So we're on to skill number three, which is presenting. Why does presenting matter in a squiggly career?

Well, I think we all have to present in some way, shape or form through the work that we do. And often we make the mistake of thinking presenting is like a jazz hands moment. A TED talk. Or there must be, you know, we think presenting and we think a stage or lots of people

looking at us.

I also think it's a really common confidence gremlin for people.

This idea of people are listening to me and are they judging me?

Are they comparing me to other people?

So I think we tie ourselves up in lots of knots around presenting.

And so I think we've got to make it a bit more low key and a bit more informal and just figure out how to do this in a way that works for us.

Because when we do, I think it increases our impact.

I think we can share our ideas.

I think we influence better because people listen to us.

But we definitely have to

start by letting go of this idea that there is a perfect way of presenting because it's just

not a thing. And some of my favorite presenters, they're not polished or shiny or perfect.

They're just compelling and they're interesting. And what you feel like from watching people who are very good presenters is they're definitely being themselves.

They're probably practised.

It doesn't mean they're not trying hard, but they are sort of doing it in their own way.

And I think that's sort of the first message to remind yourself of.

And you can always get feedback.

Like it's to that point around sort of,

we're all presenting works in progress. But unless you do the presentation, you can't get the

feedback. So you do have to do a bit of it to get better at it. Yeah. So how are you going to do

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