When you give a speech at a conference that’s reasonably large, they’ll set up what’s called a “confidence monitor” for you. This monitor has your slides on it, and it’s positioned at the edge of the stage, facing you. So I want you to imagine this for a moment. You’re in the audience, and … Read more
We coach speakers every day. And every day, someone tells us, “I just feel more comfortable when I memorize. How else can I be sure I remembered everything?” This point of view lets us know that the speaker needs to change her intention. When the intention is, “To remember everything I wrote down,” it … Read more
