Confidence is success remembered
When you do something for the first time you will rarely be confident. Usually, even after speaking many times confidence is still not there. This is because you get thrown into the deep end or deliver to a tricky crowd which creates negative experiences. But this does not have to be the way — you can choose to be intentional about building positive speaking experiences.
Confidence is success remembered, so increasing the number of positive experiences is critical to overcoming your fear of public speaking and gaining confidence to speak in any setting. You can be intentional by creating what is comfortable to you.
How do you intentionally create successful speaking reps to create confidence?
Find ‘your comfortable’
Finding your comfortable situation to speak is the key to creating successful speaking reps. Finding ‘your comfortable’ comes at the intersection of:
- What you know a lot about
- The environment you are most comfortable in
- The forum you prefer
Crafting out speaking experiences that sit in the intersection of these three areas is important to intentionally increase your success time when speaking in public. This might mean:
- Telling a friend about your favorite…
