TJ WALKER - THE HABIT INFLUENCER - Personal Development | LIVE STREAM

Is it okay to use alcohol, beta blockers, marijuana, to calm you down before giving a presentation? Now, I'm not passing moral judgment on anyone. I want to give you just pure information that I think is in your own self interest for presentations. The answer is I would avoid all of those things. They might make you feel more relaxed, but that's not the issue. The issue is what's going to make you actually come across your best when you're giving your presentation. So when it comes to alcohol, that can sometimes make people's face red, make you sweaty a little bit, can also make it harder to recall information. So if you're already a little nervous and that extra second to retrieve information, it can seem even longer. It can seem two, three times as long as. So my advice, don't have any alcohol until after the speech, after the presentation. Beta blockers. I've had clients do that and they seem like zombies. Oh, they felt relaxed, but they didn't come across as confident, energetic to their audience. These days, more and more states, in the United States and around the world, marijuana is legal. So it's perfectly legal for some people to use marijuana. Again, I don't see how it actually helps you be more interesting and memorable to your audience. If it makes you more mellow, it could make your voice more monotone, could lower your energy level, could make you less responsive to your audience. Those are not good things. Again, if you're nervous before giving a presentation, the easiest way to get over that nervousness is not, what with a drink or a toke or anything else, it's to practice on video until you've seen yourself give a great presentation. That is the number one way to get rid of nerves.