How to Stay Calm and Lead With Confidence Through Uncertainty | Michele Rosenthal

Send us Fan MailWhat happens to your confidence when the world around you no longer feels predictable?Uncertainty can challenge more than a company’s strategy.It can disrupt the identity, assumptions and sense of control the founder has built around the business.In this episode, Peter Boolkah speaks with trauma-recovery author, coach and mental-health advocate Michele Rosenthal about remaining calm, making conscious choices and rebuilding confidence when circumstances feel unstable.Michele shares a three-part framework:Control your state.Learn to recognise your physical response to pressure and use your breathing to create a calmer starting point.Change your automatic patterns.Notice the habitual responses that immediately push you towards fear, worry or catastrophe and practise interrupting them.Create your chosen identity.Identify the characteristics of the leader you want to become and translate those characteristics into visible actions.You’ll discover:How prolonged uncertainty can affect confidence and identityWhy staying busy can become a way of avoiding unresolved discomfortWhat newer entrepreneurs can gain from having fewer legacy assumptionsWhy observing confident leaders can reveal the gap between your current and desired behaviourHow breathing can help you pause during a stressful momentWhy automatic stress responses can feel beyond conscious controlHow to replace “Why is this happening?” with the action-oriented question “What now?”Why confidence needs to be translated into behaviourHow identifying five leadership characteristics can create a clearer personal standardWhy you cannot control the outside world but can influence how you respond to itSome of the signs that persistent distress may require professional supportWhy shame can cause people to hide difficulties behind a maskConfidence is not the belief that nothing will go wrong.It is the belief that you can choose how you respond when it does.The external environment may remain uncertain.Your leadership does not have to remain directionless.IMPORTANT NOTEThis episode is provided for general educational purposes and is not a diagnosis or substitute for advice, assessment or treatment from a licensed medical or mental-health professional.If distress is affecting your sleep, safety, relationships or ability to function, contact your GP or an appropriately qualified mental-health professional.CONNECT WITH MICHELE ROSENTHALWebsite: https://www.mytraumacoach.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelerosenthalCONNECT WITH PETER BOOLKAHWebsite: https://www.boolkah.comLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/boolkahInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/pboolkah/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BoolkahX: https://twitter.com/boolkahABOUT PETER BOOLKAHPeter Boolkah is a business coach, author and speaker who has spent more than 20 years helping business owners build stronger, more valuable businesses that do not depend on them for everything.He is the creator of The Hamster Wheel Trap® and author of Your Business Sucks: Build a Business That Works Without Destroying Your Life.Peter works with founders and leadership teams on the issues that ultimately determine whether a business creates freedom or becomes another job: leadership, founder dependency, people, profit, execution, scaling, exit readiness and enterprise value.His approach is direct, practical and built around one simple question:Do you own the business, or does the business own you?Learn more at https://www.boolkah.com