you have been in a company or an industry for a while, the issues are the same. You do not need something new. For example, municipalities are slower with technology. That is a problem. Many lack much diversity, equity, and inclusion training, especially in smaller municipalities. You can offer something specific to that group.

Start identifying the gaps. Here is a gap in what they are doing. Here is another. If you have worked in finance for 20 years, people will often assume you are an authority. Even if you are not, they will think you are. To get paid to speak, they must perceive that you know something their group does not, or that you can communicate something their group needs to hear. Figure out where you fit in that.

Once you pinpoint the problem, say it is a tech problem or a communication problem. Maybe they lack team cohesion and need team-building and relationship-building. Then look at yourself. Identify your expertise. Where can you be an authoritative voice for this group? When you figure that out, build your brand around it. Position yourself as that authority so that when you reach out, they say, Yes, that makes sense.

Markeith: Based on what you said, perception is key in public speaking. People pay for what they perceive you to be an expert in and the value they believe you offer. That is what they are willing to exchange their hard-earned money for. Organizations will also exchange their hard-earned money for ad sales. The next question is, how do I market or display my value?

Odell: There are a few ways to think about this. If you’re considered an expert, and you’re scared of that word or unsure, thinking, “Am I an expert?” Yes, you’re an expert. Yes, you’re an expert. Here’s the thing about being an expert. Everybody is an expert. Few know how to communicate their expertise. Everybody’s an expert. You’re an expert in your life. I don’t know your life, Marquis. You know your life. I’m an expert in my life. I’ve been married to my wife for 50 years, and we’ve been together for 19 years. I’m an expert at that. You know what I mean?

If I can communicate my expertise well enough, I can get paid. It’s like when people tell stories, they make them up in their head, but they’re able to communicate them in a way that a book publisher, a movie studio, or a streaming network will say, “You know what? People can find value in that, and we can make money from it.” So if you don’t believe you’re an expert, know this: everybody’s an expert if they know how to communicate their expertise.

When we’re talking about marketing, marketing is simply displaying your expertise in real time. You’re displaying it to people. How do we display things? If you have an idea in your mind like, “I want to do a corporate training on this,” or “I want to do a workshop on this,” the best way I’ve found, the absolute best way, is the Four P Method. I’ll say it quickly for time’s sake. It’s the Four P Method, or P4, however you want to put it. I’m going to go over them really quickly.

The first P is Prospect. When you’re prospecting, you’re reaching out and trying to figure out who might want this thing. Whatever the messaging is, whether it’s a particular industry inside a company or a particular job title involved in planning trainings or events, who might want this thing? You prospect. You put feelers out there. You can do that through email, cold calling, or direct mail. There are a lot of ways. I prefer email because it’s the least expensive and the easiest to activate. You can start sending emails tomorrow and get feedback the day after. I suggest email, but it’s not the only way. You prospect, and in the prospecting phase, you try to figure out who might want this.

When people say, “I might want this,” the next P is Promote a Presentation. You promote a presentation. A prospect says, “Hey, I’m interested.” Great. You get on a call, a discovery call or sales call, whatever you want to call it. Or you say, “I have a free web class, a free webinar,” and you promote a presentation. You have to present what you do. We all did show-and-tell as kids. You bring something from home, you show it, and you tell about it. That’s what “promote a presentation” is all about. You gather people who said, “I might be interested in this.”

After you promote the presentation, the next P is Partner. You partner with the individuals. I phrase it as a partnership because whenever you’re selling something, it’s a partnership. You’re giving them a service, and they’re giving you money. If you do it right and well, they get the best end of the deal. They get real value from you, and you get a small amount of money compared to that value.

Markeith: Prospecting is important. At the beginning, when I started speaking, I was always waiting for people to ask me to speak, right? I really wasn't promoting myself. I hoped that if I put up a website and shared a few videos of me speaking, people would start calling and asking, “Can you come speak here?” That did happen in some ways. But if I wanted consistent speaking engagements, I had to prospect, promote, and market myself. It took me a while to get there. I still have some reservations about it today. But I’ve been in business for myself long enough to know the only way I’m going to eat is by marketing myself and putting myself out front.

