What if you knew that you could build your public speaking confidence and skills by doing an exercise that takes just 15 seconds, twice a day? You would do that, right? Well, first, here’s the exercise — and then I’ll explain how and why it works. Try This Confidence-Building Exercise. It Only Takes 15 Seconds! Stand in Read More
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Public Speaking Tip 58: For a Confident and Successful Presentation, Stand, Settle, Smile, then Speak
Have you ever seen a public speaker stride up to the podium and start talking before they’ve even looked at the audience? (Or worse, start talking on their way to the stage?) This is the equivalent of announcing that you just want to get your speech over with. And — funny thing — your audience Read More
Public Speaking Tip 53: Learn from Amy Cuddy, and Fake It Till You BECOME It
NOTE: Since I wrote this post, some details of Cuddy’s research have come under harsh attack from her peers, as described in The New York Times on October 22, 2017. (“The public nature of the attacks against Cuddy have reverberated among social psychologists, raising questions about the effects of harsh discourse on the field and particularly on Read More
Job Interview Coming Up? Practice Feeling Like a Winner!
Nobody needs to be told that job hunting is stressful—or that prolonged unemployment, like any other ongoing struggle, can wear us down, sap our self-confidence, and lead to feelings of powerlessness that make it even more difficult to find work. That’s why, in the lyrics to her song God Bless the Child, Billie Holiday wrote, “Them that’s Read More
Public Speaking Confidence: Structure, Prepare, Organize, Cope
Clients often ask me to help them build their confidence about speaking, speaking up, or speaking out in public. Build On These 4 Pillars We do that by building their skills in the following four areas, because relaxed and flexible public speaking confidence — the kind that allows you to meet all challenges — comes Read More