I can get through the pitch itself, the slides, the ask, the plan. But telling it like a story that grabs them, and holding my ground when they fire hard questions back at me, is where I come apart. The room turns on those few tense minutes, and that's exactly where I lose it.
More people experience this than they realize.
The pitch you can manage; the story and the hard questions that decide the room you can't.
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.