No more fog today. It helps that it’s sunny and clear because the meetings I had are all heavy. It drained me. The meeting I had with our APAC boss is not as bad as I thought it would be but it’s still…it sapped the life out of me.

My public speaking training, on the other hand, was lovely. My trainor is  very helpful and recognized my theater background that gave me good stage presence, confidence, and voice control. This same theater training was also the cause of some the things that detract me from being the best public speaker = my tendency to make myself “big” on stage. Hand gestures that go outside the “center of openness” (draw a circle around my torso, from my shoulders to the waist area), especially the high gestures, are a result of my training in theater-in-the-round. That is, the need to be seen by the people on the balcony. But in conferences, there is no orchestra nor balcony.

There are more pointers that are very useful. He said when he started doing this training for corporates, my trainor said he also was “big” but eventually unlearned it. He assured me I can unlearn it as well and be patient with myself as it takes time.

He did note that I have this tendency to lean on my left. I said I have scoliosis, so my right hip is higher than my left so I need to lean on that side to compensate for my uneven/S-curve spine. Then he said, nothing we can do about it, but at least I’m aware of that.