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she acted those fears out in front of some friends and family to get
them out of her system. Her assignment was to act out her worst
fears while delivering her presentation. I wanted her to discover
that you can drop your notes, faint, and
blank out and still get up and carry on
No man that does not with your talk. Doing the practice talk
see visions will ever in front of friends helped her overcome
realize any high hope her major anxieties.
or undertake any high Then we worked on doing posi-
enterprise. tive visualization instead. If she caught
herself thinking of something negative,
—WOODROW WILSON she was to just say, “Cancel, cancel” and

then imagine the positive result she
wanted: people coming up afterward to
compliment her on the great presentation. She did this, and—just
as she had envisioned—she did a great job and got compliments
from her audience. Use the power of your mind to imagine the
results you want and you’ll very likely get them.

Have a Bit of Fun

Let’s imagine that there are two service providers bidding for one
job. The two are equally qualified. One of them is regularly doing
something that he or she loves to do—whether that is waterskiing,
kite boarding, ballroom dancing, knitting, or playing basketball.
The other has cut out all such fun activities because there is a reces-
sion; being unemployed, this candidate has chosen to save as much
money as possible and use all available free time to hunt for a new
business. Which candidate will get the contract? The one having
all the fun. I know this doesn’t sound fair, but we can’t help but be
more attracted to the people who are out there enjoying life. They
come across as being more enjoyable to be around, more relaxed,
more energetic, and more fun than others. Who wouldn’t want
to work with someone who displays these qualities? If you own a