I bombed- totally bombed

Hey Friend!

I have so much a want to share with you:

1)      A completely embarrassing moment

2)      A super fun secret

3)      A new Ah-Ha

Okay, in no particular order… man oh man… I totally bombed. I’m on stage, at the mic, and completely blanked on what I was going to say.
Completely.
Blank.

Here’s what was happening:

• Thankfully, only about 200 people were in the room
• Every time I hit the forward button on the remote, my power point slides still didn’t appear
• The big reveal for my new business endeavor was NOT going well
• I forgot ALL my tools for presenting authentically and powerfully
• Pushing the button was still not going to help these slides appear

It was rough. I was struggling and then became hopping mad. I mean furious.

I didn’t even bother to ask the venue or the organizer what happened/ what went wrong. I was beyond and unconcerned with the why. I simply went right into judging myself. (I know… judging myself was an “interesting” choice!)

• “What was I thinking? I know better than to rely on technology to prompt my speaking points!”
• “Why didn’t I bring a backup?! How could I not have printed out the slides as a reference for myself?”
• “If I had practiced more… it would have been fine.”
• “Why didn’t I just make a joke of it and win my listeners over with a good snort laugh and just move on?”

Honestly, it took me a couple hours to shake it. And yes, now, I am completely able to play with one of my favorite questions: What’s amusing about this?
And you betcha- I do get the amusing factor! Okay- maybe it still stings a smidge… and it’s mostly amusing now.

My invitation to YOU is- find the funny angle quicker and quicker in sticky situations. Take a deep breath and let’s acknowledge how fabulously amusing we all are. Seriously Amusing!

After that bit of bedlam I came to my Ah Ha!

• I have stuff that I’m working on.
• My target isn’t to be stuff free.
• Stuff comes up, it surprises me, it induces crankiness…
• And, stuff shows me what may need some love and laughter.
• Stuff is releasable.
• And, we can move beyond our stuff.

Shall we agree, let’s not allow our stuff to be a stopper my friend.

Which leads me to my secret!!!!
Okay- I can’t tell you quite yet… AND am super excited to share it with you VERY SOON!!
Hint: if you have stuff… you’ll want to know about this. Wahooooooo!!

Let’s laugh, this reality and stuff are HILARIOUS,
Maureen