Wednesday, August 8, 2007

Speaking your mind

P, a mid-30s female, came to me with a not-unusual problem. In fact, psychologists say that it is the number 1 fear in the population.

"I have no problems giving briefings to my team", she told me, "but when I have to give briefings to the upper management team, it just feels terrible. I shake and mumble. I just go to pieces and want a hole to open and swallow me."

Yes, it is our friend, the Fear of Public Speaking. Funnily enough, people can have no problem talking to a small team of, say, 5 people, or regale the members of the golf club with a good joke, but put them in certain situations, with a certain number of people, and they go to jelly.

In this case, a couple of rounds of EFT and all is clear. Next briefing, no problems.

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