waves 21:55:01 on Wednesday, February 17 2010

I have been speaking in schools for years now.  I wear my heart on my sleeve and I am straightforward.  I can only imagine that the reaction by others is bound to have been varied. 

For me, my reaction to speaking has definitely varied with the passage of time.  In the early years there was some angst about what to say and how to say it and how will it come across to the audience.  In latter years that has lessened as time and feedback has proven that what I say can and does make a difference for some.  In more recent times I have been through massive waves - waves of joy versus frustration, confidence versus doubt, exhaustion (at saying the same thing time and time again) versus energy.

The deja vu that I have experienced increasingly has been difficult.  But hand on heart, just recently there have been some school visits that have been just awesome, as I have talked freely and openly, heard myself rephrasing, bringing new light and new dimensions into my presentation, and I've surprised myself by realising that I am not on a hamster wheel going round and round and round - it is evolving all the time...

I'll keep going - I believe in it, and it is a pathway to the next thing that might be in store.  All of my business at present is down to repeat bookings or word of mouth, there has been no marketing involved.  So we must be doing something right.

Al

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