As many of you know, Steve and I were guests on the TV show, San Diego Living, earlier this morning. Wow, what an experience.
I plan to talk about it in the first segment of our radio show on Monday, but let me just say it was quite the adrenalin rush.
7am: Steve and I met over a cup of coffee to chat about what we might say and any strategy we might have. In this case, strategy meant making sure the leadingfromwithin.net website was mentioned on more than one occasion during the interview.
Truthfully, I was more excited than nervous, but sometimes the two seem the same. Since we had both been on cable television last month together, we at least had “some” experience in front of the cameras. And given the fact that Steve has a face for radio, that was a concern as well (ha, just kidding).
7:30am: There comes a point when going over notes is counter-productive. We put the notes down had focused on having some fun, making jokes, and taking our minds off being on TV.
7:50am: I’m wearing my green button-down shirt. It’s my favorite shirt and I’m look’in good, if you know what I mean. We are now ten minutes away from catching a cab to the TV studio. Then I get an email from our publicist that says, “Don’t wear white or green.” Yikes, I’ve heard about not wearing white, but green too! I go racing to my room, throwing shirts and pants all over the place until I come up with something that relatively matches. Fortunately, we nab a cab with time to spare. Close call.
8:00am: Cab driver does not know where to go. I now have to read the directions to him while we drive on the highway. That’s a first. “Why don’t you have a GPS?” I ask. He says he does, but hasn’t pulled it out yet. Hmm?
8:30am: We arrive at the station (on time) and are escorted to the “Green Room.” The Green Room has seats for about 4 and within ten minutes we have about 12 people crammed in there. There are skateboarders, a dentist, a botanical gardens expert, a psychologist, a band, and then us. We spill out into the hallway. Turns out we were all going to be on the show within the 9-10am slot. Cozy to say the least.
8:50am: We are individually prepped by some of the staff. The woman who will be interviewing us (Renee) is also the weather gal during the 8-9am segment. She races by us a number of times. For that matter, so does everyone else who works at Channel 6. It often felt like we were in a medical hospital watching doctors and nurses racing from room to room. We were informed later that that is in fact what things are like behind the scenes in television.
9:10am: We are told we’ll be on in 20-minutes. I’m now on my third trip to the bathroom. My eyes are red. I put some visine in and instead of clearing up they get redder. Is “redder” a word? Anyway, not good.
9:25am: We’re pacing around the Green Room. Seems like everyone has gone on already as we are the only ones in the room now. I watch the dentist as he ends his interview. Looks a little stiff to me. Note to self: Smile!
9:30am: Me and my red eyes and Steve are escorted into the studio and take our places on the set. Suddenly my mouth turns completely dry. Oh no! 3…2…1…We’re live!
