Fearless Public Speaking BlogThe Fearless Public Speaking Blog is like a chronicle about my public speaking life. This allow you to...
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This is a thought that just came to me as I was driving home this evening from volleyball.
I am unreasonably happy.
Now, some of you might be saying, "What does this have to do with fearless public speaking?" Thing is, I don't really know. Maybe nothing, maybe everything.
What I do know, is that when I am happy, unreasonably happy, things happen. Things come easily. Life becomes easy.
"Sure, easy for you to be so happy." some of you may be thinking.
The thing is, it isn't easy. It takes work. Not everything comes easily to me. There are times when things happen. Someone cuts me off while driving. I get a flat tire in the pouring rain. The kids are destroying the house, screaming, yelling and the phone is ringing off the hook. A speech doesn't go the way I planned it. Nobody laughs at my jokes!
During these moments, it is not easy to be happy. I just want to crawl into a hole and hide.
It takes work. Yet, what I find is if I allow external happenings to dictate how I feel, I am giving my power away. I am saying, "This outside force has the ability to determine how I am feeling." Thing is, I realize this and quickly, sometimes by faking it, (guys can fake it too,) remind myself that I am happy, no matter what.
Why are we scared to speak in public? Present a speech? Stand up and conduct a presentation? We're thinking about the other people. The people watching. The people in the audience. We are giving power, too much power, to them.
I think, and this may only be me, that if I am unreasonably happy, I wouldn't be worried what other people think of me. I wouldn't be worried if I make a mistake. I wouldn't be worried if I forget my lines. And if I'm not worried, then what do I have to be afraid of? The reason we get 'stage fright' may be because we feel we have something to prove. We have to show we're good at something. Yet, if I'm happy, I have nothing to prove. I'm happy because I choose to be happy!
"I'm happy and I'm going to give this speech. I'll do the best I can and if no one likes it, oh well.
Does any of this make any sense? If it doesn't, then oh well. I'm still happy.
So, maybe this does have something to do with overcoming your fear of public speaking. Do it for awhile and see what happens. Be happy for no reason. Remember, you are happy. Even if you don't think you are, just THINK you are. Eventually you'll start believing yourself.
Then, just then, maybe your fear will go away. And if it doesn't...oh well. Cheers. The Perfect Holiday GiftIt's Site Sell's Holiday Gift Time. Permalink -- click for full blog post "The Perfect Holiday Gift" |
