Jason Meno

So I think it's important to like, OK, yeah, I feel my heart pounding. I feel my my palms start to sweat. I feel my thoughts start to race a little bit. And some of that for me personally is just leaning into it.

So I think it's important to like, OK, yeah, I feel my heart pounding. I feel my my palms start to sweat. I feel my thoughts start to race a little bit. And some of that for me personally is just leaning into it.

It's exposing myself to that and being willing to not fight against it or make the interpretation that like, oh, this means I'm going to blow it or this means something bad is going to happen. Instead, there's a lot of different things that I can do to deal with those nerves right then and there. One, my personal favorite technique is just cognitive flooding.

It's exposing myself to that and being willing to not fight against it or make the interpretation that like, oh, this means I'm going to blow it or this means something bad is going to happen. Instead, there's a lot of different things that I can do to deal with those nerves right then and there. One, my personal favorite technique is just cognitive flooding.

Like what's the worst thing that could happen? What's what's like I did. I've been doing it in this meeting, actually, like. I'm sitting here and I'm like imagining like, oh, the comments in the YouTube comments, someone's going to say like, oh, Jason, what a fool or like, oh, his his face is ugly or, you know, like I started imagining all these cruel comments.

Like what's the worst thing that could happen? What's what's like I did. I've been doing it in this meeting, actually, like. I'm sitting here and I'm like imagining like, oh, the comments in the YouTube comments, someone's going to say like, oh, Jason, what a fool or like, oh, his his face is ugly or, you know, like I started imagining all these cruel comments.

And then the moment I really try to get my anxiety up, actually, in that moment, suddenly the anxiety disappears. And so those are kind of some of the tech. I mean, so these exposure cognitive flooding technique is one of my favorite ways to to work with these nerves. But a lot of it is also just like acceptance of like, oh, yeah, my heart's pounding. I'm really excited right now.

And then the moment I really try to get my anxiety up, actually, in that moment, suddenly the anxiety disappears. And so those are kind of some of the tech. I mean, so these exposure cognitive flooding technique is one of my favorite ways to to work with these nerves. But a lot of it is also just like acceptance of like, oh, yeah, my heart's pounding. I'm really excited right now.

Like, oh, yeah, I'm feeling a bit anxious about this.

Like, oh, yeah, I'm feeling a bit anxious about this.

Yeah. Another kind of on the spot technique I use a lot when when my mind is racing and I'm feeling anxious about something is a lot of that anxiety for me. And in terms of performance anxiety, it comes from that perfectionism of like, oh, I need to give this speech perfectly or I need to say all the right things.

Yeah. Another kind of on the spot technique I use a lot when when my mind is racing and I'm feeling anxious about something is a lot of that anxiety for me. And in terms of performance anxiety, it comes from that perfectionism of like, oh, I need to give this speech perfectly or I need to say all the right things.

And one of my favorite techniques that I think from feeling good was average practice was just imagining, well, What would a very average talk feel like? What would an average presenter act like? Would an average person feel really anxious right now? Yes. Okay, I'm doing great. I'm just following along and trying to be as average as possible.

And one of my favorite techniques that I think from feeling good was average practice was just imagining, well, What would a very average talk feel like? What would an average presenter act like? Would an average person feel really anxious right now? Yes. Okay, I'm doing great. I'm just following along and trying to be as average as possible.

And that kind of lessens a lot of that perfectionistic demandingness that often makes the anxiety ten times worse. Yeah.

And that kind of lessens a lot of that perfectionistic demandingness that often makes the anxiety ten times worse. Yeah.

Yeah, totally.

Yeah, totally.