Back when I was a young actor in NYC, I heard someone describe auditions in a way that made every performer in the room nod in painful recognition: Sound familiar?That post-talk, post-pitch, post-presentation spiral where you mentally beat yourself into a pulp with shoulda, coulda, woulda? Yep. I’ve lived it, too—as an actor, singer, and speaker. And if you’re a speaker, leader, or presenter, you’ve almost certainly experienced your own version of this mental loop. Why We Waste So Much Time on Negative Post-Talk Thoughts We spend hours dissecting what didn’t go well—what we said, what we didn’t say, how …