Timothy Stanley: Go for any practice that will kind of distress you. Thiscan range from, in some case, just taking some deep breaths or it could be visualizing the other person being very receptive. It need not be real laughter. Even fake laughter will kind of distressed you. The most important thing is to know your audience. That is the first thing you've already got to know. And i aty believer that the most critical factor here is you are in a state of comfort,. Or are you still stressed? Sometimes you don't know that.
“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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