Ever take 16 years to take a small risk?
Have wanted to give a speech in my preferred method of dress for 16 years.
Jeans, t-shirt and running shoes.
Steve Jobs did it.
Tim Cook wears jeans and never tucks in his shirt.
The most admired company in the world and their leaders dress like that.
Gutsy, right?
Planned on a clothes change at the very end, to intentionally make a point.
It worked.
What terrified me for 16 years turned out to be painless.
But now it’s hard to know if the standing ovation was because of the content delivery, or from the Pixar tee-shirt.
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10 replies on “It couldn’t have been the Pixar tee-shirt”
This sounds like fun!
Curious about the logistics of the execution, though. It’d be cool if there was video of this.
Someday I want to be standing in the audience for the “O”. Also noticed the stack of books on the stage.
Craig, it was really scary. t only became fun after it was over. And yeah, a video would have been cool.
Donna, the thing to remember about a standing o… if it’s for me, it’s too much, if it’s for the message, it’s not enough.
Heavy.
Did you run out of the room, to the bathroom, or something?
Yep. 🙂
Behind the curtain and the wall was about two feet of space. My roller bag was there, cloths/shoes laid out. Had the audience do a two minute activity, etc.
Congratulations.
Thanks Patty.