Stress can help us rise to a higher level of communication and performance in existence. First, acknowledge your stress as being linked with something you care about. Reconnect with what you care about; use or utilize your stress in ways that help address the purpose. Address that why, rather than spending all your time, money, effort, energy trying to avoid or get rid of the stress.
“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.
Connect: