Good morning, ,
My rehearsal time for last week's TEDx was 3:30 on Friday afternoon. But I was there early. My plane landed at 8. I got to the auditorium at 10.
By 2:00, they were ready for me. I didn't feel ready yet. I got a microphone on and stood on the red dot.
And I froze.
I couldn't remember how my talk started!
I stumbled through a few minutes, remembering some, forgetting more. Mercifully, I was cut off. I wouldn't be giving my WHOLE talk, like I thought. I was just helping the audio team get sound levels figured out.
Something had to shift, if I was going to pull this off 24 hours later.
The shift: The audience is friendly. They want to hear from me. They're just friends I haven't met, and I'm just talking to them.
I shifted from feeling like I had to "perform" to getting ready to have a conversation with some friends.
It made a huge difference.
Changing how you approach a challenging task will change EVERYTHING.
You've got this!
Ken
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