1.0Your Better Lifehttps://yourbetterlife.comTom Watsonhttps://yourbetterlife.com/author/speaking/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="LQsdiCxkqR"><a href="https://yourbetterlife.com/this-is-my-storywhats-yours/">This Is My Story…What’s Yours?</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://yourbetterlife.com/this-is-my-storywhats-yours/embed/#?secret=LQsdiCxkqR" width="600" height="338" title="“This Is My Story…What’s Yours?” — Your Better Life" data-secret="LQsdiCxkqR" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> https://yourbetterlife.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/TomWatsonTEDx.png1130779A while ago, I had the opportunity to audition to be a speaker for TEDx.  It was an interesting and sometimes stressful process to get to the big stage in front of a large audiance; but it was a journey worth taking!  Especially since I was selected to give my TEDx talk live! I really enjoyed competing for a spot in the “BIG SHOW”, but one of the really amazing aspects of the journey was the opportunity to listen to other regular people like myself getting up on stage and sharing stories about their life experiences, work skills, and passions.