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Facing my fear of public speaking as an arc of progress really helped me stay mentally strong when videotaping each individual speech.
Overheard a person at Temple Coffee in Sacramento, CA talk about practicing their presentation. We chatted, and eventually got to the topic of making eye contact. They said they’d recently been on stage and stared at one person the entire time they were speaking, remarking, “I’m sure the person I was staring at felt uncomfortable….
Stage fright will KILL you on the spot. It will kill your pitch and your swagger and no one will give a shit what you have to say or sell. The difference between winners and losers always comes down to a moment in time. Nicole Kidman shares the perfect example of deciding to be a…
How do you see outside of yourself if you’re using your own eyes to see? Spot the cracks. Rock climbing uses a method for reaching higher: spot & spike. Look up, spot a crack, place and drive a spike (piton). Carry a hammer Have a pocket full of spikes Spot the cracks “In climbing, a…
It takes real guts to look silly long enough to give the audience time to believe you’re serious. Most people give up the first time they hear someone laugh at them. But a true professional, like modern swing dancer Ksenia Parkhatskaya, knows how to feel silly long enough to wow her audience! She truly has…
Them: “I’ve actually gotten very reluctant and a little paranoid about how to comport myself on Instagram because I seem to have offended someone by the way that I was sending things on private message without realizing it. I was just trying to be friendly and keep in touch but they got really mad. So…
You are worthy of showing yourself the same kindness – and importance – that you show other people and other beings. You are worthy of freely and easily bathing yourself with kindness and non-judgement. Being a happier human being is a process of analysis, not self-judgement, self-pity, and self-putdowns. Critical self-analysis is good, while critical…
