On day several years ago I received an email from a very large well know organization asking me to speak at their conference. I was so excited to receive the email. To me it represented a clear indication that my speaking ability had made it to a new level. That afternoon I spoke to several friends about the email. It was clear that they were excited for me. They gave me high fives and said things like you’re the man!Later that evening I called one of my main provisional relationships. While I was telling him that I had been booked to speak at this very large conference the phone went silent. I thought the call had been dropped or cut off, so I finally said, are you there? He said yes. I said I thought we got cut off because I didn’t hear your response. He said I didn’t respond yet Eddie; I am still trying to think it through. I must tell you the next words that he spoke caught me a little off guard. Eddie, at this point you’re not good enough to speak at that level of conference. You cannot go into a conference like that and do a good job; you must hit it out of the park! At that point I remember so clearly the thoughts racing through my mind, listen to him, he is a provisional relationship. I then said; well should I cancel the booking? He said no, let me think a moment. After a minute or so he said this is what I would suggest. For the remainder of the call he counseled me to stay in my strengths, to stay within my strongest skill set, and not stray.
Increasing my personal capacity changed my life,
Eddie Windsor
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