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Category: Anxiety
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Fear of Public Speaking: When Is It More Than Just Nerves?
The fear of public speaking is one of humanity’s most common anxieties. Whether addressing a small group of colleagues or standing before a large audience, the prospect of speaking in public can send shivers down our spine. Some research from the University of California, Los Angeles, reveals that this fear (often referred to as glossophobia)…
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The Power of Kindness: A Solution to Public Speaking Anxiety
We all, eventually, suffer from anxiety in at least one situation in our life. The answer? Be kind. Kindness has been shown to have an effect in decreasing your anxiety levels. Public speaking is the activity the majority of people fear the most, and it has high levels of stress and anxiety associated with it.…
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Why Negative Feelings Linger: The unwanted Power of Rumination
When you have an outstanding performance and everybody loves it, you feel delighted and can’t stop talking about it for weeks. On the other hand, when something goes terribly wrong, you’ll remember it for years. You’ll be in your old age and still remember that day you were terrible at doing something. Having acknowledged that…
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The Role of Mood in Public Speaking: 6 Strategies for Success
You can’t avoid being in a bad mood. It is an inevitability of life. It can ruin your day, end your productivity, and worse… it can happen on the day of your most important presentation. Do not panic yet! Let’s take a look on how to understand and control it. There are situations you can…
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Fight your anxiety: allow yourself to be bad.
Self-deprecated humor is a shield most comedians use to fight their insecurities and anxieties. They learn how to laugh at themselves to raise their confidence. Like them, we all have insecurities that will harm our performance if we don’t find a way to deal with them. Why are we so scared when stepping up a…
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When Success Feels Stolen: The Battle Against Impostor Syndrome
“I’m not good enough for this.” “What am I doing here?” “I’ve got everything I have by luck.” “What if they find out I’m not that good?” “I’m a fraud. I don’t know how to do this.” Have any of these thoughts ever crossed your mind? How many times? Having second thoughts or developing a…
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Has a year of lock-downs affected your communication skills?
During the past year, the world around us changed drastically, and it had a devastating effect on many aspects of our lives. As socially evolved beings, humans use communication skills to interact. What happens to these skills when almost all interactions are virtual? Communication and relationships Effective communication is the basis of healthy relationships. During…
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Networking Bingo – a game for those that hate networking
Speak your way to success. That could be a good slogan for networking. Approach people, talk a lot – make connections. For many of us, a networking event is a scary (and mandatory) task from which we would gladly escape. I hate networking! Good networking involves talking to people you don’t know. Some of them…
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Do stress it. How to find the right level of stress
Most of us start to feel anxious, nervous, before a chance to speak in public. It is the stress kicking in, and you want to get rid of it. Yet, should you? Stress is a normal human reaction. Our body is designed to experience it and produce physical and psychological responses to its symptoms. It…
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Positive Imagery to ward off anxiety
When anxiety kicks in, we all tend to imagine the worst scenarios. Usually, in our anxious minds, there is always danger around the corner. This is what happens in your imagination before a presentation. The imagination is a powerful tool. You can travel to infinite places inside your mind, and it has a true impact…
