If your idea gets blank stares now, it might not be bad. The room might just be a few years behind.
RESILIENCE
WHAT THIS MEANS
A blank response can mean two different things, and they are hard to tell apart in the moment. Sometimes the idea is unclear, and sometimes it needs a context the room does not have yet. Confusion is not the same as disagreement, and treating every flat reception as a verdict discards work that simply arrived early.
Ask which one it is rather than assuming either. Find out whether people did not understand or did not agree, and let the answer decide whether you explain it better or wait.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Which idea of yours got blank stares you took personally?
MORE IN ADVERSITY, PRESSURE & RESILIENCE
- Nervous and prepared feels like a revving engine. Nervous and unprepared feels like a car with no brakes.
- A plateau isn’t a wall. It’s the floor settling so the next level can hold your weight.
- Finishing in last place still gives you a time to beat. Walking off the course gives you nothing to measure.
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.