ontrol Your Nerves & Control Your Life

After loosing most of my sight to eye cancer early on in my life, I have been very conscious about the way I look and what other people think of me. Add this to the usual nerves you get from either top level competition or visiting a new client for the first time and I became controlled by my nerves. Something needed to change and I found just the thing.

Ever been in a situation where you find your heart rate going up, you start to sweat and you just don’t want to be there? Well that’s normal, the thing is nerves are an indication of doing something that is important to you.

“NERVE’S ARE GOOD IF USED CORRECTLY”. When you are next in that situation, take a look at why, step back from the moment and relax. Stop rushing around and give yourself plenty of time to prepare. PREPARATION is one of the keys to control. Make sure you have left no stone unturned. I learned this lesson very early in my Sales career when I booked a new business meeting for my Managing Director and I at Telewest. I had been so excited about booking a meeting at one of the biggest telecom’s companies in the UK, that I forgot to collect information about where to park and get the directions. Yes we were late to the meeting and I was very embarrassed, which made my nerves even worse.

The next rule is RELAXATION. I used to suffer from lack of sleep the night before a competition, but I never have that problem now. I now use a technique called visualization. Simply lay on your bed and close your eyes. Imagine a big screen in-front of you and your on the screen completing something that made you feel good. With me, it involves my best throw when I won the World Championships in 1995. Do this to some relaxing music and you will fall into a deep sleep and be ready to close that deal next day.