From the course: Public Speaking: Find Your Confidence
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Articulate your fears
From the course: Public Speaking: Find Your Confidence
Articulate your fears
- [Interviewer] I get asked all the time whether I'm nervous before I do public speaking. And I try to explain to people that I've been speaking in public for so long that there's nothing for me to be nervous about. I mean, only because every mistake that could possibly happen has happened to me. And I come out on the other side of it and I'm fine. And I wonder how short of giving 100 speeches, is there a real replacement for that kind of repetition? - [Aziz] Basically not. I mean, the deep confidence that you're describing comes from competence, which comes from repetition. That's like saying, how do I get that amazing golf swing that just knocks the ball 400 yards down the green without having to play golf for a couple years? It's like, well-- - Or how do I play the, how do I become a concert pianist without practicing? - Yeah, I know, but I will say there is hope in that someone's like, yeah, but man, that's a…
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