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.