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Public Speaking Seminars: It's Not About You - Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking
You are scheduled to give a presentation tomorrow. You are dreading it. These thoughts keep running through your mind.
"What if I stumble?"
"What if I forget what I want to say?"
"What if they don't like me?"
"What if they ask questions and my mind goes blank?"
"Will they judge me?"
Does any of these sound familiar? Do you have any of these "I" or "Me" list?
The biggest block in public speaking is the "All about Me" Mindset. My fear, my lack of confidence, my doubts, my inability, my imperfection......
The essence of public speaking is not for you to look good or perfect, but to give your audience something of value. The reason for you to speak in public is always about what your audience can get from your speech, why they are listening to you, and what they want or need. If your mind is preoccupied with the "I" or "Me" list, you will have no room to focus on anybody and anything beyond that.
The critical strategy of overcoming your fear of public speaking is to shift your focus from "all about me" to "all about them, the audience".
Here are three "A" tips to help you shift your focus and overcome your fear of public speaking.
1. Ask the Right Questions
The questions you ask yourself reflect where your focus is. Asking yourself the right questions will help you shift your focus and become a more relevant and engaging speaker. The next time before you give a speech, instead of asking a list of "I" or "Me" focused questions, ask yourself the following questions.
"Who is the audience?"
"What is most important to them?"
"What is their current level of knowledge?"
"What do they want or need to know about this topic?"
These questions will help you take your mind off yourself and take interest in your audience. They'll help you focus on the message you are going to give and how it will benefit your audience.
If you can't answer any of the above questions, now it's your turn to do some homework and preparation.
2. Anticipate the Positive Outcome
In your "I" or "Me" list, all your focuses are on what could go wrong and what will not work. You are anticipating your presentation as abysmal failures. You see yourself stammering, turning red, fumbling clumsily with notes, and apathetic audience laughing at you. Stop it! This will only make you more nervous and scared.
All successful athletes never anticipate what will go wrong or what won't work before their performance. Instead, they anticipate the best of their performance and visualize it. If you want to overcome your fear of public speaking and give value to your audience, those negative anticipations will never bring you there.
Start from today, engage yourself in the positive anticipations before any presentation, and see yourself stand erectly, breathe freely and with ease, speak confidently and deliver smoothly. You are sure to get the best outcome you anticipate.
3. Accept Imperfection
All speakers make mistakes. American well-known speaker, Patricia Fripp, once quoted, "There are three types of speakers: those who have bombed; those who will bomb; and those who will bomb again."
Perfection is not the goal of public speaking. Neither does your audience expect perfection from you. They are more concerned about what they can walk away with. If you can address the interest of your audience and give them something of value, they will consider you as success.
Public speaking is an incremental process. Everyone makes mistakes. What's more important is that you learn from your mistakes, and keep building on the experiences and skills you have developed, so that you will get better and better.
The next time before your presentation, take some time to ask yourself the right questions, anticipate the positive outcome you want, and accept imperfection. You'll be on your way to anxiety-free from public speaking. Remember, public speaking is never about you!
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