Episode 041: The Psychology of Influence and Persuasion with Dr. Victoria Romero (1:10:58)

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Psychologically, why do we follow someone? In this interview, Dr. Victoria Romero helps us understand why and how we are persuaded and influenced.

Episode 040: My Personal Meditation (5:28)

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I had a fairly well-established morning routine, and as someone who measures the return on investment of time very carefully, I didn’t see the immediate value of meditation at first, but then I thought to try it to see how it would work for me, and I was amazed by what it did for me.

Episode 038: The Stage Fright Cure – An Interview with Marti MacEwan, Author of “The Stage Fright Cure” (59:54)

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We all have a little bit of Stage Fright. Whether we are interviewing, introducing ourselves in a meeting, giving a big presentation, writing a blog post, or singing in front of hundreds or thousands, we all have a little bit of stage fright. Stage Fright expert, Marti MacEwan, defines stage fright, performance anxiety, and imposter syndrome; uncovers the source of those concepts, talks about what is actually happening biologically when we get stage fright, and offers a real solution for curing it.

Episode 035: The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety (55:40)

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Dr. Timothy Clark is the Founder and CEO of LeaderFactor, a leadership consulting and training organization headquartered near Salt Lake City, Utah. He is an international authority in the fields of senior executive development, strategy acceleration, and organizational change. Dr. Clark earned a triple degree, as an All-American football player at Brigham Young University, he completed his doctorate in social science at Oxford, and was both a Fulbright and British Research Scholar. Dr. Clark is the author of five books on leadership, including his newest release, “The 4 Stages of Psychological Safety: Defining the Path to Inclusion and Innovation.”

Episode 034: How to Overcome Procrastination Once and For All (6:00)

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All of us are plagued by something that we don’t want to do, and we’ve been putting it off for some time. It may be starting a business, going back to school, pursuing a new certification, taking a compliance training, starting a workout regimen, re-organizing the garage or our personal space, balancing our checkbook, or maybe estate planning. Whatever it is, it is unsavory to us, but we also know it is important, and that’s why we’ve been putting it off. We know we need to do it. As a recovering procrastinator myself, these are the techniques I use personally to avoid relapse.

Episode 033: Overcoming Speaker Anxiety (A Facebook LIVE Interview) (31:28)

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In this interview, I am on the other side of the microphone with Dave Brown (CEO, DSB Leadership Group) as my gracious host. In this Facebook LIVE interview, we talk about a variety of speaking-related topics including:

* Overcoming speaker anxiety
* Crafting on-target messages
* Speaking in the virtual world
* …And much more