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The Worst Presentation Of My Life

Name: The Worst Presentation Of My Life
Uploaded: 2024-12-23T06:45:02+00:00
Duration: 28 s
Channel: Shanli Liu, CPA, CTP
Description: In this candid monologue, the speaker recounts the biggest flop of a presentation they have ever given. Invited to speak at a personal trainer…

23 Dec 2024 · 0 min

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In this candid monologue, the speaker recounts the biggest flop of a presentation they have ever given. Invited to speak at a personal trainer conference, they prepared an extensive, high‑value talk that lasted over three hours. However, after delivering the content, they abruptly shifted to a sales pitch, compressing what should have been a 90‑minute pitch into about 15 minutes. The audience reacted with strong resistance, leading the speaker to realize that trying to both give extensive value and push a hard sell in the same session does not work. The speaker reflects on the tension between providing value and selling, concluding that one must choose a clear approach rather than mixing the two.

It was the biggest flop of a presentation I've ever given in my entire life. I got asked to speak at this, like, personal trainer conference. I was like, sure, I'll come talk. I made this really long presentation that was just like very, very good. And then at the end I was like, yeah, and here's the price. And I dropped it and I was like, you know, I just, I just went as fast as I could through it. Soft toss it. And so I did what would have been a 90-minute presentation pitch in like 15 minutes after giving 3 hours plus of value. And I got so much resistance from the crowd. So I was like, I'm going to kind of sell. Like, that doesn't work. You either give value or you sell shit.