 Here are the seven steps I took to become a full-time professional speaker. Step one, I decided. Step two, I met with several of my mentors in the corporate space to find out their needs and to drill down on what topics and themes they valued most. Step three, I acknowledged that becoming a full-time professional keynote speaker had three primary pillars, content, delivery, and the business of speaking. Step four, I went back to all the concepts, ideas, and lessons I had learned as a basketball performance coach and organized my notes. Step five, I delivered a dozen free keynotes before I ever asked for a dime. Step six, I immediately invested in a website and a speaker reel and shifted my social media post to target my new audience. Step seven, I created a spreadsheet of everyone I knew that could potentially be an asset and I brainstormed ways I could add value to them.