Before testifying in a high-stakes case, a theorist and his coach swap horror stories about their nerves hijacking them and the lessons they learned.

Tom’s Top Three Ideas for Mastering Nerves:

Celebrate Incremental Improvement
Write Happy Endings
Ignore Your Nerves

Here is the clip of Emma Stone battling her anxiety.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VkN0sPQ76E0

Email Tom and tell him he’s crazy here.

For Coaches! 2 Resources!

1. Coaching Stories Podcast

2. Executive Coaching Special Interest Group sponsored by ICF-LA. CCE’s given!

Tom’s conversations with Neha Singh on “Bridge to Leadership” podcast are here and here.

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This episode lives in the podcast archive in these three categories:

Managing Yourself

Nervousness

Self-Talk

Five episodes to help conquer your people pleasing tendencies:

Act “As If”

Choosing Persistence

Conquering Fear

The Executive Impostor

The Many Parts of You

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