I froze on stage.

Did I ever tell you about the time I was on stage at a speaker bootcamp and my mind went completely blank, Reader? Speaker agents and bureaus were in the room, and everyone else was a seasoned keynote pro. And mid-sentence, my mind just... emptied. There I was, frozen, with no idea what I was supposed to say next. My face flushed. My heart was pounding so loud I was sure the front row could hear it. I wanted to disappear. 😥 But here's what I didn't do: I didn't rush to fill the silence. I...