The first is to acknowledge that you're stressed, right? How do you respond to stress? Is it hype, getting hyper active and sweaty palms? Or is it younowh for me, sometimes it's like i've a big presentation or talk, and i just get, all of a sudden i'm exhausted. That's my big thing. I start garing, ritting with sweat. Yes. The second step is to welcome your stress. We only stress about things that we care about. And so inherently underneath the stress, iis a true value, a true care, a true purpose.
“Eighty five percent of people report being nervous about speaking in public, and I believe the other 15% are lying,” says Matt Abrahams, lecturer in Strategic Communication and podcast host. “What is it about speaking in front of others that makes most of us nervous? Well, those of us who study this ubiquitous fear believe it is part of our human condition.”
In this special episode of Think Fast, Talk Smart, Matt Abrahams returns to one of the podcast's main goals: helping people become more confident communicators. Listen to interviews with Stanford University professors who research stress as they share insights into why these feelings affect our communication, and how to overcome them.
To find more resources on public speaking anxiety, visit stanford.io/AMP.
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