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What's up everybody?

Welcome to episode 504 of Ask Pat.

And if you celebrate Christmas, Merry Christmas.

I know this is a holiday and some of you don't do work and maybe you're listening

to this later and that's totally fine. But I know some of you who, especially on holidays,

that's your time to kind of catch up and do things like that. So if you're listening to this

when it comes out, Merry Christmas. Happy holidays to everybody. Happy Hanukkah, happy Kwanza,

happy everything. I just hope you're enjoying time with your family

and doing what you love. And we have a great question today actually from Rick. But before we get to that,

I do want to thank you because you're awesome and just thank you because, you know, Christmas is a time to

be thankful and be with your family. And I feel like you guys are part of my family too. And I know a lot of us have met before in person. A lot of us have talked and conversed on social media or via email. And even

if we haven't, you know, I just wanted you to know that I appreciate you. I'm thankful for you.

And I'm just thankful for all of your support. So thank you. Now, here's today's question from Rick. Hi, Pat. This is Rick. My website is called Rickzullo.com, and it's a travel

blog, a travel blog that's devoted exclusively to travel within the country of Italy. I've been a fan of

years for a while, and I know that you, in addition to your blog and to your podcast, you also do

quite a bit of public speaking. Well, I have an opportunity myself to do a couple of speeches, I guess you say, presentations

in the next couple of months, the first one being in just a few weeks.

And I was wondering if you could give me any pointers, just maybe a few takeaways that you

got from your experience with the speech coach, a speaking coach,

and your time up on stage.

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