I’m SO proud of Brady! A while back, he was asked to participate in a career fair for a group of high school kids. He was recruited to do a career fair two year ago here for our local high school, but this year, our high school joined up with a couple of other small town schools in the division, so it was bigger, and to Brady, it was more nerve wracking.
He almost said no to the invitation. He almost did last time, too. Brady does not credit himself as a public speaker. Not at all. He was pretty nervous as the date to decide snuck up on him, and he told me he was going to back out of it this year. He said he remembered, last time, he only felt better once it was over. I’ll admit that I pushed him. I didn’t make him accept, but he continued to think about it, and did finally say yes. I was THRILLED, and he was NERVOUS. I saw the honour in him being invited back, but he just saw it as a public speaking gig that he did not feel comfortable participating in.
He and I went over his presentation last night, and he wrote it out smoothly and in a good order. He was still nervous, but I think it helped to go over it with someone. I could ask questions at the natural places and he filled in his info along the way.
He left this morning in pretty good spirits. I waited anxiously to hear from him, trying not to text him between sessions, and to give him some space. But I was SO eager!! Finally, the guy was done and on his way home 🙂 
He said it went really well, and he warmed up right after the first session. I can definitely relate to that feeling, even as someone who is more comfortable speaking in front of a group. But it was a nice quick morning, three short sessions about running his own business and how he got to be where he is. I’m a VERY proud wife 💗 I feel like its such an honour for him to be asked to participate in something like this, to teach kids about how to succeed and how to be GREAT at what they do! He’s the guy to go to on the subject, for sure!!
For all your finishing carpentry needs, Brady is your guy!!!