Control. It’s probably the most important thing that you’ll learn in your life, particularly control over your fear and your anger. I believe that controlling your fear is essential for good public speaking. You’ll achieve control with rehearsal and experience, through which you’ll start to gain a knowledge of your limitations, and crucially, your strengths. If […]
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If you focus on the important parts of speaking – showing enthusiasm, engaging your audience and sharing meaningful information concisely – then you don’t need to aim for perfection.
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I talk a lot about confidence, but what is it, really? Defining confidence may sound like a pointless, beard-stroking exercise, but I think that by clarifying it, confidence can be much easier to achieve. You could define your confidence as: I used to think that ‘I trust myself’ was a good definition, but now it feels
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The Problem with Just Broadcasting Ever feel you’re losing your audience? Or have you ever seen a speaker who is merrily going through their presentation without realising that the audience is a little bored or disconnected? I believe the solution is to really engage the people watching by trying to notice their activity and behaviour,
