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The early bird

The early bird

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The early bird

- Tip number four for getting rid of nerves is to get there really early. Now, I referred to this a little bit in the previous video, but get there really, really early. The last thing you want is to be stuck in traffic, having stress or whatever, and quite often when you get to the room, you find that it's not what you expected. The chairs are all in the wrong places, there isn't a flip chart or whatever, the screen isn't quite straight, and it takes a bit of fiddling to get the screen the way you want it. So get there really early and check the room and the equipment. If I'm doing a talk, I quite often go up the night before and stay in the hotel. And I like to go and look at the room the evening before because then I sort of feel subconsciously that it's my territory. And then, when I go back there in the morning, I already know what I'm expecting and it feels kind of easy and natural, it's my room then. So get there really early, check all the equipment well in advance. If they've…

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