The memory popped up on Facebook the other day: July 25, 2016. The day I was inducted into the NSA National Speakers Association CPAE Hall of Fame.     Over the past few years, I have had the honor to introduce on their big night, a few of my very close friends receiving the CPAE as well, including Jeff Civillico, Clint Pulver, and posthumously, the late great Mark Eaton. It is a life-changing event to receive such an honor. I’ll never forget where I was when the call came that I had been inducted, in March 2016. In a stairwell, just before a gig, at a Courtyard Marriott, listening to the secret welcome from a stranger on the committee, who told me I couldn’t tell anyone, but that he was thrilled for my inclusion. I crumpled to the floor and cried my eyes out. It was 4 months before anyone would know, and the speech I’d get to give, as one of the youngest to ever be inducted. I was 37 years old, and felt like I was in my seventies, due to the wear and tear on my body by pushing so hard to succeed over 15 years. Here