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The Generalist World Pod · July 15 · 39 min

Get comfortable being uncomfortable

Aliénor Hunter on getting comfortable speaking, breaking the cycle of avoidance, and and accepting imperfection. 📚What You'll Learn The massive gap between how nervous you feel internally and how you actually appear to others Why being yourself on stage feels riskier but creates true connection and confidence How human connection becomes more critical as AI handles the technical work ✍️ Some Takeaways Exposure therapy works; just get into speaking situations regularly. Half of your nervous symptoms are invisible. Don't berate yourself after speaking; build positive feedback loops instead. True confidence is accepting you might bomb and being okay. Where to find Aliénor Hunter https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali%C3%A9nor-hunter/ Where to find Milly https://www.linkedin.com/in/milly-tamati/ Generalist World Resources: Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0qbGzMU... The Generalist Quiz: https://www.generalistquiz.com/ Essays: https://www.generalistcareer.com/ Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/generalist.events Positioning Guidebook: https://www.generalist.world/positioning

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Aliénor Hunter on getting comfortable speaking, breaking the cycle of avoidance, and and accepting imperfection.

📚What You'll Learn

  1. The massive gap between how nervous you feel internally and how you actually appear to others

  2. Why being yourself on stage feels riskier but creates true connection and confidence

  3. How human connection becomes more critical as AI handles the technical work

✍️ Some Takeaways

  • Exposure therapy works; just get into speaking situations regularly.

  • Half of your nervous symptoms are invisible.

  • Don't berate yourself after speaking; build positive feedback loops instead.

  • True confidence is accepting you might bomb and being okay.

Where to find Aliénor Hunter

https://www.linkedin.com/in/ali%C3%A9nor-hunter/

Where to find Milly

https://www.linkedin.com/in/milly-tamati/

Generalist World Resources:

Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/0qbGzMU...

The Generalist Quiz: https://www.generalistquiz.com/

Essays: https://www.generalistcareer.com/

Upcoming events: https://lu.ma/generalist.events

Positioning Guidebook: https://www.generalist.world/positioning

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