The excellent amateur vs the unprepared professional
Don't set yourself up for failure by pretending to be something or someone you're not. The opportunity is to refuse to become a unprepared wannabe professional speaker.
Lifestyle
What’s so contagious about credence?
The people around you affect you, and this impact goes beyond just five people. It's bigger, and research suggests that it even includes people you've never met.
Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Thoughts
For many, the imagined cost of speaking up is almost always higher than the actual cost. And we live with the cost in our imagination daily, dying a little bit over time
The Sore Spot
As we mature, internalising our traumatic experiences begins to define our fundamental self-perceptions, which can be challenging to change.
Free Isn’t Always The Best Choice
We don't come into the world unable to say no. In fact, when we're young, it's easy for us to say "no." So, if we have trouble with this as adults, it means we have learned it.