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How To Conquer Public Speaking Anxiety – Get Rid Of Public Speaking Phobia

June 4th, 2009 by aaks



The fear of public speaking is rated second to the fear of snake. The fear of death comes after it. This means that there are so many people who are afraid to speak in public. If you are one of them, know that this is normal. But you should also know that you must overcome it. By overcoming public speaking anxiety, you will succeed more in life.

Those who are afraid of speaking in public sometimes feel that they’ll faint or are nauseated minutes before they go onstage. Their hearts beat faster and their mouths get dry. This is very serious. Sometimes, once the person begins talking, his or her voice trembles and the whole body starts to shake. This results to the person stuttering rapidly or speaking incoherently.

Speaking in public can be an ordeal for those who are afraid to do so in the first place. Therefore, it is very important to figure out ways on overcoming public speaking anxiety. But before this can be determined, one must know the cause on the fear of speaking in public in the first place.

Some people claim that they are afraid to speak in public because they are terrified that they might look foolish. They are more anxious when they speak in public and their audience will see them as someone who is stupid. That doesn’t have to be the case.

If they feel confident and know what they are talking about, they would never be seen as foolish. If they’re able to do this, then they can show the audience that they are knowledgeable and smart when it comes to the subject matter. Humiliation can affect the person’s ego but the person can also get over it.

He can look at the experience as something that gave him a lesson of what not to do the next time he speaks in public.

So the way of overcoming public speaking anxiety is to be prepared before speaking to the group. The audience knows whether you have an idea of what you are saying or you are just making it up. You shouldn’t leave anything to chance. You can look at speaking in public as some kind of game and you’re there to win. You have to strategize and lay these all out.

Have all your materials ready. Above all, just be sure of yourself then you have all the bases covered.

If you want to learn how to overcome the fear of public speaking fast, i recommend you check out Get Applause Now by Darren La Croix, a public speaking world champion.

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corruption

June 4th, 2009 by aaks



                   CORRUPTION

 

OH!!! You the corruption where have you led my nation? I know not what nuisance have you played with my nation? I cannot explain dark thundering clouds you have brought over my nation? I shiver when I see loss you have caused to my nation’s talent? I wonder what poison you have become for the purity of my nation? I find no words to what dark and deep dungeon you have dragged my nation to? I weep, I cry. Oh! You the snake of corruption, you have bitten my nation‘s back, you have become cancer of my nation’s backbone because you have made my nation crippled in the field of talent, crippled in the field of ethical standard, crippled in the field of education, crippled in the field of development, in what field you have not crippled my nation and how long will you cripple my nation? Now oh! You the dirty ghost of corruption stop it, breath your last.

         Corruption is the demon of darkness, laughing and conspiring in a whistling sound, laughing and conspiring for bringing damage and destruction, flaring up flame and fire, dust and doom, chaos and catastrophe on the abode of nation in the destiny of devastation, castle of cruelty, dreams of desperation, river of rebellion, stream of arrogance, history of hatred and dungeon of despondency.

                 Today our this heaven like world has become the prostitution of the corrupted people. Under the control of such men our nation had jumped forward with a sudden leap that men had started understanding themselves. These corrupted people are diffusing in the society, in the religion, in the nation, in the sect, in the world. Thus I become a mouth to bellow that corruption has eaten into values of society.

                Corruption is that cancer which in its paws destroys the lives of people. It has led man astray. Corruption led man from brightness to darkness, from strenuous life to ignoble ease, from comforts and cognizance to chaos and confusion, from trust to fear, from courage to element of horror, from sky-touching building to earth heights, from love to hate, from peace to war, from heaven to hell and above all from life to death the end of existence. As Shakespeare says about death:

“An undiscovered city from who burns no one returns”.

      Corruption has led us into such a dark room where we grope, stumble, fumble and shuffle but find no ray of light which can lead us out of this trap. What not corruption has given us except sense of proportion. It has given us every every thing a wild virtue, a good sin, a pure pollution, a venerable vice, a rusty coin, and every supreme of all evils.

