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#111 - Teach the Geek to Speak: Public Speaking for Technical Professionals - Neil Thompson

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Don't Tell Yourself You Suck

I advise people to do before they give presentations is to actually visualize themselves doing well. Something that I do is I close my eyes and then I'll picture how I want the presentation to go. You need to tell yourself that you are improving. Don't tell yourself you suck, you will. But if you tell yourself you're improving, then you will. Some of these people think they should not present because they are not the subject matter expert. That's why, again, coming back to confidence, they're not confident.

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