One of the most widespread of all fears that people have is that of speaking in front of an audience, whether it be a small or a large audience. Even though you may find individuals who would rather try to get away from ever speaking in front of people the thing is it is a quite difficult thing to do all the time. This is because humans are basically social beings that need to interact with other humans at some time or another.
Even if someone has managed to avoid speaking before an assembly of people for quite a while, there will always come a time in that person's life that he/she will have to speak before a small or large crowd of people.
Just say if you are a head of a team and you need to complete a task that just cannot be done by one person alone, you would need to speak to a few people who might be able to help you to complete the task.A team leader must be able to communicate to his team in order to get the message across, making it a vital asset for leadership.
For most people, public speaking
is a source of stress, particularly for those people who have been mentally conditioned to think that speaking in front a group of people is such a nerve-racking process, with the sense of fear produced by the belief that those listening are thoroughly dissecting the speaker.
This is more so because for the most part people constantly believe that other people will constantly measure up to themselves and opening up to a crowd of people is similar to opening up a can of worms.
Humans have always inherently been afraid of making mistakes. This particular kind of awareness is frequently the most prevalent source of fear among people and knowing how to conquer it is by simply comprehending that speaking before the public need not be nerve-racking.
The following are some great tips to think through that will help you to conquer the fear of public speaking : You must not set too much expectancy on yourself because the more expectations that you set, the more chances there are of you building up your own fears of not achieving those expectations. So remember before speaking in front of a crowd, get round the idea that you are perfect and that you are incapable of making errors.
Remember to always come organized because you need to make sure that you get your message across in the most succinct and understandable way possible. An important thing to remember is that you don't need to be absolutely perfect all that is needed is for you to be prepared because this will make you less afraid of making errors.
Just having only two or three key thoughts or points can assist in delivering more focus to any message, instead of a cauldron of facts and figures that could produce more bewilderment instead of directing the message home. This will also permit the speaker to concentrate on fewer ideas this in turn will allow the speaker to have more focus towards what needs to be communicated, to make it more understandable and straight to the point. Having less to think about will also ensue fewer mistakes along the way.
Comprehending the psychology of fear is vital and will really aid you in knowing how to conquer the fear of public speaking . Good Luck!
Dion Daly is a certified trainer in hypnosis, a master practitioner in NLP and TLT. He also has a degree in metaphysics.