         The corrupted men cause insult and assault on humanity. Corrupted men are no more tolerated, no more breakable and no more endurable. Therefore, I appeal to all those money suckers, to all those who do injustice, to all those who play this game of illegal money, to all spread corruption, to stop playing this game of illegal money, to stop doing people injustice with poverty stricken for money, to stop the corruption because corruption has created an air of depression.

             Before this cancer’s birth men used to live a peaceful life. To corrupt a society was a doubt and miserable thing for them but now in this modern epic of 21st century corruption has changed the thinking ways of men. It gave men the lust of comforts. The air of arrogance got filled in their minds.

I will wind up the words of George Thomson:

“The world is a limitless beauty,

          Yet no man sees it

    It is a temple of majesty,

        Yet no man regards it

And it is the region of love and peace

         But man seems to be busy

                     In corrupting it”. 

 

So, in the last, I beseech in court of God to disentangle meek creature from the marshy strokes of fidgeted corruption which has crumbled the creeds of our con-science.

 

             

 

 

 

 

          WRITTEN BY:

  1.                            M.BILAL Atif               

M.BILAL ATIF
student,
living in Pakistan,city rahim yarkhan

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Why Recording Yourself in Public Speaking is Priceless

June 4th, 2009 by aaks



When you practice your material for your speech or presentation, do you record yourself by means of a camcorder?  If not, then you should definitely consider this important step in the process of preparing for your delivery.  Camcorders today are not that expensive.  Look at the purchase of this piece of equipment as an investment in your future if you are serious about a career in public speaking, are required to speak for your job, or just want to hone your presentation skills.

To be able to see and hear yourself is one of the best tools I’ve employed when teaching voice and presentation skills.  Feedback from a mentor, a coach, a spouse, or a friend is not the same as seeing yourself in action, even if it is just in practice.  You will learn so much about yourself.  You may have a ‘tic’ that you are unaware of.  Perhaps you habitually push your hair behind your ear or stand with your hands in your pockets, playing with your keys or your change.  (A good tip?  Always empty your pockets before presenting.)

Admittedly, public speaking is subjective; and, while there are no hard and fast rules, there are steps you can take to ensure success when you next stand at the lectern and address an audience.

If you will video-record yourself while practicing your material, you will be able to objectively watch yourself in action, looking for your strengths and weaknesses.

  1. Are you making eye contact with your audience or are you staring straight ahead?
  2. Do you speak with emotion or is your voice a monotone?
  3. Do you speak too quickly?
  4. Do you speak with enough volume or are you soft-spoken or possibly too loud?
  5. Are you smiling at various times or is your face a blank?
  6. Do you pause?  Maybe not enough or too much?
  7. Is your presentation filled with ums and ahs?
  8. Does your voice sound wimpy, high-pitched, nasal or whiny?
  9. Do you look confident?
  10. Is your presentation interesting; i.e., are you drawn to what you are saying?

These are just some of the questions you should be asking yourself when you analyze what you hear and see. 

Do not look for perfection in your analysis, because perfection is subjective.  Instead, be honest with yourself and judge the good as well as the bad.  Some of the problems you are encountering may require coaching or training, but it is quite possible to improve several of the negative aspects of your delivery on your own.

One of the most important characteristics of dynamic presentation skills is the ability to sound and look like you are having a conversation in your living room.  Do you see that in your analysis?

While the value of recording yourself in practice is priceless, in my next article, I will be discussing the importance of video-recording your performance during your actual presentation because what happens on the stage is not always what happens off the stage! 

The Voice Lady Nancy Daniels offers private, corporate and group workshops in voice and presentation skills as well as Voicing It!, the only video training program on voice improvement. Visit Voice Dynamic and watch Nancy as she describes Your Least Developed Tool!

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The magic power of words

June 4th, 2009 by aaks



THE MAGIC POWER OF WORDS

        The wonders of science in our present age have even bewildered the greatest magicians and sorcerers of the past and present age. The scientific inventions we use in our daily life have completely transformed our living standard. Thanks to them, there is world of difference between our past and present. It’s all magic. It’s all unbelievable. Yet, it is not greatest power at man’s disposal. The greatest power a man possesses is words. Surprised! Difficult to believe! But, it’s fact. Yes, it’s words, and only words.

