If you feel nervous about speaking in public or presenting at work, you know how unpleasant it can be. Shortness of breath, sweaty palms, a dry mouth, a queasy stomach and legs that will not quite behave are only a few of them, and they are the same symptoms we get before a job interview,[…]
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13 Ways To Manage Your Nerves Before You Speak
Anxiety, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking Aug 05, 2014
You Can Be Nervous and Still Give a Great Speech
Anxiety, Leadership, Mindfulness, nervous, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Storytelling Aug 04, 2014
You can be extremely nervous and still give a great speech. That one sentence often resonates more with the people I work with than anything else I share. Most arrive thinking they need to get rid of their nerves first and that confidence will follow, but it doesn’t work that way. Waiting for nerves to[…]
How to Overcome Public Speaking Anxiety
Anxiety, Leadership, Presentation Skills, Public Speaking, Storytelling Jul 30, 2014
Search for public speaking anxiety, and you will be buried in advice, most of it variations on the same few tricks: imagine them naked, fix your gaze on a spot at the back of the room and talk to that instead, tell yourself that nobody is really looking at you anyway. None of it works[…]
