Unlocking Public Speaking Mastery: Conquer Your Fear

There is no such thing as a natural born speaker. The only thing anyone's naturally born with is the ability to cry, the ability to scream. But speaking, speaking well, that is a learned skill. It's an acquired skill. And the sad reality is anyone can learn. But you can't learn if you tell yourself, oh, I'm just not a natural born speaker. I was a horrible speaker as a little kid. And as a bigger kid, my first speech in sixth grade, the graduation ceremony. Hello. Welcome, parents and teachers. I was awful. It was only through 10 years of constant practice and rehearsal and some training where I got to be good. So stop telling yourself you can't be good because you're not naturally born good at it. You weren't naturally born knowing how to drive a car. You learned how to drive a car. You weren't natural at swimming. Someone taught you swimming. It is a skill. It can be mastered by anyone. You can be not a good, but actually a great speaker regardless of where or how you were born.