To Persuade and Connect – Part 2B: Interviews and Parties
To Persuade and Connect – Part 2B: Interviews and Parties Good morning, ladies and gents. I was discussing the issue of being present with a friend yesterday, and I wanted to add a few things. To paraphrase my friend, “pain is the brains way of telling us to learn from our mistakes. We should embrace this learning process instead of shrinking our world by avoiding negative events. To avoid presence is to retreat into your mind.” This applies to many life events, including conversation. If you have had bad experiences with public speaking or interviewing or introducing yourself to a group, the solution is not to stop trying. If it is important to you and your life, quitting is not an option. Your apprehension of your experience is not meant to keep you from doing it in the future. It is instead your brain telling you something – “pay attention. You did not do very well last time you tried this. Try again but use a better strategy.” I can take an example from my own life. F
