#63 "You get confident by training your brain to fail"-Interview with Jacqueline Farrington (part I)

Listen to an inspiring interview with a true expert in communication and public speaking! Jacqueline Farrington is a TEDx Senior Speaker coach and nowadays also coach for CEOs and senior leaders for big clients such as Amazon and Microsoft to train them in a better authentic communication. Very recently, she has published her book “The non-obvious guide to better presentations – How to present like a pro: virtually or in person” (https://www.nonobviousguides.com/betterpresentations/) In the first part of this interview, we are discussing what you can do to be more authentic and build up self-confidence to be yourself when giving a speech or presentation. Jacqueline’s coaching approach is it to create a safe space in which people explore how it feels to take risks and to fail – a method that is also used by professional sports athletes. You will learn also: 3 practical and funny examples how you can train yourself to make mistakes when preparing for a presentations How you know that you are prepared well A golden nugget to structure a speech or presentation, that will make you feel more secure – that you can also apply not just on a stage, but also when you are presenting yourself in a job interview! You can find more information about Jacqueline and her great work on her website https://farringtonpartners.com/ or on her LinkedIn profile! The second part of the interview will come out one week after this episode! Stay tuned! The podcast ‘Spotlight your TRUE self’ is based on three pillars: • Self-confidence & self-esteem • Managing your emotions • Concrete communication techniques based on NLP And in each episode, you will hear about one of them. If you don’t want to miss the coming episodes – then following me on LinkedIn (Michaela Kettner) or Instagram (@michaela.kettner.fi).