We planted a small pine tree in a planter over the winter months intending to replant in the spring in the garden but instead just left it in the planter for over a year making sure to nourish it with plenty of root starter and other plant and tree foods.
Still it started to wither and die -- until we removed it from the restrictions of the pot and planted it in the garden -- exposed to to weather and rich nourishment from the soil. Now it is flourishing. I don't think it will ever grow to that 60 feet the salesperson told it would -- but it is strong and healthy.
Obviously the little tree needed to be exposed to the wide variety of nourishment from the earth (as well as the nutrients we continued to give it) in order to flourish. And you need to make sure that the same type of thing happens to you as a speaker and presenter.
Make sure that you don't restrict your reading to just information from your own narrow niche but reach out to gather information for other areas of knowledge around you (just like that little tree did naturally). Enrich your thinking with ideas from a wide variety of fields. Then when you sit down to write or revise your presentation or material for your seminar or class you will have a wealth of ideas to draw on -- especially if you are using those clustering and Mind Mapping techniques I told you about before.
Remember our little tree. It is flourishing -- just like your ideas will be when you need them.
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