Winging It

Sink or swim. (or use a boat.)

"The final reason for shucking your notes is good old down-to-earth physiology. To pump out the adrenaline you need to focus your mind, you need a healthy dose of creative terror. Only some fear of failing - the nightmare of losing your place or blanking out in public - is galvanizing enough to push you to your natural summits." - Winging It, Keith Spicer


All or nothing -- you either give it your best shot at that point (while winging it) and be an absolute marvel, or you have a chance of becoming a fumbling incoherent mess and never live down the end of it... exhilaratingly scary isn't it? Or of course, you could take the middle road and -not- wing it, come prepared and steadily deliver, neither marvelous nor horrendous.