14 Introspective Post Speech Questions from Dr. Cheryl Wood

Did You Give 150%? What Every Game-Changing Speaker Asks Themselves After the Mic Drops

I recently had the honor of standing shoulder to shoulder with the phenomenal Dr. Cheryl Wood — and let me tell you, when women committed to purpose collide, the room shifts.

After the applause fades and the lights dim, what lingers isn’t the sound — it’s the impact.

That’s why I keep coming back to these 14 introspective post-speech questions from Dr. Wood. Not as a checklist, but as a mirror. A mirror that reflects not just how I showed up on stage, but who I became in the process.

These questions ask:

• Did you connect?

• Did you challenge?

• Did you invite your audience into a transformational story — not just a keynote?

They aren’t about performance. They’re about purpose.
They don’t measure applause. They measure alignment.

As speakers, coaches, and leaders, we’re not here to deliver words — we’re here to disrupt limiting beliefs, to offer possibility, and to create a space where healing and hope sit in the same seat.

The real question isn’t, “Did they like it?”
It’s: Did I leave the stage proud, empowered, and fulfilled?
Did I give 150% of my truth, my heart, my story?

Because that’s the only way I know how to show up.

If you’re a speaker, print this. Tape it to your mirror. Sit with it after your next moment behind the mic. And remember: You’re not just giving a speech — you’re shifting someone’s entire narrative.

This is what game changers do.
This is how legacies are built.

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With love and fire,
Ranieka