Not many audiences will pause to think that even a hopeful motivational speaker in Johannesburg needs encouragement at certain times. After all, like all of us they are also building on their careers and are facing day-to-day problems, stresses and strains. It can be argued that a motivation speaker can face more stress at times, as people around them, unrealistically expect them to handle things and not to feel down - after all he or she "is a motivational speaker" that is suppose not to feel blue.  Chris van Melle Kamp holds a very realistic and healthy view: "In selecting new career moves one is often buffeted by a wide range of influences around you: your colleagues at work, your family and friends and your own needs, fears and expectations. We live in a multi-dimensional world of risk and reward, and the support frameworks which we build around us are often fragile and not very robust. It is therefore essential to take stock of what you are good at and what you are passionate about, before embarking on a new direction or a higher level position. These two elements are golden threads on which success rides and with which you can create that robust framework that will, to a large degree, protect you from risk." Everyone including people that may aspire to become a motivational speaker in Johannesburg or elsewhere has to create their own work goals and in stressful times need people around them for encouragement.