Mario Cavolo

#22 MY FIRST SPEAKING ENGAGEMENT DISASTER

I’ll never forget it. The humiliation coursing through my veins like acid rather than blood. My body, my emotions, the desire to flee, to escape to get away from the ruin of it was deep and devastating. I never imagined it would, should or could happen to me. I walked out of the ballroom heading toward the nearest restroom I could find with my only goal to crawl under a rock and stay there forever. I didn’t perform a keynote speech again for over two years. THAT”S how ruined I was.

In fact, I now remember it fondly and firmly state to you; such an experience should happen to most of us. I certainly didn’t feel that way at the time! It was my 5th or so keynote speaking engagement and the year was 1985. I was...

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My book editor Tom Pellman has done a terrific job on the manuscript, reminding us all once again that what we accomplish is so often a collaboration of talent and effort by a team of people. He informed me today that he has finally completed the current manuscript edits with the total # of pages at 115. Smaller books are popular in today's world but rather than publish now, I would rather keep the goal of 150-160 pages in . I still have an additional section of about 30 additional pages of content on influence and impact with a dual focus; first on the personal-business scale and secondly, on the macro-social scale, both deomonstrating the concept of small changes which make a big and permanent difference. This is a topic area I've noticed repeatedly during the past several months and I would rather delay the publishing a few additional weeks than leave the content for the second book.

At this stage, I will start posting book chapter excerpts and will greatly enjoy sharing your thoughts and ideas...please do add your comments and challenges.

Cheers, Mario

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