Eliminate Fear of Public Speaking

19 Jan 2024 · 1 min

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A short YouTube talk by TJ Walker explaining that fear of public speaking stems from fearing the unknown (how an audience will react). He advises reducing that uncertainty—especially by practicing on video—so speakers can gain confidence and stop fearing presentations.

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How to eliminate the fear of public speaking. For starters, step back and ask yourself, why are you fearing it? What do we fear in general? We fear the unknown. If you're about to give a presentation, you might not know how it's going to come across to the audience. In fact, you might actually be boring. You might be creating a negative impression. Well, guess what? It makes total sense to be fearful of that speech. The secret is not to hide or take a pill or avoid public speaking, but to gain certainty that what you're saying and how you're saying is going to be interesting to people, useful, relevant. They will have enjoyed listening to you take the actions you want. It becomes virtually impossible to fear public speaking. Now, the way to do that is to practice on video. And that's.