The operational nitty-gritty of booked motivational speakers in South Africa is quite an intricate affair (at least looking from the outside in). Top motivational speakers are a phenomenon these days with some of them earning millions simply by delivering motivational speeches to an astounding variety of audiences. What is there that enable them to attract millions who pay steep entry fees to be at these lectures and how do these inspiration gurus prepare for their performance and what forms their repertoire are indeed some questions that seem to intrigue and vex social scientists in their quest to unravel the chemistry of this new and mind-boggling sensation. It has been observed that there are certain recurrent themes in the speeches of these top motivational speakers in South Africa. They seem to go back repeatedly to those chore issues in almost each of their performances. The most common among such themes is an exhortation that motivation is genuinely effective when it brings about a change in the mindset and perspective of the audience. No matter where they are at the beginning of the speech they should be at a different place when the speech ends. This could be achieved by jolting, coaxing, cajoling or doing whatever it takes to unsettle the audience from their present status and leading them to a decidedly better place. Most of these individuals contend that they are not hired to provide factual details about an issue; they are hired to make the audience realize that they are indeed capable of achieving much more than they have already done and deserve a far better deal from life. Top motivational speakers in South Africa are rated amongst the best in the world.