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Everyone here at Ty Boyd Executive Learning Systems has been on the move. Molly and Anne took the Excellence in Speaking Institute to Toronto. Then, with almost no time to unpack, Anne joined Ty and Pat in France for an ESI for Georgia-Pacific international employees. And, we've moved a new person onto the team. Barbara Conrad has joined us in the Charlotte office.

About Us

Ty Boyd Executive Learning Systems changes lives by helping lifelong learners hone their natural communication tools.

We work primarily with people at Fortune 1000 companies in the areas of public speaking, presentations skills, personal improvement and leadership development.

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Hello. After giving a presentation, do you feel down because you weren't perfect, or do you focus on how much better at delivering speeches you were than you used to be? It's time for some changes in attitudes.

Now, let's get going.

Ty Boyd
ty@tyboyd.com

Thoroughbred Nerves

Imagine yourself stepping up to the lectern to deliver a presentation. Rapid heartbeat? Check. Sweaty palms? Check. Rubber knees? Check. Butterflies? Check.

Now, what are you going to call that? Are you going to feed negativity into the situation and call those reactions fear?

What if you looked at those feelings another way?

Imagine you are like a great stallion. You are champing at the bit, ready to leap out of the gate. Heart pounding, knees quivering with anticipation, and stomach in knots.

Are you afraid? Or, do you have thoroughbred nerves?

You are having natural, inevitable physical reactions to the circumstances. And, they are necessary in order for you to deliver the best performance.

Do you think the horse is going to win if he is laid back and complacent? Not on a bet.

And neither are you. Harness those thoroughbred nerves and run with them.

Calm Down

Everyone uses a little different technique to take control of their thoroughbred nerves. Here are a few things you might want to try:

As part of your preparation for your next presentation, take five minutes to imagine your worst case scenario. Imagine that you forget everything. Imagine that you faint.

Imagine your own worst nightmare. Spend five minutes in that nightmare and ask yourself: What will the results be?

Will they fire you? Will you die? Will your spouse and kids stop loving you? Probably not. We'll survive. We'll be OK. Our careers won't be over.

People experience failure to one degree or another every day. They're alive. They survive and even thrive. Sometimes a nightmare performance even has unexpected side effects, and can cause personal connections with the audience that would not have happened any other way.

Next, feed yourself some positive messages.

"I know my subject well." "I'm prepared and eager to share with this audience." "I'm glad I'm here and I'm going to enjoy this time with these people."

Spend a few minutes before you get behind the lectern repeating your mantra. For Ty it is "Energy. Energy. Energy."

Find your mantra and use it to focus your natural reactions into a positive force.


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