“You suck! You’re a failure! Why do you even try? All you do is make mistakes you loser! And you smell…”How would you respond to someone if they said those things to you? You’d probably return fire or even start throwing dukes around. Those are fightin’ words!So why the hell do we take that kind of crap from our internal … Read More
Not Having One Will Make Overcoming The Fear Of Public Speaking Stupid Difficult!
When you take on the fear of public speaking, you don’t truly know what you’re up against until you actually do it. It doesn’t matter if you’re a pile of muscles like Schwarzenegger or a Navy SEAL, public speaking can bring the toughest people to their knees. To top it off, in contrast to a child who soaks things up … Read More
Bowling, Stage Time, and Overcoming Fear of Public Speaking
This week I decided to change it up. No article this week…Check out the video below for what this week’s post is all about. You’ll also find out how bowling relates to stage time! Share this post because Stage Time matters! About this guy… Howdy! My name is Matt Kramer and I used to suffer excruciating death when speaking in … Read More
7 Wacky Ways People Deal With The Fear Of Public Speaking
The fear of public speaking is an epidemic, and people will do just about anything to cope with it. Most deal with it using mental tricks, which is not actually wacky. As silly as it sounds to picture your audience in their underwear, the methodology behind it is actually on point. The fear is mental (although symptoms are physical) and a refined … Read More
You Have To Do This If You Want To Overcome Your Fear Of Public Speaking
Do you really want to overcome the fear of public speaking? Like for real, for real? Or just kinda sorta wanna? Let me tell you a little secret: your chances of overcoming the fear of public speaking without speaking in front of a real audience is almost zero.Information alone ain’t gonna cut it. Then again, neither will “just do it” suffice. Unless … Read More
Stop Letting Your Critic Treat You Like Trash
The fear of public speaking is very real. I’ve covered the fear extensively over the past couple years and this year won’t be any different. One significant reason that facing up to the fear (and eventually overcoming it) remains a hardcore adversity is a fierce internal critic. The inner judge varies in jerkishness from person to person, but in each of … Read More
Do You Fear Public Speaking? You Should Probably Know About The Confidence Hat…
Confidence: What exactly does that mean? It’s always been an ambiguous word to me, in line with the likes of “success” or “business orientated technical solution mechanisms.” Used so much we’ve developed a blindness to it—a worn out cliché riding on the coattails of its former self. That’s all it ever was to me. And why not? It’s not a physical, tangible … Read More
The Secret To Learning ANY New Skill
The new site is officially LIVE!!! That is, if I don’t screw something up soon… You’ll notice right away that the header is different… Now that’s some serious changeeeee! Stylistically and functionally it may seem about the same, but looks can be deceiving. Expect some new additions soon. I must admit, this has been a technical nightmare having to switch my … Read More
Open Letter To Public Speaking Gurus And Mystics
This is an open letter to all the public speaking gurus, coaches, experts and mystics. Ignore at your own peril. Time and time again do the most obvious and not-so-sexy things get ignored and go unreported by you public speaking bigwigs. Well I’m not gonna stand for it any longer! Specifically, it’s the advice you give to those wanting to overcome … Read More
Stop Waiting For Permission From The Gatekeeper
At what point is it “okay” to start on your path? Your “path” could be a professional speaker, an author, a teacher, a coach, or just about anything you want to do. Have you ever been told that you “need” to do X, Y, and Z before you can start something? Usually these rules and regulations are promoted by gatekeepers. A gatekeeper could be … Read More