You Might as Well Feel Excited

During a Focusmate session, I was working on a PowerPoint presentation for my upcoming one-hour talk at my team’s offsite.

At the end of the session, my Focusmate partner, an older man writing a book, asked how I was feeling.

“I’m excited,” I replied.

He smiled and told me something he often says to his kids: There’s no physiological difference between feeling excited and feeling nervous. So you might as well feel excited.

That perspective really stuck with me.

Excitement and nervousness are rooted in the same physical sensations. The only difference is how we interpret them. Your mindset shapes the emotion.