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For the thesis “defense” I had to present and explain the proof to a
group of 17 people: 12 professors (with Ph.D’s)
and 5 other graduate
students… After my presentation, they got to
ask questions and I had to know
the answers. The whole thing was supposed to
take about an hour. To say
that I was nail-biting, eye-twitching,
freaked-out nervous was an
understatement. The fact was that I’d been
about to jump out of my own skin
over that thesis defense for the entire EIGHT
MONTHS!
I’ll never forget something that happened while I was driving over to
school that morning… It suddenly occurred to
me… I was going to have to
do the defense no matter what… and I could do
it while being nervous…
or I could do it while being calm. Either way,
it was going to happen! I realized
that I had a choice to make: be nervous or be
calm. I decided that being calm
would be so much more pleasant. So, I
instantly calmed down and stayed
that way the entire time. It was amazing
– just a simple decision and it
worked!
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