So what would you say to individuals who struggle with that? They have worked professionally in corporate America and didn’t have to put themselves out front, but now they want to step into this new arena as a public speaker, consultant, trainer, or coach. To replace their income, they have to start putting themselves out front and marketing themselves. What tips do you have to help them overcome that struggle or the fear of promoting themselves?

Odell: I would say the biggest thing for this group is what I call the formula for success. Some people need to see a model, a graph, or a framework. I will share the components of the formula. The first is the environment. The second is mindset. The third is math. The last is talent.

First, put yourself in the right environment. People talk about mindset a lot. You have to set your mindset, and I agree. If we were assigning percentages to environment and mindset, they make up about 90 percent together. I would give each about 45 percent. You cannot only listen to the Monetize Your Brand podcast, follow Markeith, or hire Markeith, then say you are good. You need an environment, a community of people moving in the same direction. The right climate elevates mindset.

You can be ambitious and driven, yet stay comfortable when the bills are paid. You will hit resistance. Someone points out a typo on your website. You need to fix it. The kids need attention. The dog needs care. The laundry piles up. Life happens, especially for adults. Then you realize you forgot to set your email autoresponder. The holiday season arrives. Momentum stalls.

In the right environment, people ask you, How many leads did you get this week, How many people did you reach out to today. You will feel uncomfortable at first. You will see peers with similar jobs and responsibilities who are thriving. That discomfort pushes you to raise your mindset. In sports, we say a person has the it factor, a dog in them. The right environment brings it out. If it has gone dormant, the environment wakes it up.

Join a community. Get a coach. Join a coaching group to be around peers. You will see others getting results and think, I am at least as capable, so why am I not doing the same. Your mindset rises.

The third component is math. Markeith, I know you coach high-level people. They are articulate. Speaking is not a problem. They have trained teams for years, spoken at conferences, and delivered presentations. Their message is strong. The math is missing. More people need to know them. That is it for many. Increase the numbers.

I told a room of speakers, mostly women, to look at their outreach. Some said 100 emails a week. Others said 1,000 a month. I said, take whatever you do and 10x it. Simple, but powerful when your mindset and environment are set. Add the math piece.

The last component is talent, which you already bring to the table. It is the smallest part. Audiences often reveal the truth without saying a word. We have all watched someone perform and thought, they are not that good. The difference is not talent alone. The difference is environment, mindset, and math working together.

Markeith: Or yeah, or they're not that good.

Ordeal: Oh my gosh, they are not good. And they are out of shape. I am so much better than this. I do not care if you are a humble person. If you are a pastor watching this, you have visited other churches. My lord, you would not get away with this in my congregation. This person is, whoa, listen. We have all been there. So it is not the talent. Talent does not separate us. Persistence does. Thriving in a new environment does. It is about growing a mindset. It says, not only do I have a message, I must give my message. I must give it, because if I do not, something will be missing in my life.

Markeith: Alright, so good, so good. We first have to learn how to push past that fear. We need to understand and believe that we have a message. First of all, do we believe we have a message to share? When I think about the idea of a message, I see an excellent opportunity to discuss it. Now that I know I want to do this and I need to market myself, how do I start? Do I craft the message first, then market myself? Or do I create the idea and market the idea to see whether people want to hear that message?

Odell: That’s a great question. I’m going to suggest something for everyone here. I said before, we’re all experts; some people fail to communicate their expertise. Experts also experiment most often with a particular activity or subject matter. So the direct answer is this: after you discover what people are willing to pay for, you put it together. If you’re asking about the structure of a speech, I like to put it this way. One of my business partners and a good friend of mine teaches what he calls the Perfect Presentation. In our community, he trains many people it. You have a beginning, a middle, and an end.

