Today, I am joined by Coach Tony Blauer. Tony is an expert in fear management as well as in self-defense. Tony’s organization, Blauer Training Systems, has grown into one of the world's leading consulting companies specializing in the research and development of performance psychology, personal safety, and close-quarter tactics & scenario-based training for law enforcement, military, and professional self-defense instructors.   His research on the neuroscience of fear and the startle-flinch led to the development of the SPEAR System® a modern personal defense system based on physiology, physics, and psychology. After decades of interviewing victims of violent encounters and studying violence, he created the KNOW FEAR® program which focuses on managing fear through self-awareness, resiliency, and a 'movement' mindset. Key Points • Mindset on "game day" changes everything in terms of performance • Your mindset can make or break a speech or public speaking presentation • Don't run away from fear, understand it and control it. • Doubt creates hesitancy, which leads to procrastination. • Fear has been weaponized in recent years, and it's critical to teach self-awareness, critical thinking, and situational awareness. • Managing fear is the key to success, and high performers have figured out how to do it. • Reading Tony's ebook, Making Friends with Fear, can be life-changing and puts readers on a path toward managing their fear. Best Quotes 12:15 - 12:22 • "If I can change my relationship with fear, I can change my mind. If I can change my mind, I can change my trajectory." 13:32 - 13:39 • "If you don't understand how to help your athlete or your client manage fear, you're not a coach." 29:49 - 30:01 • "How do I recognize fear early, make the psychological shifts in it, use it organically to fuel my performance or what I need to do and then get on with my life?" 49:38 - 49:49 • "Imagine if the person who waited five years to start their company and then they go, 'yeah, I'm making less money, but I work for myself and this is my purpose and this is my passion. And, and they're going like, I've never been happier.'" 51:48 - 51:52 • "The only way you can lean into it is if you've got the self-awareness." 53:14 - 53:20 • "Fear actually has a metaphoric weight on our psyche and therefore our posture, emotional and literal." For more about Tony visit: www.blauertrainingsystems.com