Comments on: Do You Fear Public Speaking?

By: Respectable Reviews

Respectable Reviews — Sat, 03 Oct 2009 20:01:17 +0000

You make your posts so funny and light-hearted that its impossible not to enjoy them. Excellent post.

By: Motivational Speakers

Motivational Speakers — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 16:22:49 +0000

This such a great piece! Thank you for posting. It just goes to show you that if worry endlessly about achieving perfection, then you are doing yourself a disservice. If you see celebrity speakers or business speakers on a regular basis, you start to realize that they all share many of the traits above. Good work. Keep it up!

Sanchez

http://www.caaspeakers.com

By: jonathanfigaro

jonathanfigaro — Sun, 02 Aug 2009 23:48:43 +0000

Visualizing the outcome of speaking in public is an amazing tool to becoming confident. Since we act in accordance with our mental image. Changing the image of your self from being shy to confident in your mind, will allow you to conquer your fear.
Understand, that fear is False Evidence Appearing Real.
Make today a successful day. Visualize and practice.

By: Guy Farmer

Guy Farmer — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 06:51:51 +0000

Great points. I've found it helpful to envision people in their underwear. Just kidding. As you indicate, being comfortable while speaking in public is about mastery of the subject and putting aside one's fears. A major fear is of looking stupid in front of people. Once we get rid of that we reduce the stakes and can relax a bit. Even very proficient speakers sometimes stumble so why should an inexperienced speaker be perfect. People are quite forgiving and if you don't call attention to yourself you can make it through a speech. Practice is key. After that practice some more. Over time, confidence develops. Guy Farmers last blog post..Dream Big

By: Sara

Sara — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 02:02:50 +0000

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By: Martin Ng

Martin Ng — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 22:58:54 +0000

What a comprehensive guide – Great job! Although I have to say that alcohol and anti-anxiety meds will NOT make you a good speaker, and will certainly ENSURE you make a fool of yourself :-)

By: c.koo

c.koo — Mon, 23 Feb 2009 15:26:56 +0000

Tim,

I’m re-reading your article…

…Plus Slade Roberson’s article on “The Art of Surrender.” <— love this article! It’s at http://sladeroberson.com/manifesting/the-art-of-surrender.html

Ok, I think I can breathe now.

By: Tim Brownson

Tim Brownson — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:55:12 +0000

@ George – LOL, no I won’t be trying that out in a hurry! Thanks for the offer.

@ Poke386 – Thanks for the kind words, much appreciated.

@ Mike – There are usual local groups that have to fill speaking slots for free that are crying out for people. Maybe try meetup.com or things like Chamber of Commerce, Rotary International, BNI etc. Another option may be to simply do a post offering your services if you have local readers. Mind you I did that just over a year ago and got nothing!