Professionals in all fields need to perform in order to be successful.
Whether giving a speech at a convention, making a sales presentation or simply stating your opinion with confidence at a meeting, we all desire to present ourselves and our ideas in the best possible light.
For some, the physical and mental stresses can be overwhelming and lead to a sub-optimal performance. This is especially disheartening when preparing for meeting or interview that has the potential to affect your long term career development.
Fortunately, there are strategies and practices to overcome debilitating performance anxiety.
Presence Under Pressure is based on the latest research in psychology and neuroscience and is delivered by a distinguished professional clinician and 30 year veteran of the concert stage.
It’s important to understand “expert performers not simply as domain-specific experts but as experts in maintaining high levels of practice and improving performance.”
-from The Role of Deliberate Practice in the Acquisition of Expert Performance by K. Anders Ericsson, Ralf Th. Krampe, and Clemens Tesch-Romer (1993)
It was a clever commercial for beer and probably the best ever illustration of being put on the spot: Heineken’s recent Carol Karaoke Challenge. In case you missed it, here’s the video and how it was described by the company’s PR folks: “What if you were singing holiday carols to … Continue reading
It is helpful to understand some of the basics about ourselves as human beings, why we experience anxiety, and what we can do to use our innate abilities to change ourselves. We are a product of our genes and our experiences. Nature and nurture. We are familiar with the idea … Continue reading