Mirror in my Handbag.

Please Note that this is not about me oooo but this also affects me

"YES!!!! I DID IT!!!!" I shouted as i came out of the conference room grinning from ear to ear. I had reached my goal of standing in front of a huge crowd to make a presentation after many failures. Well i had a little help tho.... My Mirror. lmao...yea, my mirror was one of the great help in making this presentation a reality. Lemme give you the full gist.

     Ever since I was a little girl, I have always being afraid of crowd and anything that comes with me having to face a crowd. I would run away from any opportunity because I just couldn't stand the number of eyes that will be staring at me.. well you can call it stage fright. I grew older with this flaw and found it extremely embarrassing when I couldn't give my Speech at my Sister's graduation ceremony. It was really embarrassing that an Undergraduate could still be having issues with speaking in the public. After my University education, i devoted 3 years of my life to learn the technique of speaking in public because if i wanted to be successful in my field, I have to do away with stage fright...that was when the battle began.
      I have heard stories of great speakers who for once in their lives, passed through what I was passing through and was able to work on themselves by just talking to their reflection in the mirror. I figured out then that self training would be the best so i bought a big mirror that was permanent in my room and also a small mirror that i carry about in my handbag. From then on-wards, I changed my mindset about myself and i also practice speaking to myself often. Well it worked, and on the day on my presentation, i didn't feel like going to toilet all of a sudden like i usually feel before or the nervousness that was usually my first name whenever i wanted to face a crowd. I knew I was ready for this and I knew that if i could give this my best shot, I will get a promotion in my office and that means double of my former pay plus official house and a car and trust me na, I couldn't let it slide like that.
      Few minutes to the presentation, I walked into the Ladies room, took out the mirror in my handbag, smiled at my reflection and told myself that I can conquer this. I felt courage from Above and i walked into that conference room with my head up high. I scanned through the room and noticed that the number of people that usually come for this kind of presentation in my office doubled by 100%. I swallowed Saliva and i could feel my heart pounding and my palms sweating..."i can't mess this up" I said to myself and when i started, I could feel myself flowing and my composure really marveled both me and my colleague who knew my problem with crowd before. Well after the presentation, you can tell what happened next. Numerous congratulations came for North, South, East and West and all I could say was Thank you. After the atmosphere was calm, my boss made me to tell the whole room how i won the battle against Stage fright and i said, "It was God who gave me the ability to first believe in myself and also my mirror in my handbag helped a lot" The whole conference room was full of laughter when i said that but nobody bothered to ask me what i meant. I just smiled to myself and came to the realization that nobody cares about what you went through to be who you are today, all they are interested in is the end product. I got my promotion and the goodies attached to it and now, I am one of the Chief speaker for my organization.
      If the person in this article can do it, I can and you can also.....all you need is a little push and a mirror in your handbag.