Our *beliefs* about our preparedness can impact our delivery just as much as our actual efforts to prepare. Cultivating our beliefs can rightly be considered a part of our preparation for that reason, and is why I deliberately included our beliefs about our preparedness in what makes us authentically unprepared.… Continue Reading
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Preparation 5 — What Being Unprepared Looks Like
Being unprepared means believing we lack some crucial part of the circumstantial equation needed to prepare or engage with an audience. Being *genuinely* unprepared is distinct from dreading something so much that we rationalize away our believed ability to accomplish it in order to better live with ourselves and our avoidance.… Continue Reading
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