 

        Words are wonderful mental manipulators. Professor John Tyndal, the English scientist, used to tell about the psychology of words used by his servant. Each morning, the elderly man would knock at the door and say: “Arise, Sir. It is nearly seven O’clock. You have great work to do this day!” See the power of words. They stimulate, inspire and motivate us to use our energy to the fullest to gain maximum. Encouraging words can do wonders for us. Our kind words can refresh and energize the people and give them fillip to do great and constructive work, sometimes even beyond their power and capacity. Good words gladden hearts and harsh words sadden and disappoint the listeners. We should not forget that a person can do his work with a broken hand, but not with a broken heart. Words of praise and admiration are indeed magical. Most of us love to be praised, appreciated and admired. Genuine praise and applause motivate us to work harder than ever. A singer, even if he is not paid handsomely, can sing a whole night if he/she finds an appreciative and discerning audience. A teacher can go on giving his lectures provided his class in attentive and appreciative.

 

           Words are of different kinds, affecting and influencing our life beyond our expectations. Sometimes, we fail to grasp their true power and how they affect our lives. We have different sort of words: Words of wisdom, words of humor, hate, love and thanks. Dynamic and resplendent words, Soft, persuasive, gentle and kind words, words of science, words of heaven and hell, glory and defeat. With these so many kinds of words, one can imagine how effective and valuable these words can prove to be provided they are effectively and efficiently controlled and used to out great advantage.

 

            Strange enough, most of us are unaware of the power of words and their effective use to make the most of them to be successful in our life. We hardly give the words their due importance. We are supposed to have good understanding of the words we use daily in both our written and spoken language. We must try to understand the meaning of words and use them accordingly. When someone asked Confucius the meaning of the word “Virtue”, the sage said: “Five things constitute virtue. They are courtesy, magnanimity, sincerity, earnestness, and kindness. With courtesy you avoid insult. With magnanimity you win all. With sincerity men will come to trust you. With earnestness and kindness you can achieve success.”

 

              Words have immense power to transform our life. What we need is to grasp their power to use them to our own advantage and to improve our relations with the people we come into contact. By using good, soft and pleasant words we can win the hearts of people and get their love, sincerity, devotion and dedication in return. Sweet words can make our world a happy Eden where nothing but love and peace reign supreme.

 

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How To Overcome Nervousness When You Speak In Public

June 4th, 2009 by aaks



Many people find it difficult to speak in public even after researching and preparing for their presentation. They feel nervous at the idea of addressing a large audience. In order to feel confident while speaking to a large audience, try the following tips -  

 a. While making the presentation

 i. Practice the presentation by standing straight. Your feet should be directly under your hips. It is most stable and best looking posture while giving a speech. Try to rehearse in this posture and maintain it all throughout the speech. You can do this in front of a friend or a mirror.

 ii. Keep your shoulder relax as the shoulder muscles support the larynx which affects our voice. Hence, don’t put pressure on your shoulders. Your shoulders should be relaxed. The muscles in the shoulders support directly your larynx, so it has a fast effect on your voice. Shoulders should be rolled out. 

iii. Rehearse a lot and think of the presentation as a performance. Every performance needs preparation and rehearsal. Warm up your voice by taking a deep breath. You should feel expansion in the rib cage and then exhale. Do these exercises three times. This will not only warm up your voice but will also relax you. Make a sound like a siren in which you start from a high note and then gradually go to the lowest note your voice has.  Practice this exercise many times to hit the low note which will come from the navel. This note is the natural pitch of your voice.

 b. Managing meeting skills

 i. While rehearing your speech, imagine your voice to be a laser beam that should reach the farthest of your audience. Direct your voice to be clear and outreaching. Your every word must reach your every audience. They should understand whatever you are speaking.

