Embrace Failure: How to Become a Better Speaker | @caroline-cavanagh | Anxiety Specialist

12 May 2025 · 1 min

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In this brief segment, Caroline Cavanagh (Speaker A) explains that making mistakes in public speaking is an opportunity for growth. She stresses the importance of reflecting after each speaking engagement—whether a training session or keynote—to identify what could be improved and to apply those lessons to the next performance. Cavanagh highlights a shift in language from blaming oneself to asking how to do better next time, noting that such reframing not only aids personal development but also influences the broader culture of meetings and organizations.

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And if you do something wrong, it means you don't do it again. That makes you better. And, you know, I hope— I know I can be a better speaker. And every time I go out and I deliver, whether it's a training session, whether it's a keynote, I reflect back on it and go, hmm, could have done that better. And I take that into the next one because it's okay to fail. Mm-hmm. It's not going, you did that wrong. How can you do it better next time? Just that change of language, just as you said, how you start a meeting creates a completely different way of thinking. That changes cultures.