Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Controlling Nerves”
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 …
I recently ran a Webinar on tips and tools to present more confidently and effectively. Before running the Webinar I surveyed all the registrants on what was their number one problem or concern around public speaking and presenting. The slide below summarises the 8 most common problems people encounter when public speaking. Not surprisingly, fear, nerves and anxiety around public …
I am reading a book called “18 Minutes – find your focus, master distraction and get the right things done” by Peter Bregman. It is basically about things that you can do to be more effective. One of the tools that Peter talks about is to slow down, pause for 5 seconds and breathe. He talks about the new Google …
Stage fright, nerves, performance anxiety, whatever you want to call it – is a reality for many situations and one that most people will experience at some stage in their life as they take on challenges. It may be on the sporting big stage, performing, your wedding ceremony, a conference presentation or simply undertaking public speaking. I am not a …
As a person who stutters, I really enjoyed the movie “The Kings Speech” It captures beautifully the emotions, the struggles and the embarrassment that a person who stutters goes through when they try and speak. The movie was very close to home for me and at the age of 8 a drama and elocution teacher did put marbles in my …
