This morning I was training about 15 people to take an exam. The group listened really well, were interactive and interested in the subject. It came to the point where all the training was complete. I gave them all a break whilst I checked over the exam to make sure I had covered everything. The group returned, the papers were handed out, and the timings checked.

As I stood there, watching them all checking no cheating occurred (very serious stuff), I wondered how many of them would pass. Then an awful thought hit me, what if I've messed up big time, and they all failed.

I remember when I had to take my exams, first in school, college, then my work. The feeling of nervousness, anxiousness...things that as a trainer, you have to deal with every day. But today, for the first time, I realised my own level of nervousness for them.

I don't know what the results will be. But I do know that I will be checking my computer every day in the hope of finding out...just as I know they will be too.