the stage ethics (or is it?)

A speaker is more relevant if she had first-hand experience of her topic. She's more likely to know what she's talking about.

A mere theory disseminator risks jokes or mean responses. Or the sin of misleading her audience.

This creates a little bit of problem for unproven speakers. Does it mean you have to keep what's in your mind until you got the experience or age or title to qualify for people's attention? So that you will be more credible and your chance of making mistakes lower?

You know the answer. Go for it.

But be humble.

No matter how convinced you are about your theories/ideas, no matter many stories supported them, no matter how many people (other than yourself) already proved that you are right, no matter how much credit you've got...you never really know.

Remember you never really did it. Be humble.

And for the audience, don't look down on these theory people. Try to get whatever morsels of value from what they say. The most dramatic inspirations come from the least expected place. Like your cousin's five-year-old, for example.

It's not the answers. It's possibilities.

It's about exploring & testing & cocreating with people you are lucky (or unlucky) enough to meet in your life. Outside the professional seminar hall, there's always a whole lot more to learn, from life itself. You create your own story, after all.

If you think you already got, or some guru already granted you, the final answer, you almost always find yourself wrong afterwards.

Or am I?

We never know till we try.