The pitch you’re afraid to give is usually the pitch you need to give.
RESILIENCE
WHAT THIS MEANS
Fear tends to attach itself to the idea with the most at stake, which is also the one that could change something. The safe version is comfortable because nobody will react to it in either direction. The frightening one is frightening because it could be turned down, which means it could also be taken up, and both beat nothing happening. Your nerves are a rough map of where the stakes are.
Name the one you keep not saying, then book the smallest version of saying it. One person, five minutes, this week. Write the opening two sentences down first.
A QUESTION TO SIT WITH
Which idea have you been rehearsing privately instead of pitching?
MORE IN COURAGE & RISK
- Firefighter cadets learn that the bravest people on a crew are the ones who say “stop” when something’s off.
- Changing your major isn’t failing. It’s choosing the right fight before you spend four years on the wrong one.
- Owning where you’re from and how you grew up takes nerve in some rooms. Your story belongs in every room.
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