Public Speaking/Confidence/Personal Development
4 Steps to Tame Your Nerves When Fear of Speaking Brings You to Your Knees
How to build the confidence you need to make a speech — and let all that energy work for you
You’ve seen them.
Calm and collected, they rise from their chair and walk to the front of the room with an expression of absolute confidence. They take the mic, look out over the audience, and then . . .
Magic.
The words just seem to flow.
These are the people who seem to know just what to say and how to say it — and they can do it in front of any size group. They don’t appear to need preparation, and welcome any opportunity to speak. It’s as if they’ve found the secret to being confident as well as eloquent when all eyes and ears are on them.
Want to know the truth?
According to an article by Lisa Fritscher in Very Well Mind, glossophobia — the fear of public speaking — is remarkably common. In fact, some experts estimate that as much as 77% of the population has some level of anxiety in facing a crowd— no matter how many presentations they’ve done.
