The speaker seemed like a nice enough guy when he took the stage.  He set up the premise to his presentation.  It was similar to how most people open their presentations – in other words, it was pretty ho-hum, but not horrible.  Finally a few minutes into his presentation, he told a story about one of his clients.  The client had had a successful business.  Her numbers had gone down dramatically in the past year.  She was considering selling the business.  The speaker …