Bumps into bridges!

Recently, I have discovered how to turn social anxiety and dyslexia, which have long posed significant challenges for me, into advantages.
Several years back, I conducted a workshop titled 9 Ways to Become a Super Creative Teacher.  Moments before my presentation, the organizers informed me that it had received the highest number of registrations to date.  "Please don’t say that! " I joked. My entire life, battling severe social anxiety has been a constant challenge. Yet, in the past decade, I made the decision to tackle it directly and confront it head-on.

Dyslexia being my other former enemy has become a blessing, opening doors for me and allowing me to help people through my creativity. 

I find it difficult to focus for more than several minutes without my mind going into daydream mode. However I found that drawing what i see helps to me focus, remember information as well as to visually structure ideas. During staff meetings, I would pull out my pen and paper, and surprisingly, I found that I could not only stay engaged but also remember everything discussed. The images I drew seemed to stick in my mind. I started watching live discussions on environmental and social topics that mattered to me. I drew the main points out quickly, then immediately shared my work on social media tagging anyone involved.  Others found my sketches helpful for their own recollection. The speakers appreciated my work and often shared it with their audiences.  Soon, I began receiving requests to create sketchnotes professionally and was even compensated for it. The United Nations frequently reached out, commissioning me to attend their private meetings with CEOs and political leaders to take notes. It felt incredible to capture and create visual representations of the key points whilst assisting others in remembering without them having to sift through lengthy transcripts. 

At Bookazine, I thought I could create visual notes again to support fellow dreamers in grasping Simon's main ideas. In doing so, I could reinforce my own memory while being of help to others.
 So as I sat down and took out my ipad, I began to draw and take notes. 
Simon smiled at me and said 'It's always interesting when someone's drawing you in the front. Can you make me look younger? That's my dream.'  
'I'll try' I replied. 
I eagerly continued my sketchnote until, moments later, the dreaded 'low battery' alert flashed on the screen. "Guess that's the end of that," I thought to myself. However, this time I found it easy to maintain my concentration. Simon delivered a fantastic presentation, and his words completely engaged everyone in the audience.
Since then, I have been piecing together video clips and audio recordings from various social media platforms to compile this Sketchnote.

I truly hope it proves to be helpful for you.