TJ WALKER - THE HABIT INFLUENCER - Personal Development | LIVE STREAM

Okay, it's time for somebody to make the case in favor of fear of public speaking. Now, this may sound shocking. You're used to hearing public speaking. Experts would be experts and gurus. Don't be afraid of public speaking. Don't fear public speaking. I think you should be afraid of public speaking, but with a twist. When you see a competitor of yours, a colleague of yours who may want the same promotion you do, when you see someone else speaking and you're not speaking, that should make you scared. That should make your hands shake. That should make you break out in a cold sweat. Because at that particular moment, you are losing. Your competitor is communicating his or her message to customers, clients, prospects, and you aren't. If someone who is a peer of yours at the office is speaking and you aren't, that means your peer is now demonstrating to people his or her competence, intelligence, vision, shaping their perceptions of long term potential. And you aren't. So, oh yeah, you better be afraid of public speaking, but not when you're speaking. You need to be fearful when your competitors are speaking and you're on the sidelines.