I work a lot with people who are anxious around public speaking. One thing is very clear that we think far too much about it. Especially if we are scared and anxious when we are the centre of attention. And guess what? The overthinking about public speaking does not help

Confidence is a tricky word. It has a number of meanings for people and they may not all be that useful for people who are scared of public speaking. People often write to me and say that they want to “appear” confident. They mean they don’t want to show any weakness or fear. They think that going red will make them seem vulnerable. They also think “confidence” means not feeling any fear when they “perform”. We need to have a better more helpful definition of confidence

Public Speaking Avoidance doesn’t help. Actually avoidance is really the problem

If reading public speaking tips on blogs worked, we should all be fixed now. Just reading “how to” tips doesn’t change us. So what does? Here is one public speaking tip that is really important.