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Need Help Overcoming Public Speaking Anxiety? Communications Expert Matt Abrahams Offers Tips to Find Your Confidence

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While there’s nothing inherently wrong with goal setting, it puts the attention on a future state rather than remaining in the present moment. To stay present-oriented, Abrahams suggests engaging in activities like walking around the building, listening to a playlist or contributing to conversations. For Abrahams, it’s tongue twisters.

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Liminal Space: Why This Period of Nothingness Is Critical to Being Present and Processing Your Thoughts

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We pull into the driveways or parking spots often having been inundated with a lot of noise—radio, podcasts, news—rarely do we use this time to prepare our minds, bodies and hearts to engage and be present when we sit down at our desks or arrive at a meeting or walk through the front door.”

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Elevating Your Role As An Executive Assistant

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This gives you an overview of the whole category of technology tools, the expertise to speak to specific programs and how you use them, and then the confidence to learn a new program within that category when needed. Remember, the more succinct you can present your ideas and the less you talk is actually a GOOD thing.

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The Power of Visualization: How to Visualize Wins According to Sports Psychologists

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It teaches your body what it feels like to win or to succeed or to make that presentation or to go in and talk to your boss about a raise,” continues Widmark, explaining that by visualizing, we can create the experience of having done the things that we avoid because they’re new or unfamiliar. Is this a good kind of nervousness?

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Humor in the Workplace: How to Be Funny at Work Without Crossing the Line

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Maintain your confidence and don’t go fishing for compliments “We can find humor in our pain points and struggles. If I’m not confident enough in the thing I’m making fun of and I’m still really self-conscious about it, my self-deprecating humor might come across as if I’m searching for compliments,” Osincup warns. “I

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Ep 249: Izzy Gousby on Managing a Team of Assistants and Cultivating Confidence

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In this episode of The Leader Assistant Podcast, Izzy discusses the power of networking, what it means to own your work, managing a team of executive assistants, and cultivating confidence. LEADERSHIP QUOTE The key to successful leadership is influence, not authority.

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Powerful Presentation Tips

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I’m guessing if you’re reading this you’re seeking ways to build your skills and therefore, your confidence as a public speaker. Which is good news because confident speakers demonstrate more passion, provide more insight, and use more inclusive language. So how do you build confidence and effectiveness?