My first post-covid #keynote

At 11:30 pm, I found out my flight was canceled.

My first post-covid #keynote was at 8am the next morning and the next flight to Pittsburgh wasn't landing until 10pm the next day.

I felt like all hope was lost. I started drafting a "sorry to cancel" email to my #agency... and then I had an epiphany:

If the #educators I was speaking to could struggle through 5 days of zoom classes/week for the past year, I could make one immense sacrfice to make them feel valued.

I decided to sacrifice sleep. I rented a sports car and drove 7.5 hours through the night. I decided to be unstoppable. Failure was not an option!

I made it just in time to wash up and hit the stage!

The educators were immensely grateful, and we had a blast! I finally caught up on sleep over the weekend.

A few lessons here:

1) Find a way to win! There's always a way.

2) Protect your brand- as a professional speaker, a lot depends your reputation. You never want to become known as the guy who misses gigs or shows up late. Do what you have to do to stay on point.

3) Sometimes a little adversity makes for an epic story, which is worth its weight in gold 😏

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