I am basically a very shy person, and I always feel very uncomfortable in strange places or in large groups, so a nightmare scenario for me is to have to address a large group of people in a strange place. I think this comes from a case of stage fright I got when I did a school play and had to give a monologue. I stood on the stage, looked at all the people in the audience opened my mouth and my brain shut down.... I ran off the stage as quick as I could. The strange thing is.. I can still recite that damn monologue now from memory 40 years later! Last Thursday at 9.45 am I stood up in … [Read more...]