How Prepared are you?
By Bruce Wade
The morning alarm goes off and you realize that this is the day that you are presenting your new keynote to your dream audience. You feel excited and terrified all at the same time. This could be the day you begin to see a turnaround in your business, your future hangs on how well prepared you are.
How prepared are you?
This simple formula will help guide you to a logical conclusion to either give you a boost of self-confidence or give you the option to go straight to the airport and book a flight to Afghanistan where your chance of survival will be better.
- I = The importance of the event (1 – 10) 10 is the speech at your wedding
- S = Hours of sleep you had last night
- C = Cups of coffee or caffeine drink consumed today
- P1 = Hours of required preparation for this event. Research shows that for every 10 minutes of speaking at least 30 – 60 minutes of prep are required
- P2 = Actual hours spent in preparation, not including playing with graphics and clip art
- D = Difficulty of your subject (1 – 10) 10 being particle acceleration in a vacuum
- N = The level of nervousness you feel right now (1 – 10) 10 being just changed pants again
Substitute the figures for numbers, and complete the equation. If Prepared is greater than 1, relax you will be fine, if not go back to your desk and do some more work. Good Luck.
