If you don’t use it, you lose it.

I’ve been an international speaker for over a decade now and been interviewed hundreds of times on podcasts, radio, and television, but if you don’t use it, you lose it!

For the last couple of years, I’ve been turning down interviews and speaking engagements to focus on finishing The Impact Factor movie.

Last week, I did my first speaking gig in literally years and now I’m about to embark on a new adventure of speaking and interviews talking about the project as we launch the movie over the next few months.

I have to admit, I”m not eager about putting myself out there again!

A client of mine told me this week that I was the WORST speaker among all of the speakers on his team!

By this, he means that I have crutch words, and UMMMS and AHHHHS.

I used to be a decent vocalist, but I stopped doing it and now I can’t sing!

I used to be a decent programmer, but now I can’t program!

The list goes on and on.

If you don’t use it you lose it!

So what happens when you wake up one day and discover that you can’t do what you used to do so well?

One option is to start again.

This isn’t the first time that I stopped doing something for a decade.

When I was a teenager, I used to write original songs.

Then I stopped for a decade or so.

Then I picked up the guitar again and started writing songs.

It ended up being the most productive songwriting part of my life.

The good news is we can start again.

It’s a choice.

I’m cranking up my speaking and interviews now because I need to get the word out about the movie as we release it.

I’ve approached a couple of friends to ease my way back in.

As I do it, I’ll get better.

What’s the other choice?

If you don’t use it you lose it!

All the best,

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Ken McArthur

Best-Selling Author and Producer

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About Ken McArthur

Ken McArthur is the founder of ConnectLab.live, an AI relationship-intelligence and warm-intro platform that helps founders who are raising find the funds that fit and the people who can introduce them, and helps fund managers connect with the founders they back. He was recently accepted into Harvard Business School Foundry. He also writes Raise Smarter, a daily newsletter on what's really moving in early-stage fundraising. Ken challenges us to realize we ALL have an impact, whether we want to or not, on thousands of people we touch in our day-to-day lives, and he shows that simple things make a HUGE difference. ConnectLab.live grew out of that belief. Connection is the currency of the 21st Century, and the right introduction can change a company's future. Long before ConnectLab, Ken was the popular host of live events that brought together top-level marketers, entrepreneurs, business owners, corporations and non-profit organizations to build multi-million dollar joint venture relationships. He has managed product launches ranked in the top 400 sites on the Internet and is regularly asked to speak at leading marketing events. He created AffiliateShowcase.com, a pioneering affiliate program search engine and directory. He also founded the MBS Internet Research Center, which conducted the world's largest survey ever attempted on creating and launching successful information products. Ken was the official mentor for Sterling Valentine as he took his launch from zero to over $100,000 in less than 8 days, a proof of concept documented in Info Product Blueprint. Today he puts that same skill for connecting people and launching ideas to work for founders and the investors who back them.

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