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I gave that presentation yesterday - and stories - and not always the ones that end happily
I put my own spin on it! Turned out I wasn’t (those always seem fake to me). I prefer gritty
talking to students only. There were teachers, stories, stories that let me get to know the person

administrators, tech support staff, and one talking, stories that resonate with the challenges
parole officer (not mine) in attendance. We I’ve faced in life, and stories about the eternal
talked about favorite books, favorite teachers, struggle between polar bears and harp seals.
and video games! I told them about me— subject Next time you lack motivation to do

I am somewhat knowledgeable about—and I something - ask yourself, “Am I engaged with this
asked them what their stories were. I gave them project? How can I make this more meaningful
their first Russian language lesson, shared my for me?”
struggles with depression in school, and pitched I’m going to keep playing video game—that

Toastmasters. I did this all while covering the darn Hive Queen keeps coming back—but I
main topic: Assuring Success (through education). know that if I am playing games every night it is
I find that turning a project into something I because I am avoiding something I don’t want to
want to do means that I invest it with what has do. (Come to think of it, that Hive Queen looks

meaning to me - and this is the very reason I a little like a harp seal). By turning a dreaded
am no good at “conventional” sales (if I don’t project into something I own I am able to see it
have a good personal relationship with the through to the end—and not kill myself in the
product - I don’t want to sell it). Audiences love process. Now, where did I put that controller…?

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