From Jody Moore, Life Coach
I once saw Oprah speak live in LA.
It was me, my sister and 17,000 other people in attendance.
Oprah was obviously brilliant and beautiful and wise.
But what I remember most from that day was that she fell.
She was slowly pacing the stage as a speaker does, when her shoe caught her pant leg and she fell.
She fell all the way down onto her hands and knees.
It was loud and sudden and the whole audience gasped.
She appeared shocked.
She remained on the ground for a bit.
Her team rushed onto the stage to help her but she assured them she was fine.
Then she slowly stood up and picked up the microphone and looked out over the audience for a few long seconds.
We were on the edge of our seats wondering how one recovers from what is surely everyone’s greatest fear when speaking in front of a crowd.
And then she said, “I wore the wrong shoes,” and kicked her shoes off and continued with her talk.
This is true confidence.
It's not that you never trip and fall. It’s what happens afterwards.
It was me, my sister and 17,000 other people in attendance.
Oprah was obviously brilliant and beautiful and wise.
But what I remember most from that day was that she fell.
She was slowly pacing the stage as a speaker does, when her shoe caught her pant leg and she fell.
She fell all the way down onto her hands and knees.
It was loud and sudden and the whole audience gasped.
She appeared shocked.
She remained on the ground for a bit.
Her team rushed onto the stage to help her but she assured them she was fine.
Then she slowly stood up and picked up the microphone and looked out over the audience for a few long seconds.
We were on the edge of our seats wondering how one recovers from what is surely everyone’s greatest fear when speaking in front of a crowd.
And then she said, “I wore the wrong shoes,” and kicked her shoes off and continued with her talk.
This is true confidence.
It's not that you never trip and fall. It’s what happens afterwards.
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