Grab your coffee and settle in with me for a minute, because today we are tackling something that haunts almost every single professional I know.
I want you to picture this scenario…
You have just been asked to record a short video. Nothing massive at all. Maybe just two minutes, sharing a quick thought about your specific field.
You have honestly done much harder things before breakfast. You know your topic inside and out, and you know exactly what you want to say.
So, you take a breath and you press record.
And then… something unbelievably strange happens.
Your voice instantly drops half a register. Your eyes go slightly dead. You suddenly begin speaking in this bizarre, rigid tone you have never actually used in any real human conversation, ever.
Every single sentence sounds like it is being read from a warning sign. You say “um” in places you have never said “um” in your entire life.
You finish the take, you watch it back, and you immediately delete the file with the frantic energy of someone destroying criminal evidence.
Does that sound horribly familiar?
If it does, I want you to know something incredibly important right now… this is absolutely not a you problem.
It is a mindset problem. Specifically, it is the classic problem of trying to perform instead of trying to be present.
And the massive distinction between those two things is the entire subject of our chat today.