Member-only story

Create speaking success in 2024

Liam Sandford
3 min readJan 17, 2024
Photo by Kane Reinholdtsen on Unsplash

Do you want the same outcomes as last year? Or are you looking for something different? If you gained speaking confidence last year more of the same might do the trick. But if you are in the same spot something different will be required.

Creating speaking success is simple but it is not easy. Rep by rep, stacking success on top of success is how you become a competent speaker. The trouble is you were taught the wrong things about speaking. This created negative experiences, bad habits and poor engagement strategies for your audience.

To scale your impact through every presentation, pitch and conversation consistent effort is required. And that effort starts with being able to bounce back from negative speaking experiences.

Regaining confidence after negative experiences

If you have had negative experiences in the past, part of your fear might be that they happen again. Maybe that is your worst-case scenario, so before every speaking engagement it is worth considering what that scenario looks like.

Write down the top 4 fears you have so you can see them in front of you. Writing down your fears will help you process and gain control over them. For each of the fears ask this series of questions:

  • What is the worst possible outcome…
Liam Sandford
Liam Sandford

Written by Liam Sandford

I help ambitious people scale their impact with quiet communication • Best Selling Author of Effortless Public Speaking • liamsandford.com/subscribe

Responses (1)

Write a response