How to become a confident speaker in 90 days

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Nobody is truly confident the first time they do something. 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.

Find your comfortable scenario

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

There are many forms this could take but crafting out specific scenarios where you are comfortable will remove some of the barriers you have to speaking in public. Repeat your comfortable scenario with different groups, change the topic, maybe even…