I started speaking a little under a year and a half ago. 🎤 😬 And it’s been a journey figuring out everything: my style, how many speaking engagements are too many, how much time do I need to prep, should I prep, and so on. There are no rules for this stuff. I finished TEDx two months ago and it was 7 months of prep. I just did Disrupt Madison and I prepped for maybe a total of 5 hours over time. And I knew what I wanted to say... and then for the first time I walked on stage and everything went blank. I forgot everything that I wanted to say. So I winged it. And it went fine. But I hate not being THE BEST. And I’m really working to find my balance. On camera I don’t really prep. On the stage (personally) I’m learning that the more prep the better. Preparation is the best weapon. Kind of like when I was a musician. You play a song so much that it’s burned into your memory. You can go off script and still come back to the song because it’s become muscle memory. People have taken flights/driven from other cities/countries to come see me speak. And I feel an obligation to be the best. To make it worth it every time. Otherwise, what’s the point of speaking at all? From here on everything that I do, will be the best of me. #justQ 🖖🏽🖤 …see more