Pre-workout nerves (a heavy PR attempt, a first session with a new client, a competition) feel almost identical in the body to excitement: same racing heart, same adrenaline. Instead of trying to calm down, relabel the feeling. Say "I am excited" out loud, or to yourself, right before you start.
This works because calming down fights the arousal your body has already created, while reappraising it as excitement matches the physiology and shifts your mindset from threat to opportunity, which measurably improves subsequent performance.
Sources and references
- Brooks (2014), Journal of Experimental Psychology: General: across karaoke, public speaking and math-performance studies, participants who reappraised anxiety as excitement outperformed those who tried to calm down. DOI: 10.1037/a0035325
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