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  2. Think Faster, Talk Smarter
  3. Chapters 1 and 2: Nerves and perfectionism
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Think Faster, Talk Smarter

Every named technique and speaking structure in Matt Abrahams's book, one card each: the six steps for staying calm and answering well when you are put on the spot, then the structures for small talk, toasts, pitches, Q&A, feedback and apologies. Flashcards and matching only.

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Chapters 1 and 2: Nerves and perfectionism

Steps 1 and 2 of the method: the quick fixes for a racing heart, a dry mouth or a blank mind, and how to stop trying to say the perfect thing.

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Chapters 1 and 2: Nerves and perfectionism – Flashcards
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Card #1

Step 1.1: Practice mindfulness

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Step 1.2: Reframe anxiety as excitement

Card #3

Step 1.3: Breathe

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Chapters 1 and 2: Nerves and perfectionism – Pair match
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A Stanford professor pictures two things in the room: himself, and an anxious feeling going on in his body↔Practice mindfulness
In Alison Wood Brooks's experiments, people who said three words out loud before a speech did better than people who tried to calm down↔Reframe anxiety as excitement
A neuroscientist on the author's podcast says the calming part of a deep breath is the breath out, not the breath in↔Breathe
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