Lydia Fenet

then take the opportunities that are smaller that don't seem quite as large and overwhelming. If there is an opportunity, I'm a parent of three, so there are a lot of parent-teacher moments over the course of the year. What I would say to someone who's trying to be a better public speaker is stand up and ask a question. You have that opportunity. It happens every single month.

then take the opportunities that are smaller that don't seem quite as large and overwhelming. If there is an opportunity, I'm a parent of three, so there are a lot of parent-teacher moments over the course of the year. What I would say to someone who's trying to be a better public speaker is stand up and ask a question. You have that opportunity. It happens every single month.

then take the opportunities that are smaller that don't seem quite as large and overwhelming. If there is an opportunity, I'm a parent of three, so there are a lot of parent-teacher moments over the course of the year. What I would say to someone who's trying to be a better public speaker is stand up and ask a question. You have that opportunity. It happens every single month.

There's a parent-teacher conference. Stand up once a month and ask a question. Feel that adrenaline come in. Understand what nerves feel like. Because once you feel it, you start to recognize it. And then it stops holding that fear over you, that grip over you. And in terms of asking the girl out, I think sometimes you just have to have a leap of faith.

There's a parent-teacher conference. Stand up once a month and ask a question. Feel that adrenaline come in. Understand what nerves feel like. Because once you feel it, you start to recognize it. And then it stops holding that fear over you, that grip over you. And in terms of asking the girl out, I think sometimes you just have to have a leap of faith.

There's a parent-teacher conference. Stand up once a month and ask a question. Feel that adrenaline come in. Understand what nerves feel like. Because once you feel it, you start to recognize it. And then it stops holding that fear over you, that grip over you. And in terms of asking the girl out, I think sometimes you just have to have a leap of faith.

But, you know, and other things, there's always the opportunity to practice when the lift or the setting is low so that you have the opportunity to get better the more you do it.

But, you know, and other things, there's always the opportunity to practice when the lift or the setting is low so that you have the opportunity to get better the more you do it.

But, you know, and other things, there's always the opportunity to practice when the lift or the setting is low so that you have the opportunity to get better the more you do it.

Definitely. I've become a charity auctioneer over the course of my career, but when I tried out, I was young, I was not very good.

Definitely. I've become a charity auctioneer over the course of my career, but when I tried out, I was young, I was not very good.

Definitely. I've become a charity auctioneer over the course of my career, but when I tried out, I was young, I was not very good.

And I had all of these sort of disastrous nights on stage where I would get up there and something would go terribly awry and I would leave and cry a lot because that was always sort of my coping mechanism for not being competent, but wanting to be more competent and also to gain confidence on stage.

And I had all of these sort of disastrous nights on stage where I would get up there and something would go terribly awry and I would leave and cry a lot because that was always sort of my coping mechanism for not being competent, but wanting to be more competent and also to gain confidence on stage.

And I had all of these sort of disastrous nights on stage where I would get up there and something would go terribly awry and I would leave and cry a lot because that was always sort of my coping mechanism for not being competent, but wanting to be more competent and also to gain confidence on stage.

And what I learned every single time was that when something happened on stage that went terribly wrong, it prepared me for the next time that it happened again. Because over the course of a two-decade career where you're on stage over 60, 70, 80 nights a year, things do go wrong pretty much every single time. So we talk a lot about microphones, right?

And what I learned every single time was that when something happened on stage that went terribly wrong, it prepared me for the next time that it happened again. Because over the course of a two-decade career where you're on stage over 60, 70, 80 nights a year, things do go wrong pretty much every single time. So we talk a lot about microphones, right?

And what I learned every single time was that when something happened on stage that went terribly wrong, it prepared me for the next time that it happened again. Because over the course of a two-decade career where you're on stage over 60, 70, 80 nights a year, things do go wrong pretty much every single time. So we talk a lot about microphones, right?

That's an important part of your interview process. You want to make sure that it's great. I've been on stage nine times over the course of my career where people have either forgotten to get a microphone or the microphone just didn't work. And so I've had to learn what to do when I get on stage and that happens. And now if there's no microphone, no problem.

That's an important part of your interview process. You want to make sure that it's great. I've been on stage nine times over the course of my career where people have either forgotten to get a microphone or the microphone just didn't work. And so I've had to learn what to do when I get on stage and that happens. And now if there's no microphone, no problem.