A guide to staying completely calm and confident in interviews and presentations (Part 2)

 

A guide to staying completely calm and confident in interviews and presentations
 Part 2: Mental Rehearsal

Did you know, that if you force your face into a smile for long enough, you will actually begin to feel happier? Similarly if you take on the physiology of a confident person, very soon you can start to really feel that confidence – the power of embodiment!

Mental rehearsal is a wonderfully simple technique that you can apply to absolutely any future event that you may be concerned about.  Follow these simple steps, and by the time you get to your interview you will already have everything you need to remain calm and perform at your best.

·         We all know how a confident person would behave at interview, how they would walk in, introduce themselves, how they would be standing or sitting, how they would interact with others

·         Imagine what it would be like to have all the qualities that would enable you to go through that event perfectly. Imagine how you would be behaving. Imagine how you would be standing or sitting as if you were completely calm, confident and in control. Imagine how you would be talking and interacting with others, how you would be moving and holding yourself.  

·         If it is not completely easy to imagine yourself behaving the way you want to, then cheat! Is there someone else who acts in the way you would like to? Remember how they look, stand, talk and behave.

·         Vividly see that confident person in front of you and picture the way they are. Then step into the picture and take on all those attributes for yourself.  Really experience what it is like. Imagine looking through your own eyes, what you can see, what you can hear, what you can feel and really get a good sense of it.

·         In your mind, rehearse the entire event as that calm, in control person, from its beginning, all the way through the event and out to its successful completion, behaving exactly how you would like to behave, and feeling exactly how you would like to. Really get a sense of it.

·         Imagine now going out to a time just after the event and looking back at its success – maybe even smiling as you realise how well that went

Mental rehearsal is commonly used for enhancing sports performance and, even though it sounds really simple – it really works!!! You can apply this approach to all types of events you are concerned about and you will get better and better at it the more you use it.

Cathy Simmons
Cognitive Hypnotherapist and NLP Master Practitioner

www.cathysimmons.co.uk

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