The solution to stage fright on a deeper level is to learn to accept yourself as you are and to be comfortable being who you are in front of others.

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Gregg Fairbrothers: Today I'm at Dartmouth College and the Tuck School of Business, starting companies and helping people learn to be more entrepreneurial. (The best way to learn to be entrepreneurial is to get to know entrepreneurs and to try start something yourself.) In 2000 I founded the Dartmouth Entrepreneurial Network and in 2004 the Dartmouth Regional Technology Center.

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By learning to turn the perfectionist evaluation into a performance evaluation, you will learn to achieve at an even higher level, and you will be able to enjoy yourself along the way.

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Be sure to learn as much about the firm and the principals as possible, and be creative when it comes to presenting yourself to them.

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Would you be surprised to learn that if you are not careful you just may end up doing yourself more harm than good?

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And also helping them learn how to be advisors, which is a little bit different than knowing how to do the combat yourself.

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