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Four practical courses to help you feel confident, connect with others, perform and inspire when the pressure is on.
Perhaps you’ve walked out of an interview for a job you really wanted, a crucial meeting or a presentation knowing you hadn’t shown what you could do. You had something valuable to offer, but nerves got in the way, or an unexpected question threw you. Afterwards, you kept thinking of what you wished you’d said.
Or perhaps you met someone you really wanted to get to know, but you were so busy trying to make a good impression that you struggled to relax and be yourself. Afterwards, you felt you’d missed a chance that might not come again.
Those experiences can start to hold you back. You keep quiet in a meeting, put off a conversation or turn down an opportunity because you don’t want to feel that way again. People don’t see what you can offer, and you do less than you know you could.
Pressure Labs gives you practical ways to change that. You can learn to think clearly when you are challenged, draw confidence from the strengths you already have, build a real connection with someone and put your ideas across in a way that moves people towards agreement. Each course gives you something to put into practice straight away, so you can experience the difference these skills make as you learn.
Each course US$9.99 · All four US$29.97 · Learn at your own pace
What would you like to do better?
Perform Under Pressure
Stay calm, think clearly and be at your best when it matters most.
You know what you are capable of. This course helps you be at your best when nerves, scrutiny or the importance of the occasion make it harder. Learn to recognise when pressure starts to affect you and how to stay calm, focused and capable. Then put the techniques to work preparing for an interview, presentation or difficult conversation you have coming up, so you walk in confident and ready.
Eight lessons · US$9.99 · Worksheets, mental rehearsal (HPI), selected book chapters and Members’ Questions included
Bulletproof Confidence
Discover your strengths and build the confidence to back yourself under pressure and through setbacks, criticism and mistakes.
When something goes wrong, you can find yourself picking yourself apart. This course helps you discover strengths you may have overlooked in your everyday experiences and use that evidence to build your self-belief. You’ll learn to recognise what you bring to a situation and trust yourself even when things don’t go to plan.
Eight lessons · US$9.99 · Worksheets, mental rehearsal (HPI), selected book chapters and Members’ Questions included
Personal Magnetism
Create trust quickly, even with people who disagree with you, and become someone people are drawn to.
This course shows you how to create a climate of trust and understanding, one in which people feel safe with you, open up to you and become more willing to engage. Conversations flow more easily, and resistance softens. You can build it with almost anyone, including people who disagree with you, those who feel defensive and those who resist openly. I relied on these methods in hostage and crisis negotiations, where trust had to be built fast with people who didn’t want to talk.
Eight lessons · US$9.99 · Worksheets, mental rehearsal (HPI), selected book chapters and Members’ Questions included
The Art of Persuasion
Turn resistance into interest and inspire people to say yes.
You can have a sound idea and still struggle to win support. The course uses Speechcraft to help you shape your message so people can take it in, picture a possibility they had not considered and want to act on it. You will see how I built a speech for a sceptical rugby squad, one credible step at a time, then build a message for your own audience.
Twelve lessons · US$9.99 · Worksheets, mental rehearsal (HPI), selected book chapters and Members’ Questions included
Take all four
The courses complement one another. Perform Under Pressure helps you stay calm, focused and at your best when it matters most. Bulletproof Confidence helps you discover your strengths and build the self-belief to back yourself under pressure. Personal Magnetism helps you build deep connections that draw people to you and make them want to be around you. The Art of Persuasion helps you put your ideas across in ways that win agreement and inspire. You can take any course on its own, in any order. For the best results, I recommend following that sequence.
The four-course collection costs US$29.97, saving US$9.99 against buying them separately. It includes all four online courses with their worksheets, the shared High Performance Imprinting module, Members’ Questions and online access to the complete Parts 2 and 3 of The 7 Skills to impress™. Each individual course includes the book chapters relevant to its lessons.
Rehearse being at your best
Knowing what you want to do is one thing. Doing it under pressure is another. High Performance Imprinting, or HPI, helps you mentally rehearse an upcoming interview, presentation or difficult conversation. You practise how you want to think, feel and act, so you go in feeling prepared and confident. The full HPI module is included with every course, with guidance on using it for the situation you are working on.
Learn at your own pace and put it into practice
Allow about 10–15 minutes to read and begin each lesson, then look for chances to practise during the week. There is no fixed timetable. Each lesson gives you something specific to try, so an interview, a difficult conversation or an ordinary day can become part of your learning. As you practise, you’ll discover what works for you and what you want to improve.
The courses work on their own. You can complete the exercises without reading the book first. When you want a fuller explanation, the relevant companion chapters are available online with your purchase. And if a question comes up as you practise, you can send it to me through Members’ Questions. I read every one and answer some each week.
Where these methods come from
I’m Mark Sapsford, author of The 7 Skills to impress™. I grew up in a violent home, where I learned early to read people and keep calm when things were tense. Later, as a police firearms commander at hostage and siege incidents, I needed ways to think clearly, connect with people and help bring dangerous situations to a safe resolution, even when people were unwilling to cooperate. I developed and refined the 7 Skills through that work, then used them while coaching elite athletes and helping people face challenges at work and at home.
The courses draw on those experiences. You will see what people did, what changed and how the Skills helped. Then you can try the methods in a situation of your own and judge the results for yourself.
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