During your presentation or public speaking you may get a contentious question or an audience member who disagrees with your point of view or and audience member who appears to be simply a heckler. There are several ways to deal with this type of situation. 1. As with most things preparation is important. Do your homework and be prepared for …
New York Times Magazine, Po Bronson and Ashley Merryman “Studies that compare professionals with amateur competitors — whether concert pianists, male rugby or female volleyball players — show that professionals feel just as much anxiety as amateurs. The difference is in how they interpret their anxiety. The amateurs view it as detrimental, while the professionals tend to view stress as …
One of the tools that I teach to help people be more confident and less nervous when public speaking is the “Anxiety Reality Check”. It simply means that whatever is happening for you as you are standing speaking before an audience – the sweaty palms, quiver in your voice, shaky hands, fast pulse, racing mind – the audience only sees …
In 1933 Franklin D Roosevelt said “The only thing that we have to fear is fear itself”, when he was talking about the growth of communism across the world. Susan Jeffers is famous for her book Feel The Fear And Do It Anyway ® and teaches that the only way to overcome a fear of something in your life is …
I have just read the book called “The Power Of Habit” by Charles Duhigg and it is both an enlightening and confirming read. For a long time I have been speaking and writing about the importance of habits in becoming more confident and effective as a public speaker. I have also spoken about the need to get in the habit …
Honesty is the number one trait that people look for and admire in their leaders. Leadership experts Kouzes and Posner, regularly run surveys on the characteristics that employees value most in their leaders and what makes them an “admired leader”. Honesty has come out as the number one characteristic time and time again, exceeding foresight, inspiration, competence and intelligence. So …
