Today’s episode of Relevantly Speaking started off as something very different. I had written a great script and was set to bring you a killer interview – but my Macbook Pro had other plans.

I woke up this morning and gathered everything to head over to the set where we shoot the show. I went to fire up my laptop and… nothin’. I could hear it running, but the screen was dead. After an hour or so of troubleshooting, I called our tech support department at MediaTrust. Ryan walked me through some things remotely before sending me off to the Apple store. Long story short, my logic board is toast and it’s going to take 2-3 days to fix it. What am I supposed to do about today’s RS? The script and the teleprompter software are both on the dead machine…

I was about to throw in the towel and concede defeat when I decided it might be fun to do a diary of sorts as this week’s show. No teleprompter. No interview cutaways. Just me and a note card – old school. One take.

When life hands you lemons, make lemonade my friends. And, always have a backup plan.

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