February 7, 2009
Fear Of Public Speaking, the Best Way to Get Rid of It
Do you have nightmares about public speaking? When you have to stand up in front of a group does your mouth go dry? Hands shake? Stomach turn flip-flops? Feel lightheaded? Think you may pass out?
Welcome to the club. If it’s any comfort, you are not alone!
According to a well-known survey, 65% of us would rather die than speak in public. Many have tried for years to overcome their fear and given it up as hopeless. But wait! There is hope.
We can now turn to one tested method to end the fear of public speaking that has been shown to yield amazing results. It is The Lefkoe Method (TLM).
Probably the least known, but possibly the fastest way of getting rid of the fear of speaking in public, is The Lefkoe Method (TLM). TLM is based on the knowledge that our behavior is governed by what we believe to be true. Therefore, it focuses on finding the 10 or so negative beliefs that make us fear public speaking. These can be such beliefs as, Mistakes and failure are bad; If I make a mistake, I’ll be rejected; or People aren’t interested in what I have to say; etc.
Perhaps the most interesting feature of this approach is how consistently it works. In a study published by the Journal of Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, university researchers found that on a scale of 1-10, participants who used TLM lowered their fear of public speaking from an average of 7 down to 1.5 (1 was a lack of any fear at all). It took an average 3.5 hours for participants to reach this level. In follow-up six months later, the fear had not returned. Based on this evidence, the researchers concluded that, The Lefkoe Method is an effective, quick, and convenient procedure to eliminate the fear of speaking in public.
TLM was created over 20 years ago by Morty Lefkoe, founder of The Lefkoe Institute. He and several other certified facilitators have helped over 12,000 clients rid themselves of their fear of public speaking, along with many other emotional and behavioral problems. Their Speaking Without Fear Program is offered with a money-back guarantee: if your fear is not gone in four or less one-hour telephone sessions, you’ll get a full refund. For more information visit: Fear of Public Speaking.
The Lefkoe Institute (TLI) has a money back guarantee and a 97% success rate.
Keep in mind that most people who have benefited from TLM agree that the skill of the practitioner is of the utmost importance in determining the effectiveness of the program. If you really desire to overcome your fear of public speaking, be sure you are working with someone who is highly skilled, gives you confidence in his/her ability, and makes you want to succeed. And about that money-back guarantee? Couldn’t hurt.
September 25, 2008
Contesting Speeding Tickets
I abhor speeding tickets but I admire driving. While driving itself is not that dazzling, driving with quickness is. There seems to be an apparent complication with this; it is called speeding tickets. Nothing devours the driving spirit like a misappropriated traffic ticket.
I was unjustly cited with a speeding ticket once while on the Oregon Coast for going 30mph too fast! Unjust I tell you. Fully aware I am not the only driver who has received one of those driving nightmares for speed limit signs that are inequitably situated; as was my case on a drive with my friend some time ago.
If a speedometer on a automobile allows up to 120mph, what is the point of a speed limit at 65mph on the highway? They need you to falter so they can pilfer your mullah. I guess cops enjoy making you feel tarded by asking you why they pulled you over. Duh! They must think you are inane enough to admit you’re guilty before you have a chance to defend yourself.
Fight speeding tickets by throwing the book back in their face! A nominal speeding ticket is just a disguise for the real cost. You are likely to circumstantially get ordered to arise in court during working hours so that you inevitably lose more money. Now your nominal infraction has systematically turned into a $200 plus ticket. There is nothing good in cooperation with speeding tickets. So I recommend fighting speeding tickets every time.
Of course if you are female you have a greater chance of getting off with a warning rather then a full on ticket, well that is if you are auspicious enough to get cited by a male highway patroller. This is a factual story. I was driving along some side street in Colorado and I was pulled over for crossing a double yellow, directly in front of on coming traffic, which this one unfortunately for me, turned out to be a unconventional cop car, perusing at a cool 90 in a 35mph zone, with a Washington driver’s license, a vehicle registered in California, and auto insurance in Arizona!
Now I had on some damn sexy apparel at the time, which I considered had influenced the cop’s conclusion to let me off because I was looking pretty hot that day. However, I realize that the ticket issuer could not prove I was speeding. Looking back it would be pretty hard to gauge my precise speed even if the cop clocked me by radar since the reading would have been inaccurate considering our paths. So there are loopholes even with such blatant demerits.
Thank God I managed to avoid imminent disaster that time, but that was an anomaly, this is not usually the case. Anyhow, I was presented with this eBook on vanquishing speeding tickets which is fantastic because now I know that cuteness will not actually do anything for you. However, I now know how to get my traffic tickets lowered if not completely terminated!
I probably won’t get that lucky again and my driving record is not entirely great, so I have to pay a fortune to insure my car and I despise traffic school. When a light turns yellow, what does it mean?? Come on! It is like being in a really bad motivational seminar. It is not like I do not know the traffic laws I just have difficulty when it comes to observing them. Like sex, I know that abstaining from it is is a sure fire way of shielding yourself against STDs but I would rather use protection!
Come on! How does a person manage to acquire a speeding ticket going 8mph? I know grandmas that can meander with more oomph than that! Apparently not speeding is most apparent way to evade pink slips but if you are impatient like me you just cannot for the life of you keep cool strolling behind some expired human in a Subaru with her lungs riding shotgun.
Basically, reducing the disreputable speeding ticket is simple if you know where to look for the information you need to beat it.
How to speeding ticket
Filed under Automotive by Jonathan