Sometimes when I am coaching someone, we reach a very stubborn obstacle. The obstacle holds my client back, unable to move, unable to advance. This is what the client usually says:
“I want to do XYZ, but I am so nervous.”
I’m sorry, but being nervous is not a good excuse.
You can either love your desire (“I want to do XYZ…”), or you can love your fear (“…but I am so nervous.”).
But you have to choose. Which one are you going to love more?
Why? Because it leads to way too much unfocused effort and time wasting. You're going to waste your time learning how to set meetings and talk to receptionists. I don't mean to malign receptionists, they are great people and the world needs them. But you have an...
In this episode of The White Rabbit podcast... https://open.spotify.com/episode/1cn5bJITDjfxZBOjUeJoSE?si=708e2514c8354bef ...Alper makes an interesting point, that the value of a presentation is not in convincing people to support you, it's in reassuring your...
99% of my clients are not native speakers of English. (Fun fact: Did you know that, by far, most speakers of English are not native speakers of English?) And, quite dependably, every single one of those clients asks at some point, "How is my English," or some other...