Got stage fright?
Speaking with stage fright is like driving with the emergency brake partially on. Your whole body trembles, your mouth gets hot and dry, you can smell the smoke rising from your armpits, and you can’t...
View Article3 Steps to Stop Stage Fright
When we have practiced something so well that we no longer need to think about it, subconscious processing systems are at work. We choke under pressure because being in front of an audience is a novel...
View ArticleWhat good is stage fright?
I have a theory that the first purpose of public speech is to warn a community of imminent danger. For instance, in the animal world, vervet monkeys have three distinct cries for eagle, snake and...
View ArticleSpeaking Anxiety: Glossophobia
Glossophobia is the fear of public speaking. It comes, like all the other phobias, from the ancient Greeks, more specifically the Athenians, who spent time thinking about speech communication. You may...
View ArticleAdapt to volatility
Weather wreaks havoc with impunity. Banks go bankrupt. 18 wheelers jump the median. Viruses leap from door knobs. The world is a volatile place. So are meeting rooms and ballrooms. Electricity goes...
View ArticleProven Ways to Cure Stage Fright
By some accounts, public speaking is the No. 1 fear in America. Millions of people are limiting their careers because of this irrational fear. Let’s define stage fright. For me, it’s a cold, clammy...
View ArticleFace Your Fears: Ways to Conquer Stage Fright… Really!
October 14 is Face Your Fears Day. Many people report public speaking as their number one fear–so why not use this upcoming “holiday” to push past that fear. [ctt tweet=”October 14 is Face Your Fears...
View ArticleMental Practice Helps Conquer Stage Fright
This is the last of our series about concrete ways to conquer stage fright. This tip offers a surprising approach to make almost anything in your life better–mental practice. Or, in other words: 3....
View ArticleBreak out of your shell and make an omelet
When we are anxious as presenters, we grow eggshells around us. Invisible eggshells. And we live inside them, a little scrunched up, worried about what’s outside those dangerously thin walls. At these...
View ArticleGot stage fright?
Speaking with stage fright is like driving with the emergency brake partially on. Your whole body trembles, your mouth gets hot and dry, you can smell the smoke rising from your armpits, and you can’t...
View Article3 Steps to Stop Stage Fright
When we have practiced something so well that we no longer need to think about it, subconscious processing systems are at work. We choke under pressure because being in front of an audience is a novel...
View ArticleHow to be an Off-The-Cuff Hero
There are dangers all around us. Not climate change, not food poisoning, not a car accident. Nope, it’s the danger of impromptu speaking. The CEO asks you a question. You stutter and can’t spit out...
View ArticleWhat good is stage fright?
I have a theory that the first purpose of public speech is to warn a community of imminent danger. For instance, in the animal world, vervet monkeys have three distinct cries for eagle, snake and...
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