There’s an old saying that preparation breeds confidence. That would be 11 drafts of a speech while constantly hearing your subconscious listing off all the “what if” things that can go wrong.
Most Orange don’t suffer from either the over preparation or the negative thinking. What can go wrong never enters their mind. While the rest of the world needs the safety net of a podium for support and all their notes, Oranges wander the stage and seldom refer to their notes. The best description is from Jordan Belfort’s autobiography The Wolf Of Wall Street:
While forced to be in a rehab facility, Belfort wanted a weekend pass to visit his wife. However, it was entirely against policy. But fixed policies are never a reason for an Orange to just accept that they can’t get their way. So Belfort asked his therapist if he could talk in front of the whole group of others in the facility to get their vote on his pass:
As he is selling her on that idea, his therapist asks: “Just out of curiosity, though, what would you say to the patients if I gave you the chance?”
He shrugged. “I’m not really sure. You know, it’s not like I ever plan out what I’m gonna say. I used to give two meetings a day to a football field full of people. I did it for almost five years, and I can’t remember a single time that I ever thought about what I was going to say before I actually said it. I usually had a topic or two that needed to be hit on, but that was about the extent of it. Everything else was spur of the moment.
You know, there’s something that just happens to me when I stand before a crowd. It’s hard to describe, but it’s like all of a sudden everything becomes clear. My thoughts start rolling off my tongue without ever thinking about them. One thought just leads to another and then I get on a roll.” (page 491)