Rob Dial

And so you have to see the person that you want to be.

If you're nervous because you're about to go give a presentation at work, you have to see yourself going in, giving that presentation and crushing it at work.

Because if you don't, your brain is already visualizing the future.

The reason why you're nervous is because your brain has already visualized the future.

And we will be right back.

And now, back to the show.

And it's visualized you fumbling your words, looking like an idiot, tripping when you walk on stage, your belt not being tight enough and your pants falling down in front of the entire company.

Whatever it is, your brain's already unconsciously visualized the worst thing happening.

So what you need to do is start visualizing the best thing that could possibly happen.

You need to see yourself crushing that presentation.

You need to see yourself as that confident person.

Because most people unintentionally visualize what they don't want.

That's why they're nervous.

That's why they're not confident.

Because we're always mentally rehearsing something, whether we realize it or not.

You're always mentally rehearsing.

Your brain, the greatest skill set of a human is also, they say, usually your greatest strength is your greatest weakness.

The greatest strength that kept our species alive is we could visualize the future and prepare for danger.

That's good for danger, but that's not good for going in to try to be more confident.

Because what are we visualizing?