Memory loss??

[burbuja0512]

To give you guys an update - the new job that I started on March 5 is going really well. I love it! There are tons of genuinely nice people who are sincerely excited to have me on board. Some background: I am working at a prominent non-profit medical organization that has TONS of amazing products (content) but has never had a sales team. I love it, but it seems like my position as Head of Global Sales is very overdue. It's so fun but I am literally having to go into work at 6:30am and then stay until 6:00pm. The reason for this is that I am booked solid from around 9 or 9:30 to 4 or 4:30.

I am always really very composed in meetings and always have my ducks in a row, but today on meeting #5, I was going to a product discussion. I had already developed pricing for the product and was an important part of the meeting. When it came for my turn to speak, I totally forgot to bring my materials! WOW.. so embarrassing! The CTO was in the meeting as was a couple of other key people and I looked like an idiot. It's a good thing that I can BS pretty well and pulled it off, but I was actually worried about my memory.

I am learning about the over 5,000 different product offerings my organization has along with a gazillion other things.. so maybe it's just overload, lack of sleep. Am I getting old? I just have never been that unprepared for a meeting that should have really highlighted my skills!

I won't be too hard on myself, I think I'm doing well so far and have gotten lots of positive feedback. I just don't want to lose my memory! I have never been good at following a calendar because I always just remember every detail, so I don't really even know how to organize myself if I can't rely on what used to be a good memory


Thoughts?