Fearless Speaking: Beat Your Anxiety, Build Your Confidence, Change Your Life

When you speak to people (who almost always want to be in the audience), your job is to connect with them and give them something of value. Your task isn’t to be slick, charismatic, or a stand-up comic. So concern yourself instead with being honest and trustworthy. And if you happen to give a lackluster presentation, so what? Failure can be the best of teachers, since you’ll want to do that much better the next time.

if people do see you’re nervous, they’ll most likely have the normal reaction, which is to sympathize with you. Since audience members feel good when you’re succeeding and embarrassed when you’re failing, they’re actually on your side and want you to do well.

There is no reliable link between feeling anxious and giving a bad performance.

a diamond is formed by pressure, and only afterwards is it polished.

nervous and 2. Liars

EVELOPING A POSITIVE MINDSET

YOUR PERFORMANCE DOESN’T CHANGE WHO YOU ARE AS A PERSON.

NERVOUSNESS IS NORMAL, BUT FEAR MAKES YOU IRRATIONAL

ERVOUSNESS IS NORMAL, BUT FEAR MAKES YOU IRRATIONAL

fear of public speaking nearly always produces a predictable physical reaction.