But I couldn't stop. Soon, I became obsessed with speaking, and before I knew it, I'd graduated to international speaking . Not only was I gone much of the time, but when I was home, I was exhausted and no good to anyone around me because of jet lag and weariness. Before I knew what was happening, I was hopelessly addicted to communicating with others and was willing to sacrifice family, children, friends, and almost anything to have the opportunity to speak. I am a speakaholic.
People love speakaholics.
Speakers can quickly find themselves booked two or three years in advance. I've met those who express a desire to develop a speaking ministry . Speaking is tangled up in our egos, in control. Speaking is dangerous. Speaking creates an illusion of necessity, of power, of control.