{"id":177,"date":"2013-07-09T08:17:00","date_gmt":"2013-07-09T08:17:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/2013\/07\/09\/but\/"},"modified":"2026-04-03T11:15:39","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T11:15:39","slug":"but","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/but\/","title":{"rendered":"But&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">It&#8217;s an important meeting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">I have lots of facts to deliver<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">I didn&#8217;t have time<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">People expect it<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">It&#8217;s my script<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">I need it for confidence<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">I can print it off as a handout<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">I don&#8217;t care<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">I think it works<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">The audience wants it<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Your way takes effort<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">It&#8217;s a serious meeting<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">I don&#8217;t know a better way<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">It&#8217;s not for kids<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Science is serious stuff<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">You can&#8217;t talk to managers with just pictures<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">My boss expects it<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">I can&#8217;t be bothered<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\">Your way might not work\n<p><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/2.bp.blogspot.com\/-mL_RCiZsTFk\/UdvGtNmUM4I\/AAAAAAAAAQ4\/_9Mi7jGQUD0\/s1600\/excuses.JPG\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" height=\"481\" src=\"https:\/\/ffolliet.com\/staging\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/excuses-2.jpg\" width=\"640\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><span style=\"font-family: Trebuchet MS, sans-serif; font-size: large;\"><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s an important meeting I have lots of facts to deliver I didn&#8217;t have time People expect it It&#8217;s my script I need it for confidence I can print it off as a handout I don&#8217;t care I think it works The audience wants it Your way takes effort It&#8217;s a serious meeting I don&#8217;t [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":3220,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,3,36],"tags":[265,246,276,255],"class_list":["post-177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-p-cubed","category-p2","category-slideument","tag-p-cubed","tag-p2","tag-science-of-fail","tag-slideument"],"blocksy_meta":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - 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