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A colleague is out sick, and suddenly it's fallen on you to deliver a crucial client presentation. The saliva dries up in your mouth, your heart races. You briefly consider heading home sick yourself, before moving into the conference room to discover your boss has decided to sit in. If you were in danger of failing before, now your anxiety has made failure a foregone conclusion.
We've all experienced the crippling effects of job performance anxiety. But far from being uniquely relegated to nightmare scenarios like the one outlined above, anxiety is a pervasive aspect of office life, says Harvard Business School Assistant Professor Alison Wood Brooks.
Via The Learning Factor
In situations from business negotiations to karaoke, Alison Wood Brooks explores the harmful effects of anxiety on performance—and how to combat them.
Interesting to see the performance difference from a simple reframe. What we say to ourselves before we are about to present, or indeed perform in some other way, has a real impact on our results. Anxiety is normal (http://www.speakingandpresenting.com/public-speaking-anxiety.html) and so is self talk. Make sure you are repeatedly telling yourself how exciting the situation is and how much you are looking forward to it. Lose the typical doomsday inner voice.
Yes, you are absolutely right! Even if you are perfectly healthy and fine, you may fell anxious at some point of time in a day. A little bit of anxiety helps us to face big challenges of our life. When your heart starts racing fast out of anxiety or nervousness, use this condition in a positive manner to energize yourself to perform better. The best way to control such situation is by taking a deep breath. Click the following link to learn some simple steps to cope with anxiety: http://bit.ly/1UIIWc9