10Get Out of Your Own Way

Many of the methods for countering the mistakes mentioned in the previous chapters are common thoughts but not common practices. As I travel around the world, nationally and internationally, observing and coaching trainers, facilitators, managers, and speakers, I continue to see many of these same mistakes. Are these mistakes made in large part due to naïveté? Are they made because we don't receive timely and candid feedback? Are they made because we choose not to change, preferring to continue with our current speaking or training approach and style? Are they made because we don't think the mistakes are that critical to the presentations' overall outcome? Or, do we make the mistakes because we are apprehensive about ...

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