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How To Overcome the Fear of Public Speaking

Knees shaking…sweating like a faucet…heart pounding…this is just some of the symptoms of the #1 fear among most people. It is the fear of speaking in front of others; a.k.a. public speaking.

I’m not sure why so many people find themselves immediately crippled with fear when confronted with the smallest of notions that they will be required to make a public speech; however, I do know how they feel, because I was one of them.

Public Speaking

This to way too true to many people when asking them to speak in public.  Honestly, this still happens to me from time-to-time. Anyone want to share their fear of public speaking?

I Don’t Do Sermon Outlines…

…because I can’t. I’ve tried.  Don’t judge me. To be clear, I’m not against outlines.  They help a lot of people.  But I hate using them. I’ve been speaking in front of people since my junior year of college (8 years ago), and every time I’ve tried to use an outline I find myself more [...]

Public Speaking

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow I’m in a software training course, and I was quickly reminded of why I’m not a fan of attending these courses.  It’s not that I”m against learning what’s being taught or am not eager to learn the material.  It is that most of the instructors are horrible public speakers (a.k.a. boring). [...]