Habits
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Hope Timberlake

Speak up to become an influential leader & drive performance | Keynote Speaker, Advisor and Author | Trusted by leaders and teams at companies including BlackRock, Gap, Salesforce, Tripadvisor

Are Your Good Student Habits Holding You Back?

How often do you find yourself in the loop of preparing, editing, overthinking, and repeating?

And when you are finally ready to present, you find post-presentation or post-meeting anxiety creeping in, making you second-guess everything you said.

For many of us, this is a never-ending cycle of perfectionism, especially the overthinking part!

Consider letting go of “good student habits.” Good student … what?

Some of you know this affliction well. It’s the vision of being a perfect student who never makes a mistake.

Lightening your grip on perfection may be the game changer that moves you and your career forward.

As it turns out, the “good student habits” we acquired when we were young likely prevent us from speaking up and being seen.

What if you aim to be “an average student”? Eeeek! Does fear of making a mistake creep in?

I challenge you to be “an average student” for a short period of time and see if it eases the pressure of perfection.

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