How do you get rid of the fear of public speaking?
How do you get rid of the fear of public speaking?
It doesn't happen instantly, but if you take these small, small steps, then you can gradually become a really effective speaker and an effective communicator.
The first thing you want to think about is you need to push yourself out of your comfort zone. What are the small things you could do to push yourself out of a com comfort zone? Say, for example, attending a conference, maybe that is your first step where you can meet other speakers and see how they talk, maybe watching videos of people talking. So think about the one small step you could actually take to push yourself out of your comfort zone and then try to learn things. There's this beauty in getting uncomfortable to get comfortable. Keep that in mind.
The second thing you could do is start attending a lot of meetup groups and start speaking in small meetup groups because that has a very smaller audience, and then you can try and test different communication styles, and different topics. That's how I started. So meetup groups are a great way to do it.
Another thing you could do is do webinars testing companies or development companies, or any company for that matter. Webinars are a great way to get rid of that fear of public speaking, where you still have slides, you have speaker notes. But you're still in front of a camera, so it's a great way to get slightly uncomfortable and gain confidence as well.
Another thing you want to think about is, Making 30 second TikTok videos or LinkedIn videos or Instagram videos. In that way, you just have to talk for 30 seconds. That's it, right? And it doesn't have to be perfect because remember, no one gives a shit about you, okay? There are so many people in this world. Not everyone is watching every step you take. You just have to start somewhere. Remember, Zig Ziglar, one of the greatest salespeople who ever lived said this. “You don't have to be great to start, but you have to start to be great.”
And those are some ways you can get rid of your public fear of public speaking.
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