At my last job, I was fearless. Even when speaking with clients. I'd chime in on calls, loud and clear, sounding smart and shit.
I tricked myself.
I didn't realize how different shit gets when you're presenting to a crowd in-person. Last week, I had my first "internal" presentation of a media plan, one of the first steps before presenting in-person to the client. It's in front of heads of my department and representatives from departments throughout the agency.
Every time someone new walked into my conference room, a new butterfly formed in my stomach. By start time, there were at least 15 attendees. That's a shitload of butterflies, even for the size of my stomach.
My voice quivered. I mumbled and stuttered. I umm'd and uhh'd my way out of any respect people had for me going into the meeting.
This Wednesday, we go to the client, and I make the same presentation in-person. I'm changing of the way I prepare this time, and I hope there's a noticeable difference to my team and my managers. Or else, um, uh, like, I'm f-f-f-fucked man!
2 comments:
Hey man, just pretend you're Philip Rivers. He says "umm" and "uhh" a lot during his interviews and everything turns out OK.
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