The Women Business Owners of Manitoba sent out an email blast letting the community of female entrepreneurs know that Carolyne Braid, the vice president of WBOM, and owner of Pole Fit Canada is going to be on Dragon’s Den on November 2, 2011 .
Carolyne described the extensive process of working towards being on the show…starting in Winnipeg, and then going to Toronto to be filmed…on her own dime, all without a guarantee that it will ever be aired on TV.
I’m excited to see a Winnipeg entrepreneur get this sort of exposure. It’s a process that took a lot of gumption to start and see through to the end…I’m admiring Carolyne’s chutzpah. I’m totally impressed.
Something that caught my eye as she writes about preparing her “pitch” for the Dragons:
One of the smartest things I did was to have Ashley [her demonstrator] and I start the pitch by walking down the stairs. On the show, we knew that we would be entering the studio via a set of stairs. This simple act helped to prepare our bodies for the upcoming motions it would be called upon to do.
Later on, she says:
…the culmination to a lot of hard work. It was not as stressful as I had anticipated – a lot of which I contribute to walking down the flight of stairs during rehearsal.
I like the attention that Carolyne paid towards getting multiple aspects of herself ready for the pitch…including getting her body ready for the presentation, and attending to what her body might like to get used to as part of the prep—apparently to good effect!
Anxiety is felt in the body…fluttery stomach, nervous tension in your shoulders, a tight chest…and people can think clearer and be more centred and able to think if their body has a chance to become familiar and as relaxed as possible in a situation.
Paying attention to preparing more than just one’s mind for a stressful encounter is incredibly astute on Carolyne’s part. One’s body carries anxiety…and then that affects our mind/heart/soul/spirit…it follows, then, that our body can also carry familiarity and a calmness that will then color the rest of us in positive ways.
I can hardly wait until next Wednesday when we get to watch Carolyne in action…you go, girl!!!
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