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How Professional Speakers Control Their Stage Fright with Dr. Bill Lampton
Do Professionals Experience Stage Fright? If so, how do they control it?
Consider these thought patterns & actions suggested by prominent professionals:
- Focus on the Audience.
- Arrive early to mix and mingle so you can make connections with the audience before taking the stage.
- Tell yourself that you are supposed to be nervous. You aren’t alone.
- Realize that you even though you feel nervous it doesn’t show.
- Practice in your daily speaking what you need for success when giving a speech.
- Know what you are going to say in your first 3-4 minutes.
- Engage in positive self talk.
Links: ChampionshipCommunication.com
