Back in 2016 I fulfilled one of my bucket list items: To speak on a TEDx stage. And, I also fulfilled a not-so-great "goal": to see if I could recover from a very public mess-up.

I bombed my only attempt at a TEDx talk (I literally forgot what I was going to say).

I've learned a lot since then, but have never watched the video. I've never ever revisited the message I wanted to convey, until I shared this story with my REAL EA group yesterday. They challenged me to share the story, and share the message I wanted to share that night in 2016.

So here it is ... without the drama and shame and upset that went with it in the moment.

(And it's actually Episode 208 ...)

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