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INDIELAB

I woke up the morning of my first keynote address filled with anxiety. I jumped out of bed in panic. The thought of standing on the stage while watching the audience staring at me escalated my terror. I paced the room repeating, “I cannot give this presentation, I cannot give this presentation …”

In a taxi on the way to the conference, I prayed

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