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Public Speaking Anxiety Tips: 6 Mindset Tips
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i'm going to give you six mindset tips
to help you overcome your public
speaking anxiety and nerves by at least 50
50
these tips will help you cut your
i'd like to tell you about two resources
the first is a free pdf download with
seven instant tips for more confident
and composed speaking i also have a
number of online classes on things like
public speaking and communication skills
and leadership and there's always at
least one free class that you can take
i'll put links to all of those resources
in the description below this video
there are two main inroads to your
public speaking anxiety
and the first is changing your mindset
the second is changing your behavior or
the concrete actions that you take you
can start at either entry point in this
feedback loop because your mindset and
your behavior reinforce each other in
this video i'll be giving you six tips
all about mindset or how you think if
you can change the way you think about
public speaking you'll change the way
you feel
in a follow-up video i'll give you six
more tips that are all behavioral based
that's another way to get at this
anxiety and when that one's ready i will
post it and put a link to it in the
description below and i'll put a summary
of these six tips at the end first
realize that anxiety and nervousness are
not signs of trouble
these are just signs that you're about
to do something important
we don't get nervous about meaningless
activities even professionals get
nervous i was reading an interview with
the world famous and veteran actor
michael douglas
and he said i'm always nervous when i
have to do public speaking and i have
now gotten used to my nerves and how to
deal with it but it's part of the
excitement so even rich famous and
normally confident people get nervous
about public speaking
it's not a sign of trouble or that
there's something wrong with you
second realize that you're only about
half as nervous as you think the other
half is called excitement there are two
sides of the same emotional coin
i heard a consultant the other day say
that she has grown to like the
butterflies in her stomach before she
presents she said it reminds her that
she's challenging herself
it's the same with acting playing guitar
or sports in front of a crowd a lot of
those feelings are excitement after
people speak and the anxiety is gone
they still feel excited about what they
just did
so the mindset tip is not to talk to
yourself about how nervous you are
instead talk to yourself about how at
least half of what you're feeling is
excitement those butterflies are proof
that you're alive
and about to do something special number
three realize that you do not look on
the outside as nervous as you feel on
the inside your listeners can't tell how
you feel
they can only see what you show them and
i've asked hundreds of speakers right
after they speak how nervous did you
feel on a scale of one to ten they
usually say eight nine or ten
but the listeners routinely say that the
speaker only looks about two or three
out of ten on that anxiety scale so once
you realize that you don't come across
nearly as nervous as you feel that's
half the battle
i saw sylvester stallone rocky talking
about giving a big speech before he
spoke he said his heart was pounding he
was really nervous his adult daughter
was with him and she looked out at the
huge crowd and she said to him dad i
don't know how you can be so calm i'd be
freaking out
so he was nervous but he said to her no
no it's going to be fine i've got this
his own daughter couldn't tell that he
was having that spike of anxiety right
before he spoke
the takeaway is to play it cool like
rocky other people really can't tell and
that's one less thing for you to worry
about and fourth the peak or spike of
nervousness lasts less than 60 seconds
the hardest part is usually the
anticipation the waiting a teacher i
know andrea newman talks about that
spike of nervousness that happens right
before we speak and right up until about
30 seconds into our message that's when
we feel the most intense anxiety that
spike of nerves goes down drastically
once we get rolling it's just like a
professional football quarterback their
anxiety is highest right before the big
game and up through the first few plays
and then they settle into their game
plan so the mindset tip is to remind
yourself that you'll feel much better
just moments after you start your
presentation number five accept that
anxiety and nervousness are not a
barrier from doing an outstanding job
many speakers mistakenly believe that if
they're nervous then they can't do a
good job
but it's just not true almost every
athlete for example will admit to
getting nervous before a big game
anxiety doesn't stop them from
performing well winning or losing games
has nothing to do with how nervous a
team is beforehand
and the same goes for public speaking
some of the best professional speakers
in the world admit to getting really
nervous but their nerves don't stop them
from completely crushing it so accept
that anxiety is not a barrier to doing a
superior presentation number six assume
that everybody is rooting for you
virtually everybody wants you to do well
we drastically overestimate the negative
judgment or possible embarrassment we
could experience the truth is i'd say
that 99 of listeners are sympathetic
they've all done some public speaking
they know what it's like
and i say 99 because sometimes you will
see people with an unpleasant facial
expression but even those people are
probably just like that that negative
face that you see
maybe that's just the way they are
that's not about you they're probably
just having a bad day so assume that
everybody wants you to succeed and they
are on your side and here again are all
six mindset tips your mindset is all
about changing the way you think about
public speaking and it's usually a
necessary step to overcoming anxiety so
my question of the day for you is which
of these do you believe would help you
make the most immediate progress
feel free to post your comment below
and as mentioned i have a follow-up
video coming out soon about the six
behavioral tips to reduce speaking
anxiety i'll put a link to that as well
as other resources in the description
below as soon as that video is ready
both mindset changes and behavioral
changes are starting points
that will get you on a more positive and
confident feedback loop so thanks for
watching god bless and i will see you in
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