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<\/p>\nWe all make mistakes.<\/p>\n
We all have lapses in judgement.<\/p>\n
We all sometimes justify<\/strong> things and do things we don\u2019t usually do\u2026<\/p>\n We all do things we know better<\/strong> than.<\/p>\n I don\u2019t know about you but when I justify and do something I typically don\u2019t, it means I have to relearn a lesson again.<\/strong><\/p>\n In other words, it doesn\u2019t turn out the way I wanted it too.<\/p>\n It happened recently and I colleague, and friend gently reminded me that I knew better.<\/p>\n Thank goodness<\/strong> for good friends \u2013 in business and outside of it.<\/p>\n The short version is I agreed to speak for a new organization at an event in Atlanta and after getting approval for the topic, I submitted everything they asked for well in advance.<\/p>\n My slide deck for the presentation was submitted more than a month<\/strong> prior to the date and 2 full weeks<\/strong> before the deadline.<\/p>\n I was scheduled to speak at 2:50pm in downtown Atlanta on a Friday.<\/p>\n I had showered, dressed, and put my make-up and was almost ready to head downtown when I looked at my email to see a message from the event coordinator at 11am that said\u2026<\/p>\n \u201cI am giving you as early notice as I can. We have had a fantastic conference of Advanced Marketing topics for our audience of Senior Marketing Professionals.<\/p>\n As your presentation is not quite a fit, we have decided that unfortunately, you are unable to speak today at our Atlanta event. We have sorted an alternative session for the Agenda as a Implementation Commitment Session in our Wrap-Up.<\/p>\n If you do show up onsite, you are certainly welcome to join complimentary as an Attendee.<\/p>\n We sincerely apologize for the convenience and short notice.<\/p>\n Thanks for your understanding for our decision.\u201d<\/p>\n That\u2019s right\u2026<\/p>\n Four hours before I\u2019m scheduled to speak, they cancelled me.<\/strong><\/p>\n They approved my topic<\/strong> (which was Direct Response Marketing Strategies \u2013 a topic I can fit for Any audience at Any level) and then decided it wasn\u2019t a fit. It was all very baffling<\/strong> to me.<\/p>\n In fairness to them I must tell you they did call the office the night before (at like 8:30pm) but didn\u2019t leave a voicemail. And they didn\u2019t call my cell (which they had).<\/p>\n Who checks their caller ID on their office phone if there isn\u2019t a voicemail? Nobody I know\u2026<\/p>\n Here are the lessons learned\u2026<\/p>\n If you\u2019ve read this far and you\u2019re saying to yourself something doesn\u2019t add up here\u2026 this doesn\u2019t make sense, I agree.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve been speaking for 30 years.<\/strong> I\u2019ve been asked back to speak for companies who never have a speaker back more than once. I\u2019m always one of the top 3 speakers at events that ask for speaker reviews.<\/p>\n I\u2019ve never<\/strong> seen anything like this or experienced anything like this before.<\/p>\n I could go on and on, but I won\u2019t.<\/p>\n Do you have a crazy speaker story?<\/p>\n To Your Success \u2013<\/p>\n We all make mistakes. We all have lapses in judgement. We all sometimes justify things and do things we don\u2019t usually do\u2026 We all do things we know better than. I don\u2019t know about you but when I justify and do something I typically don\u2019t, it means I have to relearn a lesson again. In…<\/p>\n\n
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