If you’re putting a speech together, you have to think about the message you’re building. You want a perspective-shifting message. When they walk in for your training or workshop, they are thinking one way, and when they walk out, they are thinking differently because of what you said. You want a perspective-changing core idea.

How you start a speech matters. You can start with a question. You can start with a quote. You can do something unexpected, like walking in from the back of the room. Your goal at the beginning is to catch their attention. The same applies when you write a book. Say something that makes them think, okay, let’s hear what you have to say. Then let them know why you’re here and the shift they will experience. After that, move into your topics.

In the middle, break it into three parts. You will have point one, point two, and point three. Then you end with a conclusion. We do not have time to go into the nuances, but if you focus on an outline like this, your experiments will teach you. First, you try one approach and see how it works. Most people in the audience will not notice the fine distinctions. Some will give feedback, some will not, depending on your delivery and the audience. The next time, someone might say, You lost me at point one. You adjust and try a different approach. It is a series of course corrections.

I have delivered one presentation for over a decade. It is my major presentation. I have changed the story and the acronym. Impact is an acronym I use. I swapped parts in and out because something worked here and something else worked there. For some groups, telling the story at the beginning does not land; I need to wait for the right moment. You only figure this out by doing it.

Many people try to substitute activity for results. You cannot substitute activity for results. You have to keep doing the right activity until you get a result. Keep doing it.

So, how do you become a better speaker? Here is the hard part. Speaking is a performative act, like singing. Markeith, can you sing? You might say you can hold a tune a little. I cannot. I am not a good singer. My wife is an incredible singer. She led our church praise team for years, with over 2,000 members. Is she good? She is good. Adele is not me. I have a couple of songs where I can hold my own a bit. To a non-singer, people might say, Look at Odell, he is doing fine. To trained singers, they will say, look at him trying, that is nice, but they hear the flaws.

Speaking is the same. If you see a great speaker and then watch someone who is not as polished, you can tell the difference. But if you saw Les Brown in 1998 and have only listened to average people since, when a decent speaker shows up, you will think they are excellent. You will always get better.

Here is the good part. People will pay you even when you are not at your best, because you will never arrive at a final best. You will be the best you can be right now. You must get over the urge to be perfect, to articulate every word flawlessly, and to avoid any stumbles. Make sure you have a clear message for the audience. Make sure you have an outcome, a perspective-shifting message that leads to a concrete result. Put it together, deliver it, and get better as the checks come in.

Markeith: Put that thing together and roll with it. That’s so good. So good. Well, we can’t end without talking about the money. You said the six com. You know, how does someone decide, okay, where do I start with pricing? I’ve got my message. I’m marketing myself. I know my audience. How do I put a price point on what I’m sharing?

Odell: I would suggest it in various ways. In specific industries, you need to know the range for a newer speaker. If you are new to a corporate setting, start with a number that makes you a little uncomfortable to say, and one that pays a legitimate bill in your life. If your mortgage is $2,000 a month, do a speech for $3,000. It is easier for a new speaker to wrap their mind around that, especially if you have never been paid that much for one or two hours of work.

It is tough at first. You might think, I will do it for $500 an hour because at my jo,b I only make $73 an hour when I work out my salary. Do not shortchange yourself. What is the big bill that comes out of your account every month? Start there. People charge all kinds of numbers. You have to start somewhere. If your mortgage, rent, or car payment is the bill you want to cover, set your price with that in mind.

In the college market, which I call the entry-level market, you do not need much authority. You need a message that fits the audience and what students value. The range is roughly $1,500 to $5,000. So if you say, "I have worked in corporate America for 15 years," and my speaker fee is $5,000, they will not be shocked. They will have less sticker shock. Still, anchor to the bill you want to cover unless you have direct experience booking speakers. Some people listening or watching have signed off on speaker payments and know the numbers. If you have insider information like that, your belief level will be much higher at the table. Pricing is about belief and perspective. Make sure both are solid.

