I Didn't Know How To Stop My Fear Of Speaking Over 400 people were waiting for me at the Wanamaker Auditorium in Philadelphia. It was 1979 and this was my first time speaking to a large group. I was a young broker at Merrill Lynch and I was going to talk about a new investment called a money market fund. As I walked towards the podium my heart started pounding faster. My face went from cool to burning the closer I got to the microphone. I gripped my notes in sweaty palms and my legs ...