Public Speaking Anxiety is Able to be Overcome

Public speaking anxiety is a common fear and many of today's confident public speakers have experienced it. This is a good news as it means that if others have been overcome public speaking anxiety we can use their experience to also overcome it.

It could be considered "not so good" news - in the majority of people, public speaking anxiety completely goes away. Today's effective public speakers or presenters use these nerves in a positive way to ensure they give a good presentation.

Nerves and anxiety are a sign you care about the speech you are to give. The absence of public speaking anxiety does not mean that the person will deliver a great speech. They may not care and will talk about anything (jabbering on).

Public speaking anxiety can be overcome to be a confident public speaking. Some anxiety is a good thing as it helps to deliver an effective speech.

Public Speaking Anxiety is a Common Fear

Public speaking anxiety is a common fear. In surveys the fear of public speaking is the number one fear of many people out ranking death. This led Seinfeld to observe the following:- “According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”

Fortunately, unlike death, most people can overcome their public speaking anxiety and speak with confidence when giving a speech or presentation to a group. Confident public speaking is attainable for nervous speakers because many oftoday's effective speakers were once that way.

Public speaking anxiety is natural, but it is also natural to want to and actually shake the "shakes" and be able to speak with ease to groups of any size.