The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy

Chapter 32

The Presentation

The top executives were sitting around the conference table expecting a disaster. They had high hopes for George early on but all they knew was that his performance was getting worse by the month and today would be his last day. Today would be the final straw. The NRG-2000 was to be officially launched by the company in a month and this presentation would determine if the product team was on track or in disarray as usual. They would in all likelihood place a senior executive to work with the product team and replace George. The NRG-2000 was their next big product push that would take their revenue to an all-time high, and they certainly couldn’t place the future of their company in him.

George stood at the front of the room and looked into their eyes. He could see their negativity and doubt. He knew they were expecting him to crumble and fail. Why wouldn’t they, he thought. His heart started to race and he found himself not able to think. Fear was starting to overtake him. Not now, he thought. I cannot allow them to bring me down.

He remembered Joy telling him that his positive energy must be greater than anyone’s negativity, and in that one thought he found a smiling face staring at him. He thought of Joy, took a deep breath, and an incredible calm came over him. There certainly would be more failures in his life but not today. Today he would not be ...