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Public Speaking Skills Training: 5 Public Speaking Class Myths That Are Limiting Your Growth
Public Speaking has been my personal development path to phenomenal
growth for more than twenty years now. I am not alone. There are
millions of people all over the world who engage in some form of
speaking to the public every day as a means of earning income and most
of them enjoy it.
Yet I continue to hear such utter rubbish about this activity from
normally intelligent members of this place called earth. It makes me sad
that they would just embrace this information, internalize it and let it
take them to a place where they are ever so happy to be afraid of public
speaking.
Are you holding any of these public speaking myths in your mind? Then
you are certainly limiting your own growth and getting in the way of
your best fabulous life! What if these myths did not exist for you? Can
you imagine how free and exciting your journey through life could be?
Well, today I'm starting your new journey with you. I will debunk five
of your public speaking myths for you and you will begin to accept that
yes you can stand up and speak before an audience and sit down and
smile.
Myth # 1 - Public speaking is a gift that you're born with
Fact:
It is the skill of expressing your thoughts, convictions and ideas in an
orderly manner, to an audience, so as to interest and convince them
about a particular subject.
Notice first of all, that it is a skill. This means that it can be
acquired and with practice, it can be improved. Practice is the key
activity here. Can you imagine reading every book you can about swimming
and then expecting to represent your country at the Olympics? Well you
can't read about speaking to an audience and expect to be good at it
either. You have to acquire and practice the skill.
Myth # 2 – Public speaking is so stressful
Fact:
Speaking in public is no more stressful than anything else you do in
life. Like everything else it's your interpretation of the circumstances
that makes it so. Thousands of people who were initially terrified of
speaking to an audience (like me!) have learnt to eliminate or reduce
this fear. With the right approach and practice, you can too.
Myth # 3 - You have to be brilliant to succeed as a Public Speaker
Fact:
Who ever told you that? I am living proof that that's not true. The
essence of making presentations is that your audience walks away with
something of value. You don't necessarily have to be brilliant, witty or
perfect to deliver a presentation. Admittedly, these things help,
especially if you want to make a career of speaking to people.
Essentially what you need is to be clear on your purpose for speaking
and that it adds value to your audience.
Myth # 4 - You have to have lots of information in your speech.
Fact:
All you need is two or three main points. Research shows that people
remember very few of the mountain of facts that some (inexperienced)
speakers throw at them. Your audience basically wants to walk away with
one or two main points that have meaning for them, so the degree of
complexity that we think is necessary, is not.
Myth # 5 - Every time you make a presentation in public something "bad"
is sure to happen.
Fact:
I know that the belief that something awful, terrible or publicly
humiliating will happen to you when you speak in public is at the source
of many public speaking fears. This is simply not true. Think about all
the presentations you have seen. How many times did something "bad"
happen? Why should it happen to you? Moreover, everything "bad" that
happens can be used to your advantage. For example, if the microphone
does not work, this should give you a chance to get closer to your
audience.
There you have it! Five myths about public speaking that were holding
you back and they came with five public speaking facts that will take
you forward. Now every time these public speaking fears come up
immediately focus on the facts, acquire the skill and step out there and
speak.
Source: Lorna Barrow
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