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Tag: fear
Gamifying fear as a way to start doing
Gamifying fear is an approach to help you to overcome fear and start participating in that activity. Assuming your feared activity isn’t deadly and you can find a way to approach it with safe baby steps, I a gamification based approach may help you start and keep working at it. Gamification can help remove a…
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)…
Traumatic Memories: how do they impact your ability to shine?
When speaking in public, you feel incredibly vulnerable because you are too exposed. Many anthropologists have theories about that discomfort and its relationship with being apart from the group. In other words, far from the safety of the group. Yet, some of us seem to deal better with it, while others can reach the anxiety…
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…
