249. 5 tips to master public speaking
The Psychology of your 20s
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🗓️ 19 November 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Public speaking is one of our biggest fears as a species - some 75% of us list public speaking as our biggest and greatest fear. In today's episode, I want to discuss why that is and where this fear stems from, socially, psychologically and evolutionary, but also how we can transform our attitude to public speaking and excel, including tips based in psychology such as:
- Creating a persona and modelling a hero
- Embracing flow rather than a need for structure
- The power of slowing down
- Anxiety and pacing
- Anchoring yourself to your audience
Listen now if you're ready to master your next speech or presentation!
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| 0:00.0 | Hello everybody. Welcome back to the show. Welcome back to the podcast, new listeners, old listeners, |
| 0:07.0 | wherever you are in the world. It is so great to have you here back for another episode as we break down |
| 0:13.9 | the psychology of our 20s. Today, we are going to talk about one of the most valuable skills that we can learn and that |
| 0:22.8 | we can perfect during this decade. |
| 0:25.1 | And that is mastering public speaking, mastering how to hold a crowd, how to get your point |
| 0:31.1 | across and be convincing in our professional lives and business when speaking about the |
| 0:36.3 | things that we're passionate about, |
| 0:38.3 | essentially knowing how to walk onto a stage or into a room and just nail it and just leave |
| 0:45.1 | people thinking, this person knows what they're talking about. It is a rare skill, but a really, |
| 0:50.9 | really important one, you know, from having to defend a thesis or pitch to |
| 0:55.9 | investors or to a new employer or talk at your best friend's wedding. |
| 1:01.8 | Public speaking is such a great opportunity to really impress or entertain a lot of people |
| 1:06.2 | and hopefully be remembered. |
| 1:08.0 | But it's something that is quite terrifying. |
| 1:13.3 | I think the scary part of public speaking is the possibility of not only being remembered, but of being remembered in a way that is |
| 1:19.9 | not favourable of being judged or noticed. That is where our fear of public speaking really comes from. |
| 1:27.4 | You know, as social creatures, it's a bit of a natural fear |
| 1:30.3 | because humans are very paralysed by the notion of doing wrong or making a mistake, |
| 1:36.2 | especially in front of a large group of people whose opinions we care about most. |
| 1:42.5 | In fact, our biggest collective fear as a species, it's not death, |
| 1:48.2 | it's not spiders, it's not clowns, it is actually public speaking. 75% of us have this fear |
| 1:55.7 | according to the National Institute of Mental Health. It's otherwise known as glossophobia, such a pretty name for something |
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