How To Conquer Public Speaking Fear

Public speaking is a common source of stress for everyone. Many of us would like to avoid this problem entirely, but this is hard to do. Whether we work alone or with large numbers of people, eventually we will need to speak in public to get certain tasks accomplished. And if we want to be leaders or achieve anything meaningful in our lives, we will often need to speak to groups, large and small, to be successful.

The truth about public speaking, however, is IT DOES NOT HAVE TO BE STRESSFUL! If you correctly understand the hidden causes of public speaking stress, and if you keep just a few key principles in mind, speaking in public will soon become an invigorating and satisfying experience for you.

Review Of 11 Hidden Causes Of Public Speaking Stress

• 1. Thinking that public speaking is inherently stressful (it's not).

  2. Thinking you need to be brilliant or perfect to succeed (you don't).

  3. Trying to impart too much information or cover too many points in a short presentation.

  4. Having the wrong purpose in mind (to get rather than to give/contribute).

  5. Trying to please everyone (this is unrealistic).

  6. Trying to emulate other speakers (very difficult) rather than simply being yourself (very easy).

  7. Failing to be personally revealing and humble.

  8. Being fearful of potential negative outcomes (they almost never occur and even when they do, you can use them to your advantage).

  9. Trying to control the wrong things (e.g., the behavior of your audience).

  10. Spending too much time overpreparing (instead of developing confidence and trust in your natural ability to succeed).

  11. Thinking your audience will be as critical of your performance as you might be.

Review of 10 Key Principles To Always Keep In Mind

#1---Speaking in Public is NOT Inherently Stressful

#2---You Don't Have to be Brilliant or Perfect to Succeed

#3---All You Need is Two or Three Main Points

#4---You also Need a Purpose That is Right for the Task

#5---The Best Way to Succeed is NOT to Consider Yourself a Public Speaker!

#6---Humility and Humor Can Go a Long Way

#7---When You Speak in Public, Nothing "Bad" Can Ever Happen!

#8---You Don't Have to Control the Behavior of Your Audience

#9---In General, the More You Prepare, the Worse You Will Do

#10--Your Audience Truly Wants You to Succeed

That's all there is to it. Just look for these eleven hidden causes and keep the ten corresponding principles in mind.

Of course, you will need to practice. It's extremely easy to forget the ten key principles. No matter how often you review them, you'll instinctively fall back into your old stress-producing patterns.

What is the best way to practice? Go out and speak in public. Join a local Toastmasters Group if you like. Take a community college course in public speaking. Better yet, offer to teach a course about something you know very well.

Just keep throwing yourself into the arena, and in no time at all, your skill, confidence, and natural ability will come to the surface.

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