I got my first big job promotion in the late 1980’s. One of my first major marketing presentations was to the entire Field Sale Force, over 700 people in a giant hotel ballroom. I knew that I had to “motivate” them, yet I was scared to death.

My boss, a seasoned veteran of giving many of these presentations, asked me what I was so afraid of. As I explained my nervousness about trying to remember every last detail in my 20 minute message, he just smiled as told me to remember one thing: Only you know the script.

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