The Borrowed Voice

Download the free resource guide: https://www.daledixonmedia.com/podcast I tell the story of the night my “authoritative” anchor voice turned into a Peter Jennings impression and made a normal studio feel like a cliff. Then I break down the research and the practical moves that help leaders stop performing, read the room honestly, and speak with more power using less effort. • Borrowing an “authoritative” voice and feeling the room distort in real time • Pushing harder on a false self and making performance worse • The hill-perception research: the same slope looks steeper with fewer resources • Why sleep, hunger, stress, and over-prep inflate meetings • Social support as a measurable resource: “finding your mom in the audience” • Challenge vs threat states and why “just calm down” fails • Breaking news as the moment the mask drops and clarity returns • Four moves: name the hill, identify the pack, lower the cost, prime the first move If you want all four on one page with the audit and a seven-day tracker, grab the hill card. It’s at Dale Dixon.me slash podcast. One page, one URL, it’s free. If this episode resonated, the most useful thing you can do is send it to one leader who needs it. Just find the right person and forward it. And I am incredibly grateful if you will give it a five star rating in your podcast app and subscribe so you don’t miss the next episode.