Expertise from Forbes Councils members, operated under license. Opinions expressed are those of the author. I still remember one of my first big speaking engagements. I spent weeks preparing, ...

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Ah, perfection. Have you ever turned down a speaking engagement because you tend to trip over your words? Have you ever ended a conversation before getting into the meat of it because you weren’t sure ...