I think it's important to remember that the audience is rooting for you. I mean, have you ever been to a talk and actively rooted against the speaker? Never. And if they have, they're probably a sociopath. No one is thinking that you're a fraud. All the rest of this stuff is just in your head.
“I saw a study that said speaking in front of a crowd is considered the number one fear of the average person. I found that amazing. Number two, was death. Death is number two? This means, to the average person, if you have to be at a funeral, you would rather be in the casket […]