“Just Be Yourself” is Bad Advice for Interviewees and Public Speakers
“Just be yourself.” How many times have you been given this advice in the run-up to an interview, presentation or speech? How useful have you
“Just be yourself.” How many times have you been given this advice in the run-up to an interview, presentation or speech? How useful have you
Self-consciousness is one of the biggest barriers to putting yourself across. Worrying about what everyone else is thinking of you holds you back in so
When it comes to putting yourself across, it’s useful to bear in mind two contradictory spotlight-related phenomena and to tread a confident path between them.
It’s an annoying quirk of nature that it’s exactly at the times we’re most concerned to appear smooth and in control (making a speech, being
Making a speech or presentation really doesn’t have to be the traumatic ordeal it is so widely considered. In fact, it can be exhilarating! I