So damned focused on training it's funny

With lightheartedness I tell the following story:

I had to read a bible passage to an auditorium filled with about 500 students, teacher, parents, administrators, etc. at my school the other day for a Christmas celebration. I was nervous. When I walked to the stage and approached the podium to speak, I could feel my heart racing. The first thought to enter my head was not anything related to the speech, it was Florida 70.3. That's focus!

The auditorium was silent, and my heart was racing. Here was my opportunity to practice calming myself down. So I stood, quietly and awkwardly, simply staring into the audience for probably a full minute. I was thinking, "Frey, you're going to be nervous at the start of Florida 70.3, and a racing heart rate will eat valuable energy. You need to practice staying calm." So, in front of 500+ people at this formal Christmas ceremony, I practiced staying calm.

I finally started reading, and I killed. It was a quiet, formal ceremony, so there was no applause after anyone's speeches. It was like church. However, after the Frey Bird's speech, the kid's spontaneously applauded.

Turn those negatives into positive. There are opportunities for training everywhere.

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