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The US National Institute of Mental Health estimates 19.2 American adults–8.7 per cent of the population–suffer from one or more phobias like fear of speaking in public. Every authentic, well-researched register of human fears lists this phobia right up there among our top terrors.
The terror doesn’t apply to public speaking only. It affects millions who have to, or would like to act, play or perform but find the anticipation so stressful that it diminishes or even stymies their ability to function.
Are you prepared to believe that the most terrified victims of public performance phobia can overcome their horror? And that many go further, developing a skill and confidence that they would have thought impossible this side of the grave?
For many, the dread of delivering even a short presentation to a handful of colleagues can induce life-changing restrictions.
Let’s start by dispelling the myths that surround speaking in public. In 20 years of coaching terrified people to speak and perform, I’ve learned the main five are:
1. Public speaking is always stressful Most new challenges involve a degree of doubt. Remember getting on your bike for the first time? You thought you’d never master it, but you did.
Like millions before you, you can learn how to speak with ease. You just need the right coach, correct techniques and a good attitude.
2. You need skill, talent and courage No, you just need to give the audience a little value. Believe it or not, they don’t want perfection. They just want to take away something interesting, a fact they didn’t know, or a new angle on something they did.
3. You won’t be able to say everything you need The best speeches say very little. But they say it in strong, clear, plain language. Too many speakers, especially those starting out, try to cram too much into their performance. Two or three main points are all you need. More, and you risk losing yourself and your audience.
4. What about stage fright? If you’re well prepared—not over prepared—you’ll be poised, confident and calm. You WILL have your speech fully written as a back-up.
What’s the worst that can happen? You lose your place. So you apologise, and fall back on your script. Often the audience doesn’t even notice. Be honest, and they won’t care. Most will actually sympathise.
5. The audience wants to see blood The opposite is true. They want you to succeed. They’re keen for you to do a good job. And they don’t need very much to satisfy them. No matter how small a fact, or a thought, if it makes them think, feel better, or feel differently about themselves, they’ll judge you a success.
Remember the old gag about people preferring death to public speaking? It means most mourners would rather be in the coffin than delivering the eulogy.
People often ask me if a particular type of person suffers this awful fear more than others. Research tells us those most affected by performance phobia have five characteristics in common. They display:
A by-product of these values is the anxiety that cripples so many would-be speakers. And this is where Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking: Presenting Your Best begins its work.
Think of the occasions where the ability to speak with nerveless fluency could bring you (and your audience) joy, laughter or comfort instead of misery. Celebrations, graduations, promotions and conferences which once held terror for you as a potential speaking victim now beckon. Your confidence feeds itself with each new challenge faced and surmounted.
My e-book and MP3 file are designed to strike quickly at the heart of your fear. They give you comprehensive, easy to follow strategies and tactics based on more than 20 years of science, research and practice.
They guide you through the steps you need to confront, understand and permanently overcome the panic that speaking in public represents.
Far from a talent gifted only to a handful of performers, public speaking is a learned and practised skill. Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking: Presenting Your Best packages the learning into a short, plain language how-to tutorial you can absorb in an afternoon. But you’ll want to return to it more than once.
Working through my package in your own space and time will change your life. You will experience a transformation from crisis to confidence. You will celebrate a new calm that you can apply, not just to speaking and performance, but to your life and your relationships. You will marvel at boosted energy flows and heightened motivation.
I have a doctorate, a master’s degree and a bachelor’s degree in public speaking coaching, counselling and allied mental health practice. With more than 20 years’ experience as a counsellor, trainer, mentor, researcher and author, I know what provokes fear of public speaking, and how to eliminate it.
With that knowledge, and intense research and practice, my e-package contains all the proven panic and anxiety relief therapies you need. You will find one or more that works for you.
Download your Conquer Your Fear of Public Speaking: Presenting Your Best. At only $17 it offers you a valuable, permanent solution to the torture that fear of speaking in public presents.
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