 ii. Direct your thoughts. You must keep your thoughts in control while giving the speech. Don’t let your thoughts wander, especially during the start and conclusion of your speech. Your speech should deliver the complete message and must fulfill its object

 iii. Your diction and pronunciation should be perfect. You must make sure that the message you are trying to convey is clear to your audience.

 c. During questions round

 i. You must relax and give yourself some breathing space. 

 ii. While answering a question, stay relaxed and don’t sound nervous. Take a deep breath as when we are nervous, we tend to hyperventilate. Hence to stop yourself from panicking, you must breathe before starting to answer a question. This will give you at moment to gather your thoughts and you will be able to give a more logical answer to the questions. 

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Surviving Speaking Disasters Review – Overcoming Public Speaking Fear

June 4th, 2009 by aaks



There are reviews to even the most mundane things. It’s not just reviews on plays, movies, or TV shows anymore. Surviving speaking disasters are also reviewed. If you surf the Internet, you will be surprised to see that there is a Surviving Speaking Disasters Review. There is a site that is allotted mostly to overcoming the fear of speaking in public. It is for everyone to see.

Speaking in public does not mean that it’s going to be the end of the world. The fear of speaking, as terrifying as it may seem to some people, can be overcome – just by practicing. According to the Surviving Speaking Disasters Review, anyone can overcome his or her fear of speaking in public.

These people basically figure out that by being afraid of speaking in public, they are holding themselves back.  They know that if they do this, they are not only holding themselves back toward success, they are also preventing themselves from enjoying life.

Surviving Speaking Disasters Review claims that one must not be afraid at the thought of speaking in public. If you are already afraid when you’re just thinking of doing it, what more if you’re actually doing it? They remind readers of the review that the fear of speaking in public can be the root of not being successful in life.

If you don’t get up to speak and you let your nerves get the best out of you, the people surrounding you will do the same thing to you.

Another important point that was brought up by the Surviving Speaking Disasters Review is that people think they have nothing interesting to say. This is why they’re silent most of the time. In their head, one already knows whether one must speak or stay mum. This is another exercise that is taught to those who join Surviving Speaking Disasters seminars.

It lets the person have the initiative or the gut to determine whether it is time for him to speak or just stay quiet. Whichever the case, it is important for the person to know the proper approach and the proper body language when speaking in public.

This lets him not forget what he wants to say. He also appears more confident and comfortable when he is standing in front of everyone to see. It advises the readers to know how to convey their messages and let the full attention of their audience stay on them.

Being afraid to speak in public is normal, but it is very important for people who are afraid to get over the fear in order for them to succeed in their lives.

If you want to learn how to overcome the fear of public speaking fast, i recommend you check out Get Applause Now by Darren La Croix, a public speaking world champion.

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Overcoming Public Speaking Phobia

June 4th, 2009 by aaks



Fear has a very important role in public speaking. Those who could overcome this eventually become good public speakers. Those who can’t and are afraid end up trembling every time they are asked to go in front.  Public speaking phobia is normal. A number of people have it. It is universal and is widely written.

For the people who have public speaking phobia, they are advised to study their speech. This is a communication task that they should work on. They view speeches as some kind of performances. It does not have to be daunting. Whenever they view this as a performance, they put more pressure on themselves because they view their audience as critics or judges.

It is true that when one speaks in public, one is judged and criticized, but that does not mean one should be afraid of this. Also, if they have this mentality, then they are only pulling themselves down. This mentality explains why public speaking phobia is along with the fear of death.

Those who are afraid to speak in public tremble as much as those who are afraid of dying. Both have the same level of stress inflicted on the individual.

The problem with those who have public speaking phobia is that they tend to view the ordinary communication encounters as public performance. This might prevent them from conveying their messages. But this approach is also a good stepping stone when one is being advised to overcome public speaking phobia.

He can be reminded that speaking in public does not have to be a performance. He can imagine that the audience is a close friend he is talking to. If he pulls this off, then he will be more confident and can finally say that he has overcome his public speaking phobia.

