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

15 Aug 2019 · 2 min

Watch on YouTube

2:09

A short livestream segment by TJ Walker explaining mindfulness specifically applied to public speaking. Walker advises speakers to stop dwelling on past mistakes or future worries and instead focus fully on helping the audience; he also promotes an online mindfulness course at the end.

Chapters

When someone says to you mindfulness, what do you think? A nice walk through nature, looking at a waterfall, plants, trees, flowers, enjoying nature. Maybe you think of meditation or yoga. Well, all of those things are great. But what if you need to be mindful when you're actually giving a speech, a presentation? Have you ever experienced this? You're standing up to present and you're dwelling on the past. I should have prepared more, I should have rehearsed more, I should have done more research. Or you're thinking about the future. What if they don't like me? What if I'm boring? What if I don't make sense? What if I'm speaking too quickly? You're thinking about the past, the future, but you're not focusing on now. Well, if you want to be a great speaker, a great presenter, you have to forget the past, stop thinking about the future and focus on right now. Helping the people you're speaking to, your audience members. Are you truly focused on helping them learn something new, Remember something new? If so, guess what? It becomes impossible to be nervous. When you're nervous, you're thinking of, oh, poor little me. How is this going to affect me in the future? If you want to be mindful as a speaker, you have to focus 100% on your audience and that is what's going to make you a great speaker. When I'm speaking in front of an audience, I'm not thinking of, oh, do they like my shirt? Or how is this going to go? Did I rehearse it? No. Focused on helping them now. And you can too, with enough rehearsal and practice. So please keep that in mind the next time you speak. I'm TJ Walker. Thanks for joining me for this tip. By the way. If you are interested in figuring out how you can have more mindfulness, not only when you're speaking, but in every aspect of your life. I do have a brand new online course on mindfulness that you may want to check out, so please click the link below.