How do you build a 1M follower community and travel the world through the power of speech?

In this inspiring, full-circle episode of The Public Speaking Podcast, we sit down with Nigerian storyteller, communications consultant, Victor Okafo.

Four years after receiving a life-changing scholarship to study communication from one of our hosts, Alex and David JP Phillips, Victor returns as an international speaker with over one million followers across social platforms.

Would you like to know how? During the conversation Victor reveals how he turned a 90-day video challenge into a full-time brand storytelling agency, why public speaking is an economic moat for entrepreneurs and creators, and the exact steps he took to transition from unpaid gigs to paid corporate stages.

Plus, he breaks down the #1 ego trap killing most startup pitches and shares why mastering your voice remains the single most powerful skill in the world.

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Linkedin: https://uk.linkedin.com/in/victor-okafo

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victor_okafor/

Website: https://victorokafo.com/

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What if the reason you're not getting booked to speak has nothing to do with how talented you are?

In this unfiltered masterclass, our host Alexander Grabner Jarlung exposes the silent killer of speaking careers: focusing on being "good enough" instead of becoming easy to trust.

Drawing from over a decade of real-world stage experience, including the humiliating day an entire conference hall emptied out right before he walked on stage.

Alex breaks down why event organizers reject great speakers out of pure reputational fear. He reveals why knowing too much is a trap, how vague feedback destroys working talks, and why rehearsing alone in your living room creates a false sense of security.

Don’t miss out this episode and discover if you resonate with any of these mistakes.

Timestamps

00:00 - Intro

02:08 - Am I Good Enough vs. Easy to Trust?

03:00 - When the Room Emptied Before My Talk

04:40 - Why Event Organizers Say "No"

05:40 - What Paid Speakers Actually Need

06:30 - Having Ideas But No 10-Minute Signature Talk

10:48 - Getting Feedback From the Wrong People

12:50 - 4 Questions for Highly Actionable, Precise Feedback

14:02 - Rehearsing Alone in Your Living Room

15:30 - What Works in Your Head is Just an Idea

18:15 - Why You Need a Video Asset

21:10 - You Don't Have Authentic Memorability

24:30 - What Stacks Bookability

26:15 - The TURBO Framework:

28:35 - How SPEAKERx Takes You From Page to London Stage

33:05 - Final Thoughts & Closing Remarks

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jarlung/

Linkedin: https://se.linkedin.com/in/alexander-grabner-jarlung

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What happens when a live stage experiment fails so hard that half your audience is gone?

In this raw and transparent episode of The Public Speaking Podcast, hosts Lucas Reuterstig and Alexander Grabner Jarlung explore the high-stakes world of stage risks, bombing, and resilience. Lucas opens up for the first time about his biggest presentation failure, where everything went disastrously wrong.

Lucas and Alex dissect the psychological recovery process after taking a massive hit on stage, and also explore why great speakers are like performers in a rock band, how failing with pride builds long-term authority, and the exact 3-step framework for analyzing risk versus reward before trying something radical in front of a live room.

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jarlung/

Linkedin: https://se.linkedin.com/in/alexander-grabner-jarlung

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Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mr_reuterstig/

Linkedin: https://se.linkedin.com/in/reuterstig

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