They have to also realize that speaking in public is just another communication orientation and they shouldn’t be afraid of it. They must regard it as a daily conversation so they can just be as normal and as natural speaking in public as they are speaking to a good friend.

Once they change their whole mindset then they wouldn’t get all the signals that make them nervous when they speak in public in the first place.  It takes some practice. Just advise the person to talk as much as they can in intimate settings.

Then when he gets the hang of it, maybe then he can eventually speak in public.

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Tips to improve presentation skills

June 4th, 2009 by aaks



Nobody is happy coping with the idea of having to present in front of an audience, even more; the people most used to speak in public show clear signs of anxiety and stress in their body language, but they are doing it, and in most cases they are doing it very well. If there are mistakes in the way they are presenting they will be forgiven by the audience.

Presenting in public is an uncomfortable situation; it clearly takes us out of our comfort zone. and there are bad and good news: the bad news is that this is never going to change, we are never going to feel comfortable in such situations, and however there is some good news: we can improve our presentation skills and do a better job in passing our message by following three golden rules 

Preparation

We tend to think that a good presentation has to have an elegant story being told by someone with an awesome voice and a very attractive and engaging body language, this is not always true. The best presentation is the one that achieves the goal of transmitting the message. Therefore defining the message is crucial and it has to be kept as top priority when designing the presentation, we have to remind that whoever communicates, changes defining this change that we want to perform and structuring our presentation is key for success. 

Rehearsal

We’ll never find our limits until we’ll actually try to reach them, once our presentation is ready, we defined that wonderful message and we know how to make it be understood by our audience, we must actually present it. The objective is to find what is not working well, where we find problems, check our voice tone and body language and correct what needs to be corrected. 

Performing the rehearsal alone would be enough, but recording it or doing it in front of somebody else will be of a great help. 

External aids

Now we know which message we want to pass, how to make it be understood and we have practiced until the limit, we feel we are ready, but there is still one step that needs to be done to make sure our presentation will be perfect and this is setting up some external aids, small things that will increase our level of self confidence. 

We could have a couple of people around, find them before we get started with the actual presentation and establish eye contact with them. 

We could prepare some notes that we’ll keep in our hands, this is highly recommendable for a couple of reasons; the preparation of the notes itself will help us in memorizing the key topics and it will increase our self confidence just by the fact of having something in our hands. If we fear that our audience could think that we are not enough prepared because of we have to hold notes, don’t worry, in fact the effect is the opposite and the audience tend to think that this is great because of you have spent some time to get ready for them. The size of the notes is important because of we won’t like to have big papers with us; it will be advisable to make it in hard paper and in a size that we can easily manage. 

We could make sure that we have a couple of comments or jokes ready to use as an escape valve when necessary. 

Following these three steps will dramatically improve our presentation skills; everybody is perfectly able to make a good presentation with a bit of preparation, rehearsal and usage of external aids.

 

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The Hidden Laws of Attraction – The First 6 Laws - The Secret of Deliberate Creation

June 4th, 2009 by aaks



How many times have you heard about the Hidden Laws of Attraction and The Secrets of Deliberate Creation, but still never found out what they are?  The truth of the matter is that the Laws of Attraction are always at work, but no one ever really breaks the laws down so that they make sense.

There are 11 Primary Hidden Laws of Attraction and the first 6 of those laws are the Secret of Deliberate Creation. Let’s look at the first 6 Laws one at a time and I’ll give you some tips on how to get them working for you now.  The 5 remaining laws are The Secret to Continued Deliberate Creation which I’ll discuss in the next article.

1st Hidden Law of Attraction: Law of Vibration

Your energy vibration level attracts similar levels of vibration.  What state are you in positive or negative? Change your state and change what you attract.

2nd Hidden Law of Attraction: Law of Intention

If you don’t know what you want you won’t attract anything specific.  Do you know what you want?  Get specific, write it down, what does it feel like, look like etc. Use all of your senses, surround yourself with images.

