{"id":2056,"date":"2014-11-17T07:59:42","date_gmt":"2014-11-17T07:59:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/creativelifechanges.com\/?p=2056"},"modified":"2018-02-21T14:59:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-21T14:59:15","slug":"introvert-nervousness-friend-or-foe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quietbrillianceconsulting.com\/introvert-nervousness-friend-or-foe\/","title":{"rendered":"Introvert Nervousness \u2013 Friend or Foe?"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\u201cI\u2019m now able to give a talk in public, but I\u2019m still nervous. I guess I won\u2019t ever get over it.\u201d<\/strong> The speaker was a woman in one of my seminars, and the topic was introversion and public speaking. Her assumption was that because she was an introvert, nervousness was always there, ready to undermine her performance and her confidence, and she would never be free of that awful feeling.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n


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After she spoke, I reflected that, years ago, I returned to dance after taking a few years off to go to college.<\/strong> At my initial return performance, I was overwhelmed by fear that I would fail miserably and embarrassingly. As my partner and I got into the opening pose just before the curtain went up, I was dismayed to find that his hand, which I was holding, was shaking badly. Just before the curtain rose, he said to me quickly, \u201cRemember, this is energy. Use it!\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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The performance was brilliant.<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Good \u2013 really good \u2013 performers have always known that the little thrill of anxiety they experience before a performance actually enhances what they do; to be completely calm is to become a little dull. That nervousness can produce a number of positive changes, including increased mental clarity, energy, and enthusiasm.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Recent research by Crum and Salovey (2013)* disclosed that the belief<\/i> that stress is debilitating will undermine performance, confidence, and health, too.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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So would simply switching that mindset to one that tells you that nervousness will enhance<\/i> your performance make all the difference in the world?<\/strong> Not necessarily, because first it is important to rehearse your performance thoroughly, so thoroughly that you have a set of well-learned skills on which to fall back; think of it as being on a kind of automatic pilot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Then, as the performance unrolls, you can hear that little voice inside saying, \u201cI think I can. I KNOW I can.\u201d<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

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Repeatedly performing the same skills under stress while believing in the performance-enhancing value of stress leads to better performance, increased confidence, and a greater overall sense of well-being.<\/span><\/p>\n

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And, by the way, nervousness over public speaking or any other kind of performance is not the exclusive experience of introverts; extroverts can feel it, too. Introverts sometimes fall into the trap of believing what they hear so much from society, that introversion is a kind of defect.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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No, pretty much everyone has the same experiences when it comes to something like public speaking. The same rules apply: learn, practice, tell yourself nervousness is an advantage \u2013 and grow.<\/p>\n

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*Crum, A., Salovey, P. & Achor, S.\u00a0(2013).\u00a0 Rethinking Stress: The Role of Mindsets in Determining the Stress Response.\u00a0Journal of Personality and Social Psychology. <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

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If you want to learn more about how to handle the stress of public speaking as an introvert, contact me at Lynette@QuietBrillianceConsulting.com\u00a0 to learn about programs and coaching.<\/p>\n

Lynette Crane is a Minneapolis-based nationally-acclaimed speaker, writer (author of The Confident Introvert)<\/strong>, and \u00a0Executive Coach for introverts.. She has more than 30 years\u2019 experience in the field of stress and time management and personal growth. She now focuses on helping \u201cquietly brilliant\u201d people (aka introverts) thrive and not just survive in an extrovert culture \u2013 without becoming extroverts.<\/p>\n

She is currently doing research for her next book, The Introvert CEO,<\/strong> and welcomes suggestions as to who might be a good person to interview.<\/p>\n

Visit her website at http:\/\/www.QuiteBrillianceConsulting.com\/<\/a> to learn more about her company and to see more articles.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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