The Real Secret To No More Stagefright
Have you ever gotten up to speak in front of a group and you suddenly a wave a panic taking over your body?
So instead of beginning your well rehearsed speech you cant think of anything but your dry mouth and how youre about to make a fool of yourself.
Speaking is a great way to build your client list. When you can get in front of a lot of people heres what will happen.
You can get lots of clients very fast
You can grow your email list fast
You set yourself up as an expert
Your audience bonds with you faster than almost anything else you can do.
You learn more about your target market, their needs, desires, and questions(which
Here is a brief description of what you go through as you are actually performing and experiencing stagefright.
1. You make a prediction that there is something threatening or dangerous in the performance situation that can lead to failure.
2. You experience anxiety as a result of your fear-provoking thoughts.
3. You use the anxiety and discomfort you feel as evidence confirming the accuracty of your original predication.
4. Since the brain can only focus attention on one complex mental task at a time, the more you focus on assessing your anxiety the more the task you are performing will interfered with and interrupted.
Why is all of this happening? The main cause of stagefright is the fear of negative evaluation. The key to stagefright is its situational. Anyone can experience it depending on the situation. One common myth about speaking fear is it only comes in front of large audiences. Like many myths this isnt always true, some people feel more energized when speaking in front of a large group whiles others shrink like a shrinking violet.
Your assignment here is to identify those situations that make you feel most uncomfortable. Here are a few questions you can ask yourself.
Around what sort of people are you most fearful of?
What size group seems to effect you the most?
What sort of things are you uncomfortable discussing?
Now that you have a fairly good idea of what makes you feel nervous, and anxious its time to share some tips to handle your anxiety.
1. Organize lack of organization is a major cause of anxiety
2. Visualize Imagine walking into the room, being introduced, delivering your presentation with enthusiasm, fielding questions with confidence leaving the room knowing you did a great job.
3. Practice Many speakers rehearse presentations mentally or just with their lips. Instead you should practice standing up, as if the audience were in front of you. At least two dressed rehearsals include exactly what your going to wear from the jewelry to your shoes.
4. Focus on relaxing instead of thinking about he tensionfocus on relaxing. As you breathe, tell yourself to inhale I am and on exhale relaxed. Try to clear your mind of everything except the repletion of the I am-relaxed statement and continue this exercise for several minutes.
By applying these 4 tips youll feel more relaxed before any presentation. Dont forget the real reason your in business in the first place to serve your clients with the best possible solution to their problem that you can.
by: Linda Hampton
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