SFR 277: How I Prepare To Speak

Here's a snapshot of the mental stuff I do to stay in the game before I speak on any stage...    It seems like questions often come in themes and in waves.    I don't know if it's just 'cause I have my ear to the ground listening to what people are asking me…    But it seems like the recent wave of questions are all about, “How do you prepare before you go on stage?”   By the time you read this, OfferMind 2019 will be over, and so I thought it would be the perfect time to share how a guy who used to hate public speaking preps for LIVE events    I didn't really think about my preparation until people started asking the question, but when I started to look more closely, I discovered that:   Before I speak on stage, there's a pattern that I go through that comes in two phases.    The Thinking Phase.   The Prepare for War Phase   … you may find some of what I do a little surprising, (and frankly, a few years back, I could never have imagined myself doing some of this stuff