Eric EdmeadesVisionary Thinker. Evolutionary Strategist. Transformation Architect.

The Most Incredible Thing About Words

Name: The Most Incredible Thing About Words
Uploaded: 2023-09-10T15:02:15+00:00
Duration: 44 s
Channel: Eric Edmeades
Description: Eric Edmeades argues that the short-lived discomfort of public-speaking nerves is negligible compared with the long-lasting benefits speakers can provide…

10 Sept 2023 · 1 min

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Eric Edmeades argues that the short-lived discomfort of public-speaking nerves is negligible compared with the long-lasting benefits speakers can provide to audiences. He prompts listeners to consider the ethics of avoiding speaking out of fear (framing it as selfish if it prevents helping many people), and characterizes nerves as inauthentic rather than real.

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How many of you feel like if you were speaking more regularly or more often to reach more people that you would be helping people avoid more pain or improve the quality of their lives? How many feel that way? So think about that. Now if you go up there and you get nervous how long is that feeling going to last for? Minutes maybe an hour? You know it's a short feeling of consequence. If you go up on stage and you help somebody solve a major pain in their life how long are they going to feel that for? Now imagine if I had allowed my fear of public speaking to stop me from doing that. How selfish would that be? I would have saved myself a little discomfort and at the cost of 100,000 people. So I want you to think about that when you think about speaking when you think about the nerves that come up because the truth of the matter is is that the nerves that come up are deeply inauthentic. They're not even real.