Public Speaking Anxiety Tips: 6 Mindset Tips 

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Ever been in a crowd and witnessed someone on stage start to fall apart from nerves? Remember how awkward it was, how bad you wanted it to stop and how much you wanted them to regain composure? Whenever I'm about to speak I just remind myself that everyone in the crowd is quietly cheering for me and is on my team. This really helps me. Hopefully it helps someone else.

I just noticed I can't do a public speech . I become nervous and start repeating words and sweating just begins as my heartbeat increases .

My problem during public speech or even in a meeting is that I talk too fast, and the worse part is that my mind stops thinking much and I often repeat the same thing over and over again in very plain language as my vocabulary fails since the mind isnt thinking much. It's all due to nervousness. I dont look nervous but my low quality speech gives it away. Worse, people think my knowledge about the subject is shallow based on that speech. Later, my head is filled with remorse over 100 different ways I could have communicated my thoughts better and all the arguments I could have given. However, everytime I speak, the language and vocabulary gets very banal, repetitive and boring.

Thank you so much, Alex! I just did a presentation in front of 200 colleagues and executives and it went really well! Your tips really helped me!

Totally agree. I did toastmasters and realized that practicing my speech gets me through that first 30 seconds and then I’m fine. It not about being nervous, it about dealing with it.

Great points...years back I had what was in my mind a total melt down. When I sat down, the lady next to me said, "great job".....I asked her if I seemed nervous and she said, "not at all".....ever since then I always remind myself of this story and plow through the nervousness that inevitably will happen.

I would say a big one for me is preparation. Giving your speech in front of a family member or the mirror to solidify the message in your mind is one of the single best things I do before an event that really provides me the confidence to push through the nerves and successfully get my message across.

"Everybody is rooting for you", That's true i always want my peers to do amazingly well

Thank you for these tips! I wish I had heard this years ago! My first experience with public speaking traumatized me. I was in 6th grade trying out for a Shakespeare play. I had my part down pact. I was so excited to try out!!! However, when I stood up and faced the class, the butterflies hit so hard that all I could do was giggle. I had never experienced anything like it. I didn’t even know I was afraid! my teacher, told me that I had a fear of public speaking. I’ve held onto that belief for 30 years! It never occurred to me that any of those butterflies were caused by excitement. I’ve avoided public speaking like the plague my entire life. Maybe just maybe there isn’t something wrong with me, and someday I may be able to speak in public.

The 50% nervous and 50% excitement really hit it on the nail for me, I’ve never really thought about it that way until you said that👍

I just started getting into voice over work for a youtube channel im starting. It's funny that even in my own room with no one around, I still get nervous before I start recording. It took me a while to figure out how to breathe while speaking. I'm on week 2 of this and still yesterday I was nervous while recording. I think you are correct, though. I think a big part of it is excitement. These tips are helpful, thank you!

Point 4 Point 5 is so true! Sometimes things can go badly if we are not nervous beforehand. Nervousness can give us the motivation to prepare ahead of time.

Thank you for your videos. I’m looking forward to going through more of them as someone who has had a stutter their whole lives, this is refreshing and nice to hear!

It feels so good to listen to you. I'm reassured to know that it's not just me who freaks out like crazy before speaking in public. the last time I gave an oral presentation I thought I was going to die waiting. But it went well. It always goes well anyway.

I'd say my most intense anxiety, is while I'm speaking or playing, and can ignore it before i get up or play. I feel like I'm having a mini panic attack while speaking or performing. I need these tips.

Thank you so much for sharing these great tips! I resonate with #6 for sure! I recently was asked to speak about my tea products in front of a group of panelists and attendees. And I felt so supported because just before I provided them with samples of my tea; they absolutely loved it from the taste to the benefits. That gave me a great deal of ease and reassurance to speak confidently without nerves.

I have a speech coming up and I was chosen to speak infront of 200 pupils, im praying these tips will help! I'll edit this comment after the speech🙂 Edit: it helped me alot! It wasn't as bad as I thought, and now I'm more confident in speaking infront of a small audience !!

I rewatched this video again tonight. That spike of nervousness does come back down. I noticed this today during an initial screening call from a recruiter. I tried to remain calm and it went fine 🙂

I’ve been speaking/preaching for 18 years, and I wish I had these videos 18 years ago. They’re helping me every week. Thank you for all the help!

