From the course: Communicating with Confidence
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Communication blocks that hold you back
From the course: Communicating with Confidence
Communication blocks that hold you back
- There are five key things that are holding you back from being a great communicator. The first thing is known as the spotlight effect. Now, this is a weird situation, but I'm sure you've experienced it. Have you ever had a moment where you're talking to somebody, one-on-one, and they're super engaging, super charismatic, but then the very moment they step on stage, the very moment they step in front of their peers in a meeting, they just freeze up and become extremely awkward, and you're thinking to yourself, what happened to the person I was just talking to? Who is this person? This happens because of the spotlight effect. It's a psychological phenomenon by which people tend to believe they are being noticed more than they actually are. This happens because we are thrown into unfamiliar situations, and in those moments when there's lots of people around us, it causes us to think well, because we are at the center of our own worlds, it must mean we are at the center of everybody…
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