Truth 5Help Others Help Themselves
Very early on in my career I did a presentation for some senior executives at a company I consulted for. In this presentation I did just about everything wrong. My slides had way too many words on them. I read the slides to the audience. I faced the screen too much instead of facing the audience. I didn't practice enough and confused even myself at one point. I mumbled instead of pronouncing my words clearly. In short, I was a disaster, and the client confirmed my poor performance by not awarding us the work.
After the presentation, my manager sat me down and gave me some very thoughtful, direct feedback on all the things I did wrong. I'd always admired his smooth, easygoing communication style and was very ...
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