Category 'Fear of Public Speaking'

Are You Born A Natural Speaker?  Ever witnessed a successful keynote speaker work the stage and think they must be a ‘Natural’? However, looking deeper – what does that term really mean for them and more importantly what does it mean for you. When you describe a Confident Speaker words such as inspirational, gifted, talented…

In the absence of external stimuli many of us create our own. As we try to share our Story the inner voice overrides the feedback loop and this is a root cause of storytelling failure.

  Billionaire tycoon Warren Buffet famously remarked; ‘improve your value by 50 percent by learning communication skills’. Buffett’s point is that mastering the art of public speaking is the single greatest skill to boost your career, business or even life! You might be thinking, “That’s great, but I have a fear of public speaking.” That’s…

5 Proven Steps to Master Your Pitch from Advertising TV Your product or service is brilliant. You have raving customers and fans. BUT do you share that brilliance when you introduce your business at a networking event? For most it feels like creeping death!  You stand up, you introduce yourself.  Your knees wobble as does…

‘The Morning Game’- Billal Jamil     In this article we cover How we can prepare our Mind to Be Confident, Positive and Successful How to overcome the greatest barrier to building momentum Why your morning routine presents a huge opportunity for consistency And why the Mindset is an essential precursor to Confidence, Success and…

Does the thought of public speaking fill you with fear? Do you panic when you have to present your services to an audience? Have you lost sales or clients because you haven’t put your message over effectively? How often have you sat in a meeting, at a seminar or conference trying to stay awake while…

1. Be a Know It All! When you feel familiar whether it be your material, the room or the audience you will naturally relax. We know this as fact. So the professional speaker must invest in getting the edge by… Finding out the outline of the day – we call this the running order but…

When I first started working as a professional speaker – I worried a lot about many things but mostly about my knowledge, subject expertise and content. Like most people I feared not knowing ‘my stuff’ – appearing stupid or ill informed. In fact there was a genuine insecurity that someone in my audience would know…

I took the call; it was a call no husband wants to take. The voice on the other end told me my wife had been in a car accident on a duel carriageway near Wakefield. The car was a total right off… my wife was ok, shaken and bruised but she was ok. In 15…

We have been analyzing the most popular reasons why people suffer from speech anxiety – here are our top 5. Self-consciousness in front of groups. If we are speaking one to one most people are at ease however when we add a group of people could even be to the same talk/subject- anxiety kicks in…