PRESENTATION. Phew! I've really had a very bad experience in giving a presentation.
My first presentation- in front of a crowd of 70-80 odd people on 12th Oct 2011.
Yes that's true. I still remember that date, believe me or not.
Let me start from "Once upon a time."
I had just finished off with my first year of engineering and I had passed with flying colours.
Then during the second year of my engineering when my first year results were declared, I just got carried away and the big mistake what I did was I kept myself loose from studies and other important things-which was nothing but a stupidity. I started taking things lightly.
This is when my group was assigned a task of giving a presentation on our own topic which were informed to us in the beginning. Like almost all other engineering students we never took our work seriously and later when the time had come to give the presentation, we pulled up our sleeves and immediately got down to work, in the same speed as that of a rocket. We could actually feel the fire under our hips.
The D-day had come. We were ready with our PPT's. But as far as I was concerned, I wasn't properly prepared.the result of last moment preparations. Two of my friends had started with the PPT and the second one had finished off with his part. And now it was my turn.He introduced me to the crowd and requested me to come on stage. I felt so NUMB. So nervous.
I started off well for the first 15-20 seconds. And then my bad time started ticking.and I went completely blank. Just by looking at the crowd I became so nervous. I could feel my heart pumping so fast that I just thought it would come crashing out through my chest. I could feel the strong shivers run down my spine! My lips were shivering with lots of "a-a" in between,
my legs were shaking.I felt like crying.because I could see few people laughing at me when I went blank.I felt so overwhelmed and intimidated by the crowd. I just felt like leaving the stage and ending my part of PPT absurdly. But somehow I managed to end it properly and I was done with it.
I would rather call this as the most embarrassing moment of my Life! Feeling insulted, humiliated, dejected. So the thing that I've learned from this embarrassment is that never take things lightly and for granted. If you do so .then your laziness would make you pay for it. Do not keep things at the end moment.
Be serious and hardworking.
ALL THE BEST!
