Sandidge & Ward: Overcoming obstacles in 2016

By adding the mental contrasting process, you can ask yourself how you might keep yourself from making presentations to the number of people required. While you enjoy one-on-one demonstrations, you may get nervous thinking about groups.

You then devise a plan. First, you schedule a presentation for the near future. As you plan for it, you can ask a friend to help you practice when you feel nervous. That step makes it more likely you’ll successfully complete your goal.

It gets even better. Oettingen learned there is a beneficial side effect of mental contrasting – it tends to add energy and motivation to your goal achievement plans.

• Anne Ward and Bob Sandidge, of CreativeCore Media in Algonquin, are marketing, communication and management consultants. Reach them at annebob@CreativeCore.com or visit www.nlpeople.com.

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