A 1-minute, Monday-Friday email, to help busy professionals move more, eat better, and think clearer.
Mano Minute (3/9): I started embarrassing myself on purpose 😳
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Mano Minute (3/9): I started embarrassing myself on purpose 😳 "Do one thing every day that scares you." - Eleanor Roosevelt Being embarrassed is one of the worst feelings we can experience. It is uncomfortable. It feels like the end of the world. Until you get to the other side. I will never forget one of my most embarrassing moments. Graduate school. A presentation in a lecture hall of about 100 students. I choked. Forgot everything I had prepared. Face red. Sweat building. I could not regain my composure. I could not remember a single thing I wanted to say. And so it ended right there. I walked out of that room completely embarrassed. My head was down, vision was tunneled, and I didn’t want to make eye contact with anyone. I thought about it for days. But later, that moment changed my life. It taught me more about preparation and public speaking than any class ever did. I was so motivated to never feel that way again that I went all in on getting better. Now I host webinars for hundreds of employees at a time. I actually enjoy public speaking. None of that happens without that embarrassing moment in that lecture hall. So now I do it on purpose. I put myself in situations where I might fail. Where I might look foolish. Where I might not have it all figured out. Because I know what is waiting on the other side. TIP: Think about something you have been avoiding because it might be embarrassing. That discomfort is usually a signal, not a stop sign. |
Mano Minute
A 1-minute, Monday-Friday email, to help busy professionals move more, eat better, and think clearer.
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