I bought this cd with a month to go before an important presentation, in the hope that it would help me conquer my nerves. I had previously had very bad experiences with public speaking - my nerves always seemed to give me away - as soon as I would hear the shakiness in my own voice I would know I couldn't expect the audience to have any faith in me when I appeared to doubt myself! I always felt so unprofessional, and would beat myself up afterwards for doing such a poor job, and I would already be worrying about the next time. I listened to track two of the cd every day for four weeks. After the first few times, I seemed conditioned to get into the "trance" state of mind really quickly - I would wake up at the end feeling calm, but generally not remembering much about the whole thing. Paul McKenna tells us this is common. I began to look forward to this relaxing time in my day, and noticed in advance of the presentation that I was beginning to feel more excited than nervous - then eventually realized that Paul talks directly about cultivating this feeling! I began to have growing faith that the cd was making a difference to me, and this belief helped me to expect things to be different this time. On the presentation day I felt a small flurry of butterflies (rather than fear gripping at my chest as previously experienced!), kept under control with Paul's breathing technique. As soon as I started to talk, all my nerves and fears melted away - I could hear that my voice was strong, confident and lively, and the rest of me seemed to follow suit! For the first time I was pleased with a presentation. I'm even looking forward to the next one - now that I know I can hold it together and be professional, I want to progress further - there's no reason I can't be really good at it now is there, with a bit of practice that is. This cd has changed my career permanently - I was really worried about staying in the job I'm in with the poor presentation performances I'd given. I can hardly believe I'm now thinking about how to excel at the very same thing. I really recommend you give this cd a try - you have nothing to lose and possibly everything to gain after all. I will never get rid of my copy!

 

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