Have you ever been asked a question and were so terrified and honored you couldn’t answer? Let me start at the beginning. About a year after I had graduated from the Dale Carnegie Course in Public Speaking and Human Relations, I answered a phone call and the woman, Betsy, asked me how often I used what I had learned in the course. I said to her what I blogged yesterday , “I can’t remember a day going by when I haven’t used something from the course.” Then Betsy asked if I wanted to be a graduate assistant for an upcoming Dale Carnegie Course. I knew it would be a big time commitment, and I thought I was too busy and couldn’t afford the time Because I can’t remember what was taking so much time, those activities must not have been so important. Also, it was a big risk for me because I only imagined myself as an in-house trainer, and working with the public was an opportunity “way” outside of my comfort zone at the time. After a few seconds, I said, ...