In this short video, AJ Hoge shares a practical pre‑speech ritual he uses to turn nervous energy into confidence. He explains that backstage, before a public‑speaking engagement, he spends about ten minutes yelling, jumping, and repeatedly saying "yes" to physically release tension. This bodily activation shifts his feeling from anxiety to excitement, allowing him to walk onstage energized and confident. Hoge emphasizes that changing the body is far easier and more effective than trying to change thoughts, positioning the technique as a simple, repeatable confidence‑boosting hack for any speaker.
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In your mind, you're saying, yes, yes, yes, or whatever you want to say, okay? But you can still do it if you're doing a public speak. Speaking. In a public speaking situation. If you're doing a public speech, then backstage, if you have a backstage area, then you can do this, and you can yell and scream and do whatever you want. And this is what I used to do when I would do big speeches or little speeches to people. I would do this for about 10 minutes or so. I was trying to stay calm, you know? But then that nervous energy starts growing, growing, growing. And then right before I would go out to start my speech, my public speaking, my seminar, I would do this jump around. Yes, yes, yes. Getting super excited. And suddenly instead of feeling nervous, I felt excited. It's amazing. It's so simple, and it works so, so well. Okay? And it's just such a simple little trick. This is like the ultimate trick for increasing your confidence. And it's so easy when you start. When you focus on the body instead of trying to change your thoughts. Changing thoughts is super difficult. Changing your body is easy. Okay? So you do this. You jump around, and then you go out and they announce you. And then, boom, you walk out on the stage and you start your speech, and you're going to be feeling confident and energized. You're excited and energized instead of nervous and afraid.
