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Before the days of internet radio stations like Pandora and last.fm and before on-line music stores like iTunes and Zune there were two places where you could go to find new 'non-radio friendly' music: an independent music store or college radio stations. Luckily in 1999, I had the chance to work at a college radio station - KSDJ at South Dakota State University - and had to opportunity to find some new music. One of those bands was Muse.
In 1999, Muse was a little known band that didn't get a lot of radio play. In fact, if you listened to them, you probably thought it was a new album from Radiohead (which is what one of my friends thought when I played him their album). However, Muse continued to play, record, tour and adjust their sound. They were persistent. They continued to play and gain a following. Over the past couple of years they have appeared on the Guitar Hero video games and the massively popular movie Twilight. And most recently, their latest release has been featured on the front page of iTunes. It looks as though their persistence has paid off. Not only that, but their sound has gotten better and their albums are fantastic.
There is a lesson here for people giving speeches and presentations. If you want to become successful, you need to show that persistence. Giving a speech or presentation is not easy - it takes hard work and persistence to do well. If you are not doing well at first, that is okay! Just keep working on becoming better, fine-tuning your presentation and giving it again. If you do that, you can become a great speaker and start getting invitations to speak again and again.
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