SCENARIO: Today is the day of the big meeting, and you feel confident and ready to make that presentation you have been working on for months. You have your slides, notes and handouts for everyone, and you feel ready to not only gain their approval and support, but to blow them away with the quality of your work. But be warned. . . there is a Sniper waiting in the room to ambush you in the middle of your presentation, undermine your credibility and turn all your preparation and hardwork into the flotsam and jetsam of one more business idea gone bad. Your mission is to handle the sniper and keep the meeting on track. Good luck!
Please Note: We have provided you with three basic choices for dealing with the sniper. No matter which route you choose first, you can be certain that you will get another opportunity to try to other two. That's the problem with snipers. They just keep coming back.
YOU: So as you look at my projections for this project, the plan that would clearly be the most successful is...
RICKLES: Hey, I saw this plan in a book once. It was in Chapter 11. (yuk, yuk, yuk)
YOU: Huh?
RICKLES: Or maybe it was Chapter 13...you know, as in bankrupt. (Under his breath) Boy you must be a twin. No one person can be that stupid.
YOU:
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