What if you forget your lines on stage?

What if there’s a power failure in the middle of your speech?

Or a fire drill?

What if? What if? What if?

We waste so much energy inventing and avoiding the most outrageous disasters.

What if questions can paralyze us and prevent us from seizing valuable opportunities?

So what if you blow your lines?

Go look at your script and carry on.

If there’s a power failure, ask the audience to turn on their cell phone lights, turn the room into a rock concert, and carry on.

If there’s a fire drill, switch gears and calmly encourage the audience to walk—not run—to the exits. Wouldn’t that position you as a leader?

What if? What if? What if?

Why let invention turn into prevention?

What if … you gave a presentation and nothing bad happened?

What if you delivered every line like you owned it?

What if the audience loved you and your message?

What if? What if? What if?

Hmmm