Andy O'Sullivan

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A confident voice can make an ordinary opinion sound like an established fact. Before you question your own judgement, look at the reasoning. Certainty and accuracy are two different things.

There's a difference between changing your mind and agreeing because someone won't stop asking. One comes from reconsidering your choice. The other can come from wanting the pressure to end.

When someone calls you selfish for refusing a favour, it's tempting to agree just to prove them wrong. But an accusation isn't evidence, and you don't have to make your decisions in response to it.

A request doesn't become an obligation just because someone is disappointed by your answer. You can care about their feelings and still decide that the answer is no.

When your mind goes blank in meetings, it's usually not nerves. It's attention. You're focused on being judged instead of being useful. Ask "what does this person need?" and watch the anxiety lose its grip.

Dreading the team mixer more than the actual meeting? You're treating conversation like a test you have to pass. Stop trying to be interesting. Just be interested. "Tell me more." Three words. That's the whole technique.

Every time you say "sorry, just quickly" before a point in a meeting, you're telling the room it's fine to ignore you. You're not being polite. You're undermining yourself before you've started.

Every time you say "sorry, just quickly" before a point in a meeting, you're telling the room it's fine to ignore you. You're not being polite. You're undermining yourself before you've started.

Mind goes blank when someone asks you something in a meeting? It's not a confidence problem. It's a structure problem. Give your brain three points to reach for — what it is, why it matters, what you think. That's it. ---

You can explain it perfectly to a colleague over coffee. Then the meeting starts, all eyes are on you, and you become a different person. That gap is the real problem — not nerves, not preparation.

Executives think in decades. You're thinking in days. That's why they're not seeing you as a peer. Shift your time frame, shift how they listen.

Dreading the next work event? It's not your personality. It's your questions. "Did you have a good week?" traps people. "What's been the best part of your week?" opens them up. One word changes everything.

You're waiting for the perfect idea. The room's waiting for you to speak. Stop waiting. Say: "It's still in progress, but here's where I am with it." Then stop. That's it.

Waiting until your idea is 100% ready before you say it in a meeting? It never gets there. "I've got something still forming, but worth sharing" is enough. Say it. Then stop.

Influence starts with the questions you ask, not the statements you rehearse. Master the art of asking what others won’t. That’s where power lives. Speak up. Stand out. Succeed. Free tips & tools 👉 speaker.chat/hub #PublicSpeaking #ExecutivePresence #CareerAdvancement

Answering tough questions: - Pause before responding - Summarise your understanding - Take a moment to think - Answer with confidence Simple. Not easy.

Challenging questions are often simple. The difficulty lies in our desire for complex answers. Strip it bare. Answer with raw honesty. The simplicity is the challenge.

Challenging questions are often simple. What makes them hard is wanting to sound smart. Strip it back. Answer honestly. Simplicity is the challenge Speak up. Stand out. Succeed. Free tips & tools 👉 speaker.chat/hub #PublicSpeaking #ExecutivePresence #SpeakWithConfidence

To become confident, you must be willing to look stupid in the beginning. #SpeakUp #ConfidenceAtWork #MeetingsMatter #CareerGrowth #ConfidentYou