“I’ll never be any good at that.” “I’m rubbish at this.” “I always mess it up.” Lots of people tell themselves this kind of damaging, destructive nonsense every day (British people in particular, it seems, although I have precisely no data to back that up. It seems to be true, though). Resilience Well, giving up’s easy; […]
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Are you scared of speaking in public? Of course you are, you’re a human being. No-one in their right mind enjoys it (well, I enjoy it, but that proves my point). Think it’s going to be really difficult to become confident? Well, it’s not. Hard work perhaps, but with the right guidance (mine, obviously) it can actually
I coach people to become confident speakers, and I do it in a day or less. But how do I achieve this miracle? How do I give them this wonderful, intangible, magical, seemingly unattainable quality of confidence? Well, it’s simple: I cheat. Hold on, let me qualify that; yes, I give people brilliant, tried and tested techniques
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Anger is Good Anger! Rarrr. It’s a negative emotion, but in the world of the stand-up comic it can be very useful indeed, when aimed at the everyday, the trivial, the mundane. Despite being negative, this anger is a passion which provides the energy and themes that the audience can identify with. Passion In
“Just be yourself”. It’s advice we hear a lot, and I think a lot of people get worried because they think their imperfections will somehow let them down by making them seem unprofessional, and in business you want to come across as credible, authoritative and reliable. You’re worried that possible clients might be put off from using you if they discover
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