"According to most studies, people's number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you're better off in the casket than doing the eulogy."
~Jerry Seinfeld
The Fear of public speaking is nothing new to most of us. Everybody has felt it at some point in their life. It gets better with time, but I don't think it ever really goes away, but that doesn't mean that we're prepared to be slaves to our fears.
Blogger Scott Young feels the same way and has posted 5 very interesting "hacks" that I believe can be very useful in releaving some of the stress of public speaking...
Hack #1: Rephrase Questions
When you get asked a question, spend a few seconds to rephrase the question. If you are giving a speech to an audience this has the first benefit of clearly stating the audience members question for everyone to hear. But the hidden benefit of doing this is that it gives you a few extra seconds to prepare a response.
Polished professional speakers and interview veterans can prepare for common questions in advance with a great reply. But if you don’t have the experience or a question throws you off balance, you can maintain composure by rephrasing the question. To everyone it looks as if you immediately knew an eloquent response, but in reality you were given a few seconds to process a response.
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