If Nervous, Chew Peppermint Gum Before Your Speech
If you’re facing anxiety going into a speech or an interview and tend to suffer from drymouth, chew peppermint gum for five to ten minutes before the speech. Gum with sugar might provide a negligible...
View ArticleIf Something’s Not Right, Speak Up!
If you think something is wrong that could affect your physical safety, do not be afraid to speak up. Nor be embarrassed to have spoken up if your fears are not realized. A little over a year ago, a...
View ArticleHelp Dies In A Vacuum
If you want someone to save you, you must be willing to save yourself. Two TPLL contributors invested several years and thousands of dollars trying to help a person who claimed to fear for her life in...
View ArticleNothing To Fear But Our Imaginations
“The only thing we have to fear is fear itself.” (President Franklin D. Roosevelt, in his 1933 inaugural address.) We fear because we have imagination – we imagine what can happen to us. Without that,...
View ArticleMove Out Of Your Way
Don’t let yourself be immobilized by fear or feeling of lack of accomplishment. The only way to accomplish something is to step towards that accomplishment. Don’t be discouraged by your age or...
View ArticleWhen Shy, Strive To Be Fashionably Early
If you are naturally shy and plan to attend an event, fight the inclination to be fashionably late. Instead, be fashionably early – arrive shortly before or as the event starts. People are more...
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