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174. The Biggest Reason People Don't Speak Up in Meetings. Which One Are You?

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The Seven Reasons Why People Fear Making Mistakes

People are worried about making mistakes, especially ones where they might be a little bit embarrassing. They rely on others in the team to do the work or they delegate it because they just don't feel comfortable enough doing it yet. The way that you speak a language doesn't determine your intelligence, but I don't know if you have that battle as well. Some people feel more nervous not speaking in front of native speakers. It's speaking English in front of people who are from the same country as me,. So that can be a real blocker as well.

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