Long story short, I did a presentation last week under a great deal of pressure and screwed up a couple of times. I'm not one to buckle under pressure, but this was the biggest deal for me so far. Anyway, I just got this video from my wife and I wanted to share it with all of you.

http://www.wimp.com/mishaps/

 

lol, but i like this version better

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=4849319764433197163&q=genius+behind+the+stupidity

 

LOL, good vids, guys....I think he makes us all feel better at times.

Chico, we're always hardest on ourselves.......I'm sure your presentation went splendidly..... Kudos.

C.

 

LOL.
Chico, I've been there too. As Colin said many of us are hardest on ourselves. It's something about Type A. I'm sure you did great.

Thanks for the laugh.

 

LMAO...good one bro.

 

Thanks bro. I appreciate the vote of confidence.

 

LOL, yeah I heard about type "A" a few times before. The funny thing the rest of my team said they didn't notice anything wrong but I did.

 

Aha! Listen to them Chico, we're hardest on ourselves. I'm sure all went well and the only glitches were "for your eyes only".
At least you didn't trip over your own feet and spill a large lime blizzard from dairy queen all over yourself and three other members of the meeting, including your boss. Yeah, been there, done that.

 

Now that's a good one.

 

LOL, hey Sam I'm definately feeling better now.

 

Hahaha, Sam, I think I saw that once on "The 3 Stooges"

----kudos for sharing that with us......

C.

 

Lol, great vids guys!

Chico, I am sure you did well, you probably kicked butt! I had to do a presentation last year for work as well and it was in front of almost 200 people. Now, I am not one for public speaking in any way so I was VERY nervous. I was speaking on a topic that I knew inside and out.....but it didn't matter, I was still scared sh!tless! Anyways, about 5 minutes before I was to do my presentation, I had to run to the bathroom and throw up. I am sure that I was ghostly white when I got in front of everyone....but I managed to get through it and did pretty good.

Now, I try and put myself in that situation as much as I can. I figure living outside of my comfort zone everyday is a good way to learn and develop.

 

That's a good one Shane. I agree with the comfort zone comment. I had to do some of that (public speaking) in my previous career at large client functions and entire company addresses and never enjoyed it much either. Can't say I was ever sick but butterflies some before and during though. It always worked out okay though.

Here's one for us Maritimers "you cannot discover new oceans unless you have the courage to lose sight of the shore"

Deane

 

LMAO ...I came close AFTER my presentation. Part of my problem is that I'm a perfertionist, especially when it comes to my professional life. I keep raising the expectations bar for everyone and even higher for me. Thanks for sharing.