Eric EdmeadesVisionary Thinker. Evolutionary Strategist. Transformation Architect.

Conquering Fear of Public Speaking 💪🎙️

Name: Conquering Fear of Public Speaking 💪🎙️
Uploaded: 2023-08-26T18:01:56+00:00
Duration: 45 s
Channel: Eric Edmeades
Description: Short excerpt from Eric Edmeades' YouTube talk where he recounts his intense past fear of public speaking—describing weeks of physical sickness when…

26 Aug 2023 · 1 min

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Short excerpt from Eric Edmeades' YouTube talk where he recounts his intense past fear of public speaking—describing weeks of physical sickness when asked to speak—and makes the central claim that no one is born afraid of communicating or public speaking. The passage functions as an opening personal anecdote establishing empathy and the thesis that speaking fear is learned, not innate.

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I was so terrified of public speaking that if you called me on Monday and you asked me to do a talk on Friday, I would absolutely have said no without question. I don't care what the topic, how big the audience was. I would have said no. And when I said no, I would then have started feeling sick and I would have continued to feel sick on Tuesday and on Wednesday and on Thursday and I would have woken up on Friday morning feeling sick and I said no. I don't even want to think what would happen if I said yes. That's how terrified I was. But you know what's so important about this? Not one person in this room was born afraid of communicating. Not one person person in this room was born afraid of public speaking. Nobody. No matter how fearful you are of it today, no matter how nervous you might get about it today, not one person in this room was born afraid of public speaking. Nobody. It's really important for you to understand that.