Short excerpt from a YouTube video by TJ Walker giving public-speaking confidence advice. The speaker’s primary recommendation is to repeatedly practice speaking on video (phone/tablet/laptop) until you can watch the recording and feel you are presenting your best in both style and substance.
Number one way to be confident when you speak is not to visualize your audience giving you a standing ovation. The number one way to get over fear, to be confident, to actually be a great speaker, is to practice speaking on video as many times as it takes until you can look at that video, whether it's on your cell phone, your iPad, your laptop, and you like it, and you think you're coming across the best you can possibly come across in terms of style and substance, keep practicing until you love it.
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