Assume that everybody is rooting for you is the one that stuck with me. I'm a very positive person but when going into certain conversations, mostly when I need to get an important idea across or things that I NEED to happen I get nervous about the other person. Thx for the tips. I am definitely gonna think about that one next time.

One of the best lessons on any subject I’ve ever seen. Thank you ever ever so much !

Number one should be preparation. That instills confidence and melts away the anxiety.

These tips helped me… I have 3 upcoming speaking opportunities. The tip about the audience rooting for me, will help me get through them.

This video popped up the same day I am to give a presentation at the university. I am amazed how much my nerves calmed down after watching this video

6th point will help us in making us progress

I don't want this to be awkward, but when you said "Those butterflies are proof that you're alive, and about to do something special" it legitimately brought a tear to my eye. Thank you.

Understanding my nerves as excitement has helped me treat my anxiety. Thank you Mr. Lyon

Your vibe is really great. I appreciate the authenticity and helpfulness. Thank you.

My favourite, u don't look nervous as you feel. Its true many a times happened to me. After my spech , when i check with fellow people , they say you are good. But i thought may be i am screwing up while delivering speech

Agreed! Practice, practice, practice! Another tip I do while I practice, is to do it in front of a full length mirror then I can see how I look! Or you could do a video recording of yourself! People don't see you thru their eyes, they see you thru your eyes!

ive heard that i dont appear that anxious when im public speaking and im like WHAT? i actually had thoughts of running out of the building right after starting the speech

Thank you. I think Knowing that anxiety and nervousness won't stop me from doing a good job and getting my points across is the most helpful idea for me. It also me to realize that it's not about me. It's about getting the information to the audience and helping them understand

Thank you for this. What resonated the most with me was the fact that anxiety and excitement are basically the same kind of energy/emotion , just viewed in different ways . So once you change your definition of what anxiety is and the way you look at it ,then it becomes a powerful tool for your own evolution !

Thank you for your Tips! I will take your advice and think about them as I go through my life of public speaking.

Good stuff!! I love the tip about "others' don't see how nervous you are." Thank you for the info! 🙏

I'm really encouraged and I wasn't even looking for public speaking tips thank you!

Thanks very much! Outstanding video!!

Este video ha llegado a mi vida en el momento correcto. Siempre me he puesto nerviosa para hablar en público, pero con el tiempo logré en parte superarlo. Ahora que soy madre veo que mi hijo también es ansioso y me parece genial tener estos consejos para apoyarlo en sus actividades académicas. Muchas gracias.

Awesome piece on anxiety. I used to say, "Nervousness is giving a damn about your subject matter unless you are all ego and that's on you." LOL!

Thank you very much, a great list! *Stillness* cultivates the mind to receive. In stillness you find that things are known already that you have neglected thus far. From these practice periods your mind will become more refined and have greater depth, *greater concentration and a greater focus in all aspects of your life.* From: Steps to Knowledge - The Book of Inner Knowing, Step 184 by *Marshall Vian Summers*

One of the better videos on RU-vid about this topic! Well done!!

All true things. Once you get going it’s usually all good and knowing this makes it more easy to pass. Also, I like to imagine how I feel when I listen to someone else speak and realize that nobody is there to put pressure on you. As im typing this, this is being explained in the video.

I wish I had had a public speaking teacher like you in college. I had kind of an uninspiring old woman who didn't light any kind of fire in me to continue practicing public speaking after I finished the class.

Thank you, this is really great.

Great tips! I definitely have a huge take away from this video. I've found myself to struggle with nerves before speaking in front of a large or unfamiliar audience. Fear of the unknown/uncertainty plays a role and it would certainly help to imagine that your audience is there to listen to and support you.

I was a factory rep for 20 years with a big company and 20 with my own company, one key thing that will help you a lot is preparation. By that I mean have written down your key points let's say six and then some little sub points below that and kind of time yourself in practice move from one to the other smoothly and then the final thing should be the wrap up and ask if there's any questions but I wouldn't ask for questions till the end so you can get this stuff in their head, it works better that way some people may not prefer that but I like trying to get the information in their head now if it's a real casual meeting let's say 10 people in a room 15 maybe then you can relax and give them a little time for questions but remember your total time should not be more than 30 minutes you can always do it again, but after 30 minutes their brain power starts to drop and their interest stops to drop, so you can do a lot in that time maybe you only should cover one or two subjects rather than five or six but practice it do some timing and move from one point to the other and if it's a big audience don't ask for questions till the last and then restrict the questions. The main thing to sum up things always ask does everyone understand what I'm talking about here and do you have any major questions or do you have any questions and then answer those questions but keep that. Kind of short too remember 30 to 45 minutes is about it.

great talk!!! I can definitely relate!

