Matt Abrahams

Try 17s.

really has to focus and be present-oriented.

My favorite way, and this is going to sound really silly, I like to say tongue twisters out loud.

You can't say a tongue twister right and not be present-oriented.

And it warms up your voice.

It's an opportunity to warm up.

So before I ever do any of my podcast interviews or a big talk, I will say a tongue twister out loud three times fast, and it gets me present and warms me up.

So to manage anxiety, you have to manage symptoms and some of the things that initiate and exacerbate.

There are a whole bunch of those.

And if you do it, you begin to create for yourself an anxiety management plan.

And you can invoke that plan.

And actually just having that plan helps reduce the anxiety you have.

The very first thing we do in my strategic communication class is we have our students create an anxiety management plan.

And not only does it help them in the course, I have students years later say, my grandmother passed away.

I used the anxiety management plan to help with the eulogy or I'm doing a best man toast and I'm using it.

Giving yourself tools to help manage anxiety is one of the biggest gifts you can give to yourself.

You did it well.

Thank you.

Very fluent.

Come back again.