Why Its Worth Fighting Your Dragons And Start Public Speaking!

Why Its Worth Fighting Your Dragons And Start Public Speaking!

Everyone hears about being nervous when speaking, and when you overcome it, you become confident and very successful.

What you dont hear from successful speakers is about the journey itself.

For example, when I started in the field of speaking, I was a corporate employee.

As a project engineer, I had to develop concepts and designs to solve problems within the plant.

I was good at this and yet my career progress was slow because I simply couldnt speak well, and I needed to present my proposals to obtain funding.

I would become nervous, tongue tied and confused.

So when I started my public speaking career I was so scared and terrified, that even the thought of being in front of a group of people, made me feel physically sick, and would make my heart race so much, I thought I was having a heart attack.

Clearly, I didnt want to go through my life like that so I did some training and got ready for my Maiden speech.

With this speech I was competing for a prestigious Silver Cup and I was excited because I thought I was going to win it.

I walked out onto...