From the course: Managing Your Anxiety While Presenting
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Procrastination, perfectionism, PowerPoint
From the course: Managing Your Anxiety While Presenting
Procrastination, perfectionism, PowerPoint
- You wouldn't throw fuel on a fire, but that's exactly what we do when it comes to our speaking anxiety. Many of us do things that make our anxiety worse. I'd like to introduce you to what I call the three Ps. These are the three things that we do that often makes our anxiety more intense. And let's talk about things we can do to reduce those behaviors. The first has to do with procrastination. Many of us don't like the feeling of being nervous when presenting, so we just put off our preparation. The problem, of course, is as our communication gets closer we end up getting more and more nervous. So we need to reduce our procrastination. There are two things you can do. First, publicly commit to a schedule. I like to have a simple rule, take the time from today to when it is you're delivering your communication. Simply divide it in half. The first half should be spent creating your content. That includes any slides…
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