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Chapter 19
What Are You Waiting For?
"How can I make this event interesting?" I wondered.
"I know, I'll talk for five minutes about photography and
fifty-five minutes about connecting with people." When I
finished, three people came up to me: a doctor, a teacher,
and someone who teaches people-skills to airline
personnel. "Can you come and give this talk to my staff/
students/teams?" they each asked. "Not the photography
bit, the rest. The connecting with people part."
That night, I told Wendy, "I'm going to be a
speaker." When I woke up the next morning, she asked
me, “Do you still want to be a speaker?"
"Passionately."
"What makes you think you've got what it takes?"
"Well... I guess I have a way with words."
"You can be very persuasive." She said. "What else?"
"I'm pretty fast on my feet."
"So you're persuasive and flexible. What else?"
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