Stronghold vocabulary of a language , experience faced by us in public speaking , will also play important role in reducing anxiety . Really this video is excellent .

I would say #5 because embracing this is a key to growth (in my personal opinion)

i think it's true that anxiety spikes in the first 60 seconds, sometimes i get too nervous but in the next minute i'm getting calmer

Thank you so much for the tips. Helps me a lot💐

Thank you very much for sharing those wonderful tools. I really didn't expect so good advices. I subscribe right now :)

Thank you. This was awesome

Thanks Prof.These tips are awesome

Thank you these are practical points that helped me a lot

Totally agree ♡ Thank you so much ♡

Very insightful, useful and practical tips... great video! I think that opening a speech or presentation with point 4, the spike of nervousness - would be a great way to overcome those first 60 seconds of nerves, as well as provide an engaging and helpful tip to pass onto the audience and then roll into it. "Good morning everyone and thanks for being here... well, I'm nervous as sh!t right now!! and I have about 30 seconds of peak nervousness still to get through. Let me share with you what I mean. You see, the great what's

The fifth point helped me push through my speeches although I'm very young.Thanks for mentioning this this point!(The other points were great too)

I love the way you speak, it's amazing.

My problem is I do appear as nervous as I feel. If I could mask it better it would be better. But people often tell me I look really nervous.

Something I need to work on is rambling towards the end of something like an interview question or prayer. I feel like I get more nervous towards the end as if I’m looking for more content and sometimes overreaching. I’ve heard of the tip: speak like how you write. Speak briefly about a header, body, and conclusion. Each being about a sentence. Easier said than done.

This is useful. Thank you!

Thank you sir! ❤

very helpful. Thanks.

Super helpful. Love the idea that anxiety is normal and not a performance factor. My question is how do I reduce anxiety for the whole hour before? Nauseating sometimes

Assume ! Everybody is rooting for you! l love this tips thanks! greetings from Santiago Chile 🇨🇱👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💫💫💫🌿🌿🌿

Thank you for very good advice.A very nervous person thank you again .

Thanks, this helped alot❤

Thank you!

Makes so much sense.

this was so good!!

You are awesome sir.❤❤

All the tips were great. Thank you so much

Nervousness is a sense of excitement as well as starting something important. we all get nervous.

I watched a lot of RU-vid videos about public speaking and went for a meeting today with all the tips in my mind. And my turn came and I absolutely froze and became numb, and could not speak more than one line. I had to request my colleague to take over. I'm shattered at how bad I'm at this, that too in front of people whom I've been working with for years. I don't think I can ever do this again and I'm gonna take some medical help

number 5is what I needed to hear.

Thank you.

Finally got the video which I was looking. Great video 🤟

For me the peak of anxiety is right before speaking and before ending as I don't know how it went. In between its a wave pattern up and down. It shows when thought anxiety I lack air and have difficulty saying words. If I close my eyes everything is better but facing people is stressful. That's why I don't like eye contact more than a few seconds. Deep breathing doesn't help. It a wide spread false belief. Even if I breath deeply and try to relax before standing up a strong tension builds the chest and lungs.

Thank you sir, every video you create is very informative, it helps me a lot. Continue educating people❣️

I love your video ^^ Thank you!

I am grateful to your videos^^

Thanks a lot

Your comment on Channel Makers brought me here. Loved your tips, I need to get better at speaking and communicating. I subbed. I hope to learn a lot from you!

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Thank you sir

The last tip, I am sure that it will help me a looot.

Wow... One of the solution for anxiety ❤

Thank you for ❤

Thanks!

Wow its a lot, but worthy it, thank you so much

Very useful tips

Thank you for the good tips, l think if I prepare for public speaking the good tip that will help me when l see the audience happy

Great video!

Very nice tips, I tried these and it goes well, thanku 👍🏻

Loved the last tip..

This is one of the channels that gave me the courage to start my RU-vid channel 7 months ago about self development. Now I have 754 subs and > 200 hours of watch time. I know it’s not comparable with others but I’m still proud I started because I’ve been learning so many lessons that I could haven’t learned without getting started in the 1st place.

thank you

Even your speaking rhythm is relaxing