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Say it until it's true

Say it until it's true

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Say it until it's true

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- I've got seven tips for you on how to overcome nerves and the first one is self talk. What you say to yourself in your head. Most people, as soon as they're told they've got to give a talk in a month's time, they think, oh, it's going to be awful. I hate giving talks. If you say, I hate giving talks then you will hate it and the more you tell yourself to hate it, the more you hate it. If you say it's going to be awful, it will be awful, and if you keep thinking it's going to be awful, imagining it being awful, that will happen. I had somebody on a course once and she said to me, however much I prepare, when I actually stand up to give my talk, I can feel all my preparation floating out of my head and off up into the sky and it's gone. I remember thinking, oh, God that's such bad self talk, 'cause if you can imagine it floating away, then it probably will. In fact, I've probably put that thought into your mind now. You must tell yourself it's going to be great. Say, the talk will be…

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