What’s bad about the Internet is that you can find a study to prove almost any idea or belief. What’s great about the Internet is that you can find a study to prove almost any idea or belief.
That said when you come across something that puts into words or helps explain a behaviour or an idea you’ve had that might seem counterintuitive it’s kind of delightful.
I have shared this tweet often:
Timeline of My Presentations: 6-8 months out: Asked to present 1 month: Decide to get to work 3 weeks: Decide my presentation sucks 1 week: Still sucks but a bit less 3 days: Thinks it might actually be good. 1 day : Excited to present 1 hour after: Thinks it might have sucked.
I’ve developed a routine or method of creating presentations and keynotes that usually has me beginning early. While that tweet says I start a month out, that’s not exactly true. A month out is when I begin to build an actual slide deck. What happens before that is I begin a note in Evernote where I write random thoughts and ideas. It’s a total mess of images, … Read the rest
