2024-01-02
15 分钟Research-backed techniques on how to beat nervousness in the moment.
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When it comes to effective communication, confidence is key.
I'm Matt Abrahams and I teach strategic communication at Stanford Graduate School of Business.
Welcome to this quick thinks episode of Think Fast Talk Smart.
The podcast confident communication boils down to a simple confidence equals competence.
The more confident you are, the more competent and credible your audience will see you, as of course, you can take this to an extreme, and I am certainly not suggesting that we all be overconfident or arrogant when we interact with others.
Believe me, I work and teach in Silicon Valley and I spend a lot of time talking about confidence versus arrogance.
Now, the biggest barrier to confident communication is anxiety.
Most people, upwards of 75% of people, feel anxious in high stakes communication situations, be it written or spoken, in person or virtual, with large audiences or small, synchronous or asynchronous.
I think I covered all the bases there today with the help of clips from experts from previous think fast, talk smart episodes, I hope to provide you with several communication anxiety management techniques to help you feel more comfortable and confident when you communicate.
As a guide to help us learn these techniques, we'll be talking about the abcs of anxiety management that stands for effective behavioral and cognitive affective symptoms relate to how we feel and respond when stressed or under pressure to perform well.
Many of us feel intensely negative.
When we find ourselves in high stakes communication situations, we often feel that once these negative feelings starts, we can't do much to stop them.
It feels like a train has left the station.
Yet, there are a few things we can do.