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All right, we got a question here that says, how do you prepare to go on stage in the 15 minutes beforehand?

Now, I'm going to answer this because I think it's very applicable to everyone.

Even though a lot of you might not do public speaking, I want to share this because I think people could get something out of this.

So everybody should walk around all day, every day, like you are the rock star, you are the king of the world, you're the most dominant, confident motherfucker of all time, you light up every room.

That's how you should approach each and every minute of each and every day.

So whether you're getting on stage or just walking into the office. I think this is important and applicable.

What I do, now, public speaking is the number one fear on the planet, which is crazy.

And I used to have that.

I get it.

I can relate to that.

And so I started public speaking in 2006.

I was invited to speak at what was called the big seminar.

This was in Boston, Massachusetts at TPS, Total Performance Sports, owned by my friend, C.J. Murphy.

It was me, Murph, Dave Tate, Jim Wendler, and Alan Cosgrove on the bill.

It was the five of us.

And I had never spoken in public before because I thought that I would be terrible

in public speaking. I knew I was

terrified. I just knew I couldn't do it. Nobody my family does it. We're all kind of like,

you know, soft spoken or whatever. At least that's how I was throughout my whole life. Always

soft spoken, always shy, introverted, socially awkward, quiet, didn't like, you know, did not want to spotlight on me,

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