What’s the craziest thing you’ve done to help with nerves before leading a call?

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Take a couple shots of bourbon.

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Thank you for sharing this ECD1 <3 more folks in advertising need to share this POV.

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Not really crazy, but what works for me is that I pretend I’ve already done it and that I’ve magically been given a second chance to do it again, but better. For whatever reason this (mostly) calms me down, and I can get it done. If that’s not working, I pretend that I’m dead and that I’m delivering as a ghost. Nothing they can do or say can affect me, because I’m already dead. This also lowers the stakes in my head, because if I’m already dead, I have to think about why I am really there, who I’m trying to serve, and what really needs to get done beyond any personal interests or investment I might have.

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Held a comb and squeezed it as hard as I could stand. It works. Something about redirecting adrenaline. Flexing your foot up really really hard does the same thing.

Not me but I watched a guy do pushups. I laughed thinking it was a bit but he kept going

For sure. In the room minutes before the clients walked in was less expected

Stripped down to my underwear. Advantages to working from home!

Try Four-Box Breathing. (Navy SEALs do it).

Think about the last time you did it, if you even remember, and remind yourself that it does not really matter. Take the pressure off of yourself. No one else cares. And if you mess up they’re rooting for you to recover quickly.

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