A leadership without Public Speaking Fear & Anxiety

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A number of years ago in an episode of Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld talked about a poll that had been conducted in which Americans said that their number one fear was public speaking, and that the fear of death was number five. He said, 'that would mean that at a funeral, people are five times more likely to want to be in the casket than giving the eulogy'. Below are a few simple things you can do to ease some of your nervousness and anxiety over public speaking.

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[...] Smile and they will probably smile back. It will put you both at ease Drop your Hands: Your hands and your gestures can add great impact to your delivery, but when you are not using your hands, just drop them to your side. It will feel awkward at first, but dropping your hands to your side is the most natural gesture you can use. For instance, when you walk down the hallway at your office, do you cup your hands in front as you walk? [...]

[...] Each of us has the capability to be a leader. We will only become effective leaders, however, when we lose our fear of making mistakes, and share responsibility for achievement of the goals of the organization. If those goals are our individual measures of achievement, then the organization will work to succeed and achieve; if they are not, we will be the transient leader that gets things going, but fails by failing to share credit and push for only the good of the organization. Références Bandler R., Grinder J. [...]

[...] Memorizing a talk word for word can actually lead to more anxiety. If something out of the ordinary happens or if you ever lose your place, you will put an extreme amount of pressure on yourself to get back. A better way to memorize a talk is to narrow your talk down to just a few main ideas and commit those main ideas to memory. If during your presentation you have additional time, you can add additional details to the main ideas, and if time runs short (which it often does,) you can rest assured that your main points were delivered Show up Early: Get an idea for the setting, mingle with your audience, and test any equipment that you will be using Take a Few Deep Breaths: When many of us get nervous, we tend to take shallow breaths. [...]

[...] A leadership without Public Speaking Fear & Anxiety Number of years ago in an episode of Seinfeld, Jerry Seinfeld talked about a poll that had been conducted in which Americans said that their number one fear was public speaking, and that the fear of death was number five. He said, . that would mean that at a funeral, people are five times more likely to want to be in the casket than giving the eulogy. Below are a few simple things you can do to ease some of your nervousness and anxiety from public speaking. [...]

[...] When you do this, it will allow you to make more purposeful gestures when you need to. (See Chapter 6 on Gestures and Movement.) 8. Speak Only on Topics in which You are an Expert: One of the reasons that speech classes and toasting clubs can actually make people more nervous is that the topics we choose to present on during these activities are topics that we put together after just a little research. If someone were going to ask you to present about a business topic, the main reason would be because you are the most qualified person to speak about the topic. [...]