In the summer season of Speaking with Confidence I’m revisiting some of my, and your, favourite episodes.

And this one is one of my all time favourites.

In this conversation with Kate Toon, digital marketing expert extraordinaire, author and most recently, bookshop owner, we unpack how to build the confidence to be DISLIKED.

Yes … how to get comfortable with rejection so we can go and do our thing, anyway. Because really, when we say we’re ‘scared’ of public speaking … it’s not the fear of speaking, it’s the fear of judgement and rejection.

Kate Toon has over 15 years of business experience sitting snugly in her gym tights, once completed 40 speaking events in just one year, and has been a resident expert on Kochie’s Business Builders - she has confronted this fear over and over again. And, as she explains in our chat, while she’s not necessarily ‘confident’ in being disliked, she’s got some great strategies to get herself on stages, on TV and on billboards anyway.

Listen in to hear Kate’s thoughts on :

• Getting comfortable with being disliked
• Dealing with random, rude emails that are explicit in their dislike
• Being contrarian and authentic to stand out in the crowd
• The value of the mundane in building a business
• The role of hormones in fear, and how to manage them

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To learn more about the fabulousness that is Kate Toon, visit her website - https://www.katetoon.com/