Worth More Than Rubies

I was at the first day of a conference for the National Speakers Association of Australia today and we were prompted to think about our ‘brand’ as speakers. It didn’t take long for me to immediately think back to an event late last year.

I was supporting a client at a seminar she was running – her event, not mine. In my day ‘job’ I’m a Virtual Assistant and provide PA and admin support to a number of clients. At this particular event I was handing out nametags and welcoming guests as they arrived. A couple came forward, gave their names, received their name badges and walked back off again. A lull had come in between arrivals and I noticed this couple whispering to one another. Then the woman turned back and came towards me. Her next words took me by surprise.

‘You’re that ‘rubies lady’, aren’t you?’ she asked. ‘I’ve read your book. So has my husband’ and then they both proceeded to tell me various parts of the book they really related to.
Up till that point in time I’d not thought of myself in that way before as the ‘rubies lady’ and only thought about it now and then… until today.

I have been slowly building my speaker’s profile and suspect after this conference weekend that will increase.

Going back to that day, the fact that her husband had read it particularly interested me as I had written this book for women and yet I have since heard from several men who have read and enjoyed “Worth More Than Rubies”. Guess I shouldn’t prejudge – God led me in the writing of this book and he knows who needs to read it.