It’s kind of like a recipe you’re trying for the first time. You love all the ingredients and you can imagine serving it to your family or friends and them all loving it.
You work hard prepping everything. You don’t rush and follow the instructions to a tee. You even go back and review your steps along the way.
Finally, it’s time to put it out in front of your audience. Will they like it? Will you second-guess your workflow? Did you put in the exact amount of seasoning needed to satisfy everyone? Is it something people will want more of?
I have been working on a new presentation for the last few weeks. I put the finishing touches on it a few days ago, but as is usually the case, when I looked through the slides for an overview, I came up with a few tweaks, and image changes, and I think I’m officially ready to “serve it” to my first audiences this week.
Just like a new dish, dessert, or drink, there’s nothing wrong with making some slight modifications the second time you serve something. Maybe it needs a little more of something or a little less of something else. Maybe you realize that your prep time should be a little longer or perhaps it needs something added to it to make it “just right.”
I’m pretty excited to show it off and share. I think people will like it. I also know that with a few more “servings”, it could become one of my “signature dishes” that I love to bring to events or new audiences.
What do you have cooking these days? What are some of those “test recipes” that you’ve been working on that might need to make it out of the practice kitchen and get worked into your daily practice? Do you have a new script, dialogue, or objection-handling technique you need to break out on a “live audience”? Maybe it’s a new tech tool you’re excited to start using each day. Perhaps a website or video strategy that you’ve been thinking about breaking in?
I’ll certainly practice a few more times before my “big unveil” this week. I will envision the technology working as it should. I will envision the audience sitting there with open minds and excited eyes. They will laugh when they are supposed to. They will start to figure out how to implement these ideas and information into their business.
Hopefully, it will make them think.
Then it’s time to go deliver it.
It’s time to stop thinking about it and instead, trust myself, and start delivering.
It’s time to see if it works.