I’m a motivational speaker and use to have problems when speaking. I have overcome them now, here is what assisted me…

1. SPEAKING IN PUBLIC IS NOT THE PROBLEM – If you can talk to one person, you can talk to many. Discover what lies behind your fear of speaking in public – fear of messing up/exposure, not being good enough, rejection etc. Breakthrough your personal barriers and overcome what is restricting you.

2. ASSUME EVERYONE LIKES YOU – we feel comfortable with people we like and who we believe like us. Act as if your audience love you and express your ‘love’ through providing them with what they have come to hear and learn.

3. GET YOUR EGO OUT OF THE WAY – You have a solution to their problems or challenges – put your ego aside. You are not as important as your message.

4. WHAT YOU HAVE TO SAY IS IMPORTANT SO… speak slowly, vary your tone, pitch, pace etc.

5. LEARN FROM THE BEST – I watched loads of videos in order to model some of the best speakers in the world. This is an exercise in creating your own style, rather than comparing or competing which can damage your self esteem.

Hope this is useful. Happy to give you some more guidance if needed.

Regards

Dionne

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1) Face the whirlpool that is stage fright – target it, plan ways to avoid it, and create tools to get out. Here are 4.

2) Tool #1 “Do That Thing” – put a deliberate pause, gesture, sip of water, breath (something visible or invisible) at a point in your presentation. Pre-plan, and do it. This breaks the grip of the whirlpool. Create as many as you need.

3) Tool #2 = “A Practiced Mindset” — Develop a feel for the mindset you want on stage. Practice living in it. Give it a name. When you are about to go onstage, sit and get quiet, and recall this state of mind deliberately. Even a morsel of it is better than none. It will grow over time.

4) Tool #3 “Offstage Karma” — Don’t sit with people who inflame your nervous feelings. Get centered before you go out. Figure out what action this means to you. (Once I had to tell someone sitting next to me to stop talking to me.)

5) Tool #4 “Melt the snowball” – When you break into a cold sweat, etc., do not grab on to the event mentally (replace “oh my god my hands are shaking with “oh, here come the jitters; soon they’ll go.” Replace them with Lifeline #1.

6) Don’t give up. It may not “just disappear”. It will gradually go away. Celebrate good moments in an event. Those are your gold coins.

7) Be patient. It’s like investing that penny in your business. Every day, your investment grows more and more powerful, and soon your focused mind will dominate.

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Seriously Dean, you are an exceptional teacher as you already know. The nerves thing is beaten into submission by focusing on sharing the content one on one as you did with Martin. Your BIGGEST fans (you know who we are) will be in the front row eager to hear what you are teaching.

Can’t WAIT!!!

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