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Terry shares powerful strategies for overcoming the fear of public speaking by shifting focus from yourself to your message and the impact it can make on others. He reveals how accessing your most powerful emotional states and connecting deeply to your cause creates confident, influential speaking experiences.

• Public speaking is a critical skill for career success, helping Terry rise through military ranks and achieve business success
• The fear of public speaking stems from focusing on yourself instead of your message's impact
• Everyone has already demonstrated passionate speaking in personal moments of emotion
• It's not about being a "great speaker" but about getting people to take action
• Captain Scott's transformation story: from terrified presenter to commanding speaker in 15 minutes
• The "power state" technique: accessing your most confident memory before speaking
• Speaking success comes from connecting emotionally to your cause, not perfection
• People remember how you made them feel, not your exact words
• Your ideas deserve to be shared with the world - stop holding them back

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Nathaniel Mahowald, founder of Pickaxe, shares his remarkable journey from living in a van for over two years while pursuing entrepreneurship to building an AI company serving over a million monthly users.

• Transforming from data scientist intern to CEO in just six years
• Living in a van to save money while college friends took jobs at Google
• Starting multiple failed companies before finding success
• Getting laid off during COVID and working without pay for five months at a startup
• Finding his first customer in Alaska through a Reddit post
• Riding a beat-up motorcycle across Florida to meet a potential mentor
• Building Pickaxe to help coaches and consultants leverage AI in their businesses
• Growing to over 1,200 paying customers with exponential growth since 2023
• Making AI accessible and less intimidating for everyday entrepreneurs
• Understanding what you truly want from life to guide difficult decisions

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Bradley Rausch shares his journey from debilitating anxiety to helping entrepreneurs build million-dollar businesses through personal branding and referral systems, revealing powerful frameworks for overcoming mental health challenges and building resilience.

• The CRAFT method: a framework for accomplishing things when you don't yet have proof you can succeed
• How to break down seemingly impossible goals into manageable steps while building evidence of your capabilities
• Why anxiety serves as a protective mechanism—understanding the chain reaction of fear
• The importance of focusing on returning to baseline after emotional triggers rather than preventing reactions
• Why giving yourself "grace" means allowing yourself to be bad at something new
• How to shift from controlling external circumstances to managing your internal response during panic
• The mantra "don't ask for the situation to become easier, but demand that you become greater"
• Why doing hard things consistently makes everything easier over time
• The difference between necessary pain and optional suffering

If you're ready to get over your fears, self-doubts and past failures and break through your comfort zone to reach the pinnacle of success in every area of your life, head over to terrielfossum.com to pick up your free gifts and so much more.

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