How To Deal With A Fear Of Public Speaking

Fear of public speaking is the number one of all fears. In the words of Mark Twain: “There are 2 types of speakers: those that are nervous and those that are liars”. Our bodies are programmed from prehistorical times to react to fear with fight or flight––fight that animal or run out of its way. But that surge of adrenalin no longer helps us when we give a speehc. So we have to learn to manage it.
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