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How you shine when you’re at your most comfortable.
There’s not a person in the world who isn’t fun, interesting
and inspirational when they’re around their closest friends.
This is the core of who you are, irrespective of what happens
when you’re speaking.
Step 2: Let disturbances pass
As mentioned in the Fearlessness chapters, when we feel socially
anxious, we tend to judge feedback we receive more harshly.
Reduce the impact of unexpected circumstances by practis-
ing allowing them to pass without reacting. After all, there’s
no such thing as an objectively bad event, only your interpreta-
tion of it. As much as it might seem like you have an evil laptop
and projector that refuse to coope ...