Conquering Stage Fright ? Five Steps to a Successful Speech
Posted on June 21, 2008 - Filed Under Advice
It has been said many times that people are more afraid of
speaking in public then of dying.
Looking back on the speaker training I received I would whole-heartedly
agree. As a new speaker I remember
waiting for my turn on stage. The longer
it took the closer I came to physical illness.
It was a horrible experience.
But, oddly enough, after just a few minutes on stage, the fear was
gone. For a long time I did not
speculate about that, I was just glad the experience was over. Now, decades later as a professional speaker
and coach to those making speeches, I returned to that interesting phenomenon,
the vanishing fear. This is what I have
learned about managing that fear.
It’s a normal and necessary occurrence. It is what keeps us sharp and focused on what
we are doing. It becomes a problem only when
we cannot manage the level of fear, and it prevents us from speaking when it
could be beneficial to our audience, our career, or our life. So, what causes this fear, and how do we deal
with it?
At its most basic level, it’s a fear of being embarrassed or
humiliated in public, a rather universal fear.
But it’s also more then that. The
real answer came from, Dr. Ilya Prigogine, a , and your
focus is completely on your speech.
And it will be great.
About the author
Michael Larsen is a professional speaker, consultant and
trainer. He is the owner of the web site
http://www.Coaching-Institutes.com. He writes on public speaking and succeeding
in business. For his newsletter go to http://www.SpeakingOfBusiness.net.
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