Project Confidence, Conviction, Enthusiasm
For the past 30-plus years, I’ve observed that the philosophy of life of most businesspeople has been No pain, no gain. Mine, on the other hand, has been No strain, no pain. Let me explain.
Like Woody Allen, I failed milk in kindergarten. As a result of the pain that came with that failure, I never enrolled in a course that I stood a chance of failing. (How else can I explain my proficiency at playing tennis, riding my bicycle, designing chess sets,[3] and drawing charts?) Similarly, I avoid the pain of being criticized; I prefer to hear about what I do well and to learn from that rather than to overcome the pain of discovering what I do poorly and then correcting it. When it comes to business presentations, ...
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