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Module 2 · Lesson 4
Lesson 4 of 14

I still get nervous on a first session.

Hidden nerves don’t read as incompetence. They read as untrustworthiness. The client senses something’s off and can’t name it.

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Card 1 of 5: “I still get nervous on a first session.”
Card 2 of 5: Hidden nerves don’t read as incompetence. They read as untrustworthiness. The client senses something’s off and can’t name it.
Card 3 of 5: So name it yourself. ‘I’ll be honest, I still get a bit nervous on a first session.’ Honesty disarms.
Card 4 of 5: They’re reading you for whether you’re safe. A small honest admission is evidence you’re not performing. The polished mask is what makes them wary.
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The lesson

  1. Hidden nerves don’t read as incompetence.

    They read as untrustworthiness. The client senses something’s off and can’t name it.

  2. So name it yourself.

    ‘I’ll be honest, I still get a bit nervous on a first session.’ Honesty disarms.

  3. They’re reading you for whether you’re safe.

    A small honest admission is evidence you’re not performing. The polished mask is what makes them wary.

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