Today's Q&A Wednesday is an extra special one because it's a question that comes from someone

that's very close to me, my big sister, Mona. Now, Mona is an avid listener of the podcast and

big supporter, thanks Mona. But she's also an amazing human being. She's an educator. She's a

manager at her school and a proud Guns and Roses fan. More about that later. Now, she's preparing to give a presentation to other teachers at her school,

and a lot like other people who have to give a presentation, she's nervous.

She doesn't want to get anxious. She doesn't want to forget what she has to say,

and she definitely doesn't want to keep looking back at her slides every two minutes,

like a PowerPoint robot or somebody who doesn't know

what they're talking about. So Mona asks, how do I stop getting nervous when I speak in public?

We're going to break it down in today's episode because if you got a presentation coming up,

if you've got a pitch, a talk of any sort, this advice is going to save you.

Welcome back to the $100 MBA show.

I'm your host, Omar Zinholm, where I deliver practical business lessons three times a week, Monday, Wednesday, and Friday to help you start, grow, and scale your business.

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free and it helps us out more than you know. Thanks. Let's start with the only cure for nerves

that I know works 100% of the time. And that's not positive thinking. It's not just being

confident. It's rehearsal. Practice, right? I rehearse

every new talk I give fully around 30 times before I actually deliver it live on stage.

Yes, 30 times. This is not an exaggeration. If it's a 30 minute talk, I'll rehearse that talk

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