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David Jones's avatar

I'm amazed. I have not heard the word "Mortification" used twice in a story...Bravo!

Seriously, I'm in my late 50's and have to hold Engineering Design Reviews of my machines to groups of peer engineers. I struggle and "freeze" up to this day. What gets me thru, no matter what, is this quote a friend told me long ago... "They can't eat you, and they can't kill you". Everything else is manageable. Cheers!

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cleavesmill's avatar

My hand is raised really high. I can totally relate. I'm Mr Freeze when someone asks me a question at work excepting me to know the answer, when I have no clue what they are talking about. Was I supposed to know the answer, did I miss something in an email or message, how can I gracefully back out of this situation without looking a fool. 30 seconds - 1 minute of hemming and hawing, alotof you knows and umms later, I am making big promises I don't know I can fulfill.

But it's one step at a time. Soon you we glowing like the mother effing sun to light the way for you and others. And you do glow,

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