The Night Before the Big Speech
I am a confident speaker. Very Confident! But even I have my limits. If I had to speak in front of an important audience for the first time and I had to be unshaven, that would shake my confidence. That almost happened to me today. I woke up in Los angeles this morning and went to shave, but half an hour before I needed to leave the Hotel, I realized I had left my razor and shaving cream at the beach the day before back in Long Island. Oops! The clock is ticking and I look like a bum! Fortunately, I was at a first class hotel and house keeping brought me a razor and shaving cream in less than five minutes. I made my speaking engagement with a clean face.
So what’s the lesson? If you’ve got a big speaking engagement, that’s not the time to skimp. Motel 6 and Econo Lodge might be great bargains, but you are unlikely to get a razor delivered in less than five minutes. And that can make the difference between giving the speech of your life and delivering a presentation you’d rather soon forget.