I spent 17 years in sales trading, and in less than 2 years, I’ve somehow become a full-time public speaker (and gotten quite good at it).

Turns out, it's actually pretty simple.
📝 Write your own scripts. Prepare your own answers.
🚫 Never say something you don't mean and never say something you don't believe.
👯 Don't give a presentation; put on a show.
💡 Give the audience ONE idea to take home. Give them 30, and they'll bring home none.
💤 Stop using a monotone voice like it's a sophomore-year business class presentation.
I enjoyed every moment on stage during hashtag#ConsensusHK. Sure, occasionally I had to toe the party line and hit some required notes, but most of the time, I knew that when I walked on stage, people would go, "Holy — this is refreshing."
There were probably over 700 panels, keynotes, and discussions during Consensus week. Being refreshing should be the bare minimum standard I give to myself.
On to bigger stages somewhere!
#Gate4Life