It is empowering to identify your own universal message that you want to deliver. It will energize your presentations with passion for what you are saying. A contributing factor to stage fright is the fact that people leave out their most deeply held beliefs and values from their presentations. They tend to edit out…
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The thrust of my entire life has been about working through insecurity to develop self-confidence. The main thing I have learned is that authenticity fosters confidence. As an actor, I trembled at auditions. As long as I fought my tremors and made myself wrong for feeling afraid, I tensed to protect myself from showing…
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Right after the final night of American Idol, I posted this comment. It did not seem to show up on my blog, so I am reposting it. I was so taken with the quality of talent this year, but when a real professional singer performed the last night, the difference was palpable. Forgive me if…
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Freeing your body to move is essential to excellent presentation. Athletes, actors and dancers always warm up the body before performing because they know that it is the instrument through which they express and communicate. If your body is tense, your thoughts and emotions will not flow easily. Conversely, if your body is relaxed and…
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When you add the word “with”, a bond is created. For instance “she’s with me”, “be with child”, “speak with a group.” So much of stage fright and fear of public speaking is about feeling separated or being judged by others. People with stage fright and fear of public speaking are experiencing a…
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Presence is the antidote to stage fright and fear of public speaking. Cultivating a sense of presence and being present in the moment, will support highly sensitive people who are feeing stressed about presenting and performing in front of groups. The main key to presence is getting the thinking mind out of the head and…
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John Tesh just posted a blog called Taming Fear on which he shared that one of his biggest fears was stage fright. He was wonderfully honest about his fear and shared his experience of getting help from a therapist named Dr Hart. What pleased me so much was that Dr. Hart’s approach to healing stage…
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When it comes to speaking, presenting or performing, each of us must decide how we are going to present ourselves to the world. We might each ask ourselves, “Will I create an image I think my audience will approve or will I risk presenting myself as I authentically am?” This question determines whether we will…
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Connection is a two-way exchange of attention and energy. It is an ability to give attention to others and receive attention from others. When you actually connect, you experience an exchange of human energy that feels good emotionally and physically. No matter who you are or what you do, the ability to connect is an essential ingredient…
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Life presents opportunities – moments that can propel us into a future of expanded experience. When the moment comes to turn the tide of life, what prepares us to catch the opportunity? It is the ability to speak, to say yes, to say just the right thing, tell the right story, make the right point…
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