I used to hate public speaking.
By “hate” I mean that, given the choice between public speaking and being boiled in molten lava, I’d pick public speaking but only because I don’t have access to lava.
I mean, I’ve called in sick to work to avoid giving presentations. I even turned down a lucrative promotion because weekly presentations would have been part of the job. Awesome. Well done, me.
This is a perfect example of what we talked about last week: “Look Over There!” Syndrome and why you’re NOT getting things done.
Translate this fear of public speaking into areas of your own life and what do you have? Fear of writing, fear of starting a business, fear of appearing average, fear of coming across as an arrogant prick, fear of getting dumped, fear of on and on and on.
These fears have many symptoms, but really I only care about one of them because in that symptom is also the cure.
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