3rd Hidden Law of Attraction: Law of Purpose

It isn’t enough to know what you want; you have to know why you want it.  What is the purpose for the things you want? What will the things you desire do for you, your friends and loved ones, the world? Knowing what you want is your vision, knowing why is what fuels your vision.

4th Hidden Law of Attraction: Law of Singular Focus

You must have singular focus.  If the ultimate vision of what you want involves many steps, what is the first step?  Identify the first step and make that your singular focus.  Once you have achieved that goal, refocus to the next step and so on.  When you go into a restaurant, you look at the menu and decide what you want to order.  You order your drink and then your appetizer, then your main course and then the dessert.  Once you have placed your order you don’t keep calling the waiter back and changing what you want…if you did that you would never get any food.  It is the same with creating the life you desire.

5th Hidden Law of Attraction: Law of Inspired Action

Once you are clear on what you want, why you want it and have your singular focus, and then it is time for action.  This is important, you don’t want to take just any action; you want to take inspired action.  Most people start with action and then try to figure out what they want.  That’s the absolute reverse of how it works…you will know what the right action is when you have taken the time with the first 4 hidden laws of attraction, then you have to take that inspired action.  The idea that the law of attraction means that you just sit around and think about what you want and it comes to you is not true, it may come to you, but it will go right by you if you don’t take inspired action.

6th Hidden Law of Attraction:  Law of Momentum

Once you start taking inspired action the law of momentum will increase your efforts exponentially.  Don’t concern yourself with trying to change your life over night.  1 step of inspired action a day will create such a snowball of momentum that will be more than enough to bring you all of your desires and more.

The first 6 hidden laws of attraction are the Secret of Deliberate Creation the final 5 laws are the Secret of Continued Deliberate Creation which is the next level.  I’ll tell you all about the final 5 laws in my next article.

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Video Record Your Live Presentations and Become Your Own Best Critic

June 4th, 2009 by aaks



My last article dealt with video-recording yourself when you practice your presentation or speech.  While I value the lessons learned by video-recording yourself in practicing, don’t stop with your rehearsals.  The next step is to record your live presentation or speech.  How you deliver in front of a live audience will be a bit different than your delivery in practice; and, both situations need to be studied.

By recording the actual presentation, you will be able to see yourself in action.  Do you smile at times?  Do you have enough volume?  Were you heard?  Were you making eye contact with your audience?  Did you look natural and comfortable?  Were you understandable?  Did the pitch of your voice rise because of your nervousness? 

Many of the questions I am asking here are not covered in my first article because recording yourself in a practice session will not produce nervousness – at least it shouldn’t!  But my questions here deal with how you handle your nervousness.  For example, the pitch of the speaking voice will only rise unnaturally because of nervousness.  On the other hand, you may speak distinctly in your rehearsal but be considerably less intelligible in the live situation because you are subconsciously pulling back your volume.

Maybe you were speaking too quickly.  Speed is one of the most interesting components of public speaking that can never be judged honestly until you hear yourself in a recording.  You may speak at a good pace in normal conversation but increase your speed dramatically on stage because of excitement, nervousness, or because you want to get it over with as quickly as possible.

These are some of the easy questions to ask yourself as you listen and watch your performance.  But you need to go even further.  How did your audience react to you?  Many who successfully finish their speech or presentation often don’t remember what happened.  They are so thrilled to have it over that they can’t remember specifics.

This is where the video-recorder can be most beneficial.  If you have a few jokes that have gotten no response, for example, then maybe you should change your style of delivery.  Not everyone can tell a joke successfully.  Maybe your humor is funny to you but not to your audience.  On the other hand, your audience may have laughed at something you said that you had never considered humorous before.

You may have a wonderfully supportive audience who thanks you and was enamored with your presentation.  But you still don’t a visual or an aural representation of what really happened until you are able to playback the video and watch yourself in action

Become your own best critic if you want to be the best that you can be in public speaking.

The Voice Lady Nancy Daniels offers private, corporate and group workshops in voice and presentation skills as well as Voicing It!, the only video training program on voice improvement. Visit Voice Dynamic and watch Nancy as she describes Your Least Developed Tool!

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