Most of my clients want to be more confident. Why not? I’d like to be more confident. (Does anyone ever feel they have enough self-confidence?) But too often, the expectation is that if I was just more confident, I wouldn’t have to work so hard or go through so much emotional struggle to ace this Read More
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Public Speaking Fear? You’re Actually Up Against FOUR Layers of Fear
We’re used to talking about “fear of public speaking” as though it’s just one thing. But the reality is more complex than that. There are actually four layers of fear, and excavating them will help you manage your fear more effectively. 1. Biological Fear: The Deepest Layer Fear of public speaking is close to universal, Read More
Job Interviews Are All About Your Attitude…
So cultivate the one that works! Here’s my favorite story about interview attitude: Many years ago, when my daughter was 4, she had to take a standardized test to assess her readiness for kindergarten. (It’s a New York thing; don’t ask! :-)). The night before, as I was tucking her in, I gave her a preview Read More
We’re All Going Back to School. Again.
NOTE: Yes, this is about public speaking in the pandemic. Someday, I hope we’ll be able to read these old missives and think “how quaint.” Back to school used to be easy Sometime in August, you would: scrape up the money to buy your kid(s) some notebooks and new clothes, check out their bus route (or figure out the Read More
3 Things You Need for “The Great Resignation”
More People in the U.S. are Changing Jobs Right Now than Ever Before And if you’re not in the U.S., a whole lot of people may be changing jobs in your country, too. This moment is being called The Great Resignation. Why? It doesn’t mean—as I thought when I first heard of it—that we’re all resigning ourselves to some fate. Read More