Here is a phrase I like to use when people ask about price, whether face-to-face, on the phone, or by email. If someone says, How much do you charge, reply, I would love to get into that. Tell me this, is price a major factor when you consider a speaker? If my price is higher than you expect, will that mean you will not book me? 

They will often say, I want a quote. If they keep pushing the price, say, "Do you have a budget in mind?" I want to make sure I am fair and mindful of my obligations. If they give you their budget, perfect. You now know where to work from. If they say, We usually do not go over $10,000, you have a business decision to make. You might accept $5,000, or you might offer something different.

If they refuse to share a budget and say, No, I do not have a budget, tell me your price, then give your absolute highest rate. Say, My going rate is $12,500 for this type of work. I like to be fair. How close can your group get to that. They will reveal where they stand. If they say, We are not even in the same neighborhood, you have another decision. You can continue the conversation or say, If you share your budget, we might adjust scope. Maybe instead of two hours, we do one hour on Zoom.

When you negotiate price, remember it is about belief. If you only believe you are worth $1,500, that is where you will land. One more thing before we wrap. There will always be someone who undercuts you.

Don’t go into a situation trying to be the cheapest option. Don’t do that. Unless you’re trying to get out there, build experience, and collect video footage. If that’s your goal and they pay you $1,000, fine.

But if that’s not you, especially for my friends in corporate who are doing well, be choosy. You have options. This is about your mindset. It’s more about how you negotiate your price than what they initially offer.

Markeith: And it’s more about how you negotiate your price than what they have. I was just in a conversation right before our podcast interview. I was preparing a presentation for an organization that wanted consultative services. I quoted them my monthly retainer, our rate for the consultations, and they came back and said the price I quoted was too high and not in their budget. They asked me to go back and reevaluate and come back with a better price.

I wasn’t willing to reevaluate, but I did ask, “What do you have in the budget?” You can come back to me and say, “This is what we have in the budget. What can you do for us within this budget?” Now I get to decide, first, whether I want to do the work, and second, I know how much they have available each month for particular services. That was really good advice.

Before we go, I always like to have my guests share their last words with the listeners, in particular those who want to step out, start their speaking career, start charging for their knowledge, package it, and market themselves as a speaker. What final words would you give them as they begin that journey?

Odell: The best thing I can say to anybody is this, your time is now, and you are in the right place. This is my belief, I do not believe in coincidences. I believe coincidences are God’s way of staying anonymous. If you are listening to this and something resonated with you, then it is your time. Activate. Schedule a call with Markeith, or reach out to his team or his group, and get the ball rolling.

Time does not discriminate, it does not wait, and it is undefeated. It is going to get you. As you get a little older, as the hair starts thinning and the gray starts coming in, it goes by faster. Do not let grass grow under your feet. Activate right now. Let this be the signal, the message from the universe, from God, that it is your time to start now.

Markeith: Awesome, awesome. Well done. I appreciate you joining me for this episode of the Maximize Your Brand Podcast. I’m always excited to share valuable content with those who listen each and every week, sir. Is there a way for people to stay in contact with you and connect with you through your social media or website?

Odell: Yeah, for sure. If you want to connect with me on social media, I’m the only Odell Bazille. That’s Odell with two Ls, E, two Ls, and Bazille with two Zs and two Ls.

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Markeith: Awesome, awesome, awesome. I want to thank each of you for joining me for this episode of the Maximize Your Brand Podcast. As I always share, if you are not subscribed, go to your favorite platform. We are on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, Stitcher, and Google Play Music. Download and subscribe to the podcast.

For those of you ready to take your brand to the next level —maximizing and monetizing it —but who do not know the step-by-step process, I invite you to schedule a consultation with me at MarkeithBraden.com/consultation. You will have the opportunity to speak with me at no cost to discuss how to move forward with creating your brand and business.

Until next time, I appreciate you. Thank you for joining me, and remember this: always shoot for the top, because the bottom is overcrowded. Take care.