Self Confidence, The Deal Breaker
Wednesday, July 30th, 2008He almost talked himself out of it…
A few weeks ago one of my coaching clients had traveled to the Big Apple on what was designed to be a reconnaissance mission. The goal was to scout out the right location for a customer and client reception party that was going to take place in conjunction with big media conference going on at the Jacob Javits Center in July.
He owns a mid size media production company here in Denver that produces some absolutely amazing digital work. I’m not going to mention the name of the company but you have seen their work on Discovery, History, and several other cable channels.
We’ll my client felt that as long as he was going to be in New York he might as well see if he can set up a few meetings with some of the networks headquarterd there. As a result of his efforts he (more…)

After 6 hours of waiting, questions, and more waiting I was denied admission and gently escorted out of the country. For one brief moment I felt like a loser. I had gone back in time some 29 years to a place and emotions I thought I would never have to experience again. For that moment all the joy, excitement, and success I had felt about my talk at the IDEA event and how it changed lives just two days earlier had evaporated into an old belief that I wasn’t good enough and would never amount to anything. While I was being questioned I could feel my body tighten, blood pressure elevate, and pulse quicken. I could also feel myself begin to shrink…I felt small.