Scott Mann

You don't know what's going to happen next.

And that is the ultimate definition of vulnerability, is when a leader steps into the arena and has no idea what's going to happen next, but does it anyway.

And that's what acting is.

But what they've done is they've developed a craft that allows them to prepare.

Because what happens, we all do it.

When you get in front of people and the stakes are high and there's no trust, you lock down.

And so tension becomes what happens to our bodies.

It's protecting itself.

It's a 250,000-year response.

The human operating system does this.

But what we've learned is that the human operating system can actually, you can actually metabolize tension where you're fully present.

And most of it's just diaphragmatic breath.

It's literally breathing three to five diaphragmatic breaths before you walk into the engagement.

And you go from a sympathetic state to a parasympathetic state.

The acting community's known this for years.

But guys like you and me,

We were never taught that.

But it would have been nice to know, right, before I walked.

Now, some guys figured it out, but the point is, these are all replicable skills that if you give that to a corporate leader or someone who runs a nonprofit or just someone who's a teacher who has to get up in front of people in high stakes moments and make a connection, there's a way to do that where you really bring the science into it and you're very skilled at it and you own that room and you make that connection and you're relatable to that human across from you.

and it doesn't cost you anything, right?