Self Improvement

Overcoming the Fear of Speaking Up and Presentations

When people are on a stage, or asked to speak, their brains immediately sense danger and they start to react. Some people sweat. Some blush. Others tremble, lose access to their memory, or feel sick in their stomach. Some actually get sick. However, there is hope. In fact, there is great news. Our brain isn’t limited to automatic thinking and responses. There is another much bigger and more powerful part of our brain called our pre-frontal cortex located in our forehead. This is the part of the brain we control.

The Start of Change: Self-Awareness

Neuroscience finds that others have a more accurate perspective of us than we do ourselves. We only have our own perspective which is generally based on good intentions, not realities. Plus, our internal perspective is clouded, if not obscured, by our many biases, fears, desires, and innate personality traits. Then there is our instinct which can lead us astray. For example, …

The Key to Success: Self-Discipline

Self-discipline shows up in various forms. You see it in people driven to succeed. You see it in people who put learning and working before playing. In people unwilling to accept mediocrity in their relationships. It shows up in the fundamentals of top-performing athletes, teams, companies, and people in every industry and occupation.

Overcoming the Thief of Achievement – Procrastination

If you said yes to many of these questions, you procrastinate. You regularly postpone that which could be done sooner. You probably displace the important for that which is easy, fun, convenient, or urgent. You probably have people waiting on you. You hopefully come through at the last minute and technically meet your deadlines, but you create anxiety in those who depend on you. You

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