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Performance Anxiety? Enjoy the Adrenaline for a Cure

Imagine if you never felt any adrenaline in your life. You would be bored to death! Sometimes we get to “play our game,” but adrenaline kicks in to the point of performance anxiety and we play beneath our potential. What’s a solution? Enjoy the fun element because it means you are alive!

What do you say? How can you change your opinion of anxiety so that it serves you instead of cripples you? Sound off – I’d love to hear it.

Really – whether you are talking about swinging for a home run at the baseball plate or in the bedroom, this tip will help you. To really kick up your game, go get my e-book, Flow On Demand, The Athlete’s Edge. Or, just click the image!

I’ll be right here, in your corner!

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  • kayross

    I perform stand-up comedy and comedy improvisation. Before I go on stage, sure, I feel those butterflies in my stomach – I think I HAVE to feel that adrenaline in order to perform well. I just choose to label that feeling excitement rather than nervousness.

    • http://www.ginaparris.com GinaParris

      Exactly!! Oh boy, stand up comedy – good for you! I feel the same way as a speaker. I have been speaking publicly since I was a teenager, and I still get nervous and excited. Great example. Thanks for sharing.

  • http://www.GreatSmallBusinessAdvice.com/ Allison Babb

    Great points Gina. My game is public speaking. I always get adreneline rush before speaking. Even before teleseminars. I've reframed that as excitement before doing a great talk. Funny it's always like seconds before I go live and within seconds of getting started, poof, it's gone. :-)

  • johnlusher

    Great video Gina!!! Channeling the energy into peak performance; turning the butterflies into positive adrenaline is the key to performing at a winner's level! I love this video!!

    • http://www.ginaparris.com GinaParris

      Thanks John. It's always so fun to see people turn it around too!

  • paulttran

    I'm not surprised that some athletes are putting so much muscle (Pun intended) into this video. GAME TIME performance is all mental, and mental is programmed by affirmations, and you have great suggestions to feed the brain. Also – you deal with an issue all high-performance people go through – the crazy butterflies called ADRENALINE! I am an introvert by birth, and so playing sports in public, giving a sales presentation to a group of people, giving a speech, etc. make me want to throw up, hide in a cave, and never come out until “the dinosaurs went away!” This is a great reminder of how to turn that stomach-turning, that jolt in exhilaration and channel/process it into excitement and enthusiasm. Kudos to this video, and more importantly, kudos to you!

    • http://www.ginaparris.com GinaParris

      Ha Ha! I would never guess that you've felt such game time anxiety, Paul. Thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. I was just talking to two salespeople today and showing them how easy it is to turn those anxieties around. We can't be letting our livelihoods suffer over a little adrenaline!

  • http://retroparenting.com/ Dr. Daisy aka Dr. Mommy

    Awesome video Gina!! I live on adrenaline…I do my best work at that time…then I need a well deserved nap:)

    • http://www.ginaparris.com GinaParris

      That was another conversation I had today with two other business owners. We all seem to live on adrenaline. Terrible, just terrible! My doctor tells me this eventually causes adrenal fatigue, but some Vitamin B5 (not just 6 and 12, mind you) plus lots of vitamin C will help, so I'm sticking with the lattes, excitement and fun! (But I'm a huge proponent of the nap and relaxation techniques too.)

      Let's go play!

  • rochelleveturis

    This is so great Gina. Really powerful information –I'll be using it in my professional life and I know it will be fruitful there too. On another note, I love that jacket on you. I kept enjoying it the entire video; great color. Also love the lake setting and quality of the video. I can see why it's been one of your most popular :)

    • http://www.ginaparris.com GinaParris

      Ha Ha! Thanks Rochelle. I wear that jacket everywhere, I think, and the Lake is right here where sometimes my privates clients stay if they want to get away and spend a whole day with me.

  • melindalancaster

    I'm not an athlete (although I wouldn't mind being one) but always feel this before and while speaking. People say that I look and sound extremely calm but I'm not. I think the “rush” gives me the extra push I need to overcome stage fright. Self-talk is necessary, even when speaking, and I'm glad people can't hear what I say to myself :-)
    Excellent video, Gina.

    • http://www.ginaparris.com GinaParris

      Thanks for sharing Melinda! I would love to hear what you say to yourself before you speak. What a blessing to get to do in our livelihood, something that reminds us that we are ALIVE!

      • melindalancaster

        What I say to myself before:
        1. Isaiah 61:1-2
        2. These people are here because they WANT to hear what you have to say.
        3. You have been invited to speak because you have something that these people NEED to hear.

        If I blunder or make a mistake when I am speaking:
        1. Don't sweat it, Melinda. They didn't come to hear a robot, they came to hear a person.
        2. Keep going. In the end those who are supposed to get it will get it.
        3. Connection beats perfection—keep connecting, Melinda.

        And the list goes on and on. I do not speak off outlines. Extensive notes and a hand-held microphone are security blankets for me. LOL!

        I've moved to headsets and phones to broadcast and record podcasts but still find the need to move around and hold on to my notes. I rarely use them but like knowing they are there.

        I'm a mess!

  • rochelleveturis

    This is so great Gina. Really powerful information –I'll be using it in my professional life and I know it will be fruitful there too. On another note, I love that jacket on you. I kept enjoying it the entire video; great color. Also love the lake setting and quality of the video. I can see why it's been one of your most popular :)

  • http://www.ginaparris.com GinaParris

    Ha Ha! Thanks Rochelle. I wear that jacket everywhere, I think, and the Lake is right here where sometimes my privates clients stay if they want to get away and spend a whole day with me.

  • melindalancaster

    I'm not an athlete (although I wouldn't mind being one) but always feel this before and while speaking. People say that I look and sound extremely calm but I'm not. I think the “rush” gives me the extra push I need to overcome stage fright. Self-talk is necessary, even when speaking, and I'm glad people can't hear what I say to myself :-)
    Excellent video, Gina.

  • http://www.ginaparris.com GinaParris

    Thanks for sharing Melinda! I would love to hear what you say to yourself before you speak. What a blessing to get to do in our livelihood, something that reminds us that we are ALIVE!

  • melindalancaster

    What I say to myself before:
    1. Isaiah 61:1-2
    2. These people are here because they WANT to hear what you have to say.
    3. You have been invited to speak because you have something that these people NEED to hear.

    If I blunder or make a mistake when I am speaking:
    1. Don't sweat it, Melinda. They didn't come to hear a robot, they came to hear a person.
    2. Keep going. In the end those who are supposed to get it will get it.
    3. Connection beats perfection—keep connecting, Melinda.

    And the list goes on and on. I do not speak off outlines. Extensive notes and a hand-held microphone are security blankets for me. LOL!

    I've moved to headsets and phones to broadcast and record podcasts but still find the need to move around and hold on to my notes. I rarely use them but like knowing they are there.

    I'm a mess!

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