Presence over perfection - Video Tutorials & Practice Problems

Have you seen the first iPhone presentation by Steve jobs? It's often hailed as one of the most effective and engaging business presentations of all time. But if you've seen that 2007 iPhone presentation, you might remember that partway through his slide, clicker stopped working. You watch him click it a couple times and wait. Then he switches to a backup clicker, which also doesn't work. And then he says, they're freaking out backstage right now. And the audience laughs. Then he starts telling us. It's a sort of behind the scenes story about the time he and Wazniak were starting up apple computers. He's so into the story that you forget that what we're actually experiencing is a technical difficult. The truth is things can go awry when you're delivering your presentation. The key is to remember what Steve jobs demonstrated presence over perfection. Your technology might malfunction no matter how many backup plans you created, someone could start Jack hammering out the window near where you're presenting someone in your audience could say, or do something that disrupts your flow. The most important thing you can bring is your calm presence. Preparation and practice are your number one strategy for this kind of calm presence when you watch Steve jobs present. It seems as though he's casually showing up on stage to talk through how excited he is about his new product, but Steve jobs was known for spending a lot of time preparing his presentations and it's that preparation and practice that makes them feel so easy and comforting. There are a few other ways to bring yourself back to calm presence. One is to take a belly breath, deep breath in through your nose, pull it all the way into your belly so that it distends fully then let that breath out all the way. Belly breaths are amazing. During preparation. When you start to get anxious, as you walk up to the stage or any time you lose your train of thought. You can also tap into your calm presence by developing your mindset, remind yourself that any negative thoughts that might show up as you prepare or deliver your talk are simply sentences in your mind among some 60,000 thoughts. Some experts estimate we have in a given day. They don't mean anything. If you don't grab a hold of. They will pass. So right now, I want you to just take a deep belly breath, feel that calm presence in your body. Then go pick up that presentation you've been working on and practice one more time. And remember your presence is way better than perfection when you present.