While I published my podcast on audio and video for September 6, I did not tell you nice people that I did. Fixing that now.
The Podcast:
The Transcript:
I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for September 6, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress.
This is from the Effective Public Speaking book.
Prevent Speaking Fears from Becoming Reality
Sometimes, our fears create our reality. I've seen that in these circumstances:
- When someone can't decide, a form of “analysis paralysis,” so they waffle between two or three alternatives. However, not deciding is also a decision.
- When someone thinks they need more practice. Instead of speaking, they continue to practice instead of delivering the presentation.
- People spend so much time preparing for the worst thing that could happen, they forget to plan for the best thing that could happen.
You can banish enough of your fears if you design your presentation, prepare it, practice it once or twice, and then, deliver it.
Until you deliver the presentation to an audience, you don't know what the worst things—those risks–could be.
Instead of allowing your speaking fears to become reality, consider which work you need to do to manage those fears and then banish them.
And here's the video link.