What you need to know as a novice public speaker
What you need to know as a novice public speaker
Plateaux in the curve of learning:
We never learn anything - be it playing a keyboard, golf, speaking a new language say french, or public speaking by means of gradual improvement. Friends often we advance by sudden jerks and abrupt starts. Then we may remain stationary for a few weeks, or even lose some of the proficiency we have gained. Psychologist call these periods of stagnation "Plateaux in the curve of learning". We may strive hard for a long time and not be able to get off one of the "Plateaux" and on to an upward ascent again. Some people, not realizing this curious fact about the way we progress, get discouraged on these plateaux and abandon all effort. That is extremely regrettable, for if they were to persist, if they were to keep on practicing, they would suddenly find that they had lifted like an aeroplane and made tremendous progress again overnight.
It's also necessary we come to the understanding that you may never be able to speak without some nervous anxiety just before you begin. But, if you will preserve, you will soon eradicate everything but this initial fear; and, after you have spoken for a few seconds, that, too, will disappear.
Professor James has pointed out that one need have no anxiety about the upshot of his education, that if he keeps faithfully busy, "he can, with perfect certainty, count on waking up some fine morning to find himself one of the competent ones of his generation, in whatever pursuit he may have singled out". This psychological truth that the famous sage of Harvard has enunciated applies to you and your efforts in learning to speak. There can be no question about that. The men who have succeeded in this have not been, as general rule, men of extraordinary ability. But they were endowed with persistence and dogged determination. Now you see them as hero's, someday you too can become a hero if you keep practicing and learning.
Never under estimate the power of positive thinking, fill your mind with positive thoughts about how success you are at public speaking. Soon enough your fantasy will become theory. Never let fear and anxiety fill your mind with discouraging thoughts.
I sincerely desire that you become confident about giving an address anywhere and anytime.
Plateaux in the curve of learning:
We never learn anything - be it playing a keyboard, golf, speaking a new language say french, or public speaking by means of gradual improvement. Friends often we advance by sudden jerks and abrupt starts. Then we may remain stationary for a few weeks, or even lose some of the proficiency we have gained. Psychologist call these periods of stagnation "Plateaux in the curve of learning". We may strive hard for a long time and not be able to get off one of the "Plateaux" and on to an upward ascent again. Some people, not realizing this curious fact about the way we progress, get discouraged on these plateaux and abandon all effort. That is extremely regrettable, for if they were to persist, if they were to keep on practicing, they would suddenly find that they had lifted like an aeroplane and made tremendous progress again overnight.
It's also necessary we come to the understanding that you may never be able to speak without some nervous anxiety just before you begin. But, if you will preserve, you will soon eradicate everything but this initial fear; and, after you have spoken for a few seconds, that, too, will disappear.
Professor James has pointed out that one need have no anxiety about the upshot of his education, that if he keeps faithfully busy, "he can, with perfect certainty, count on waking up some fine morning to find himself one of the competent ones of his generation, in whatever pursuit he may have singled out". This psychological truth that the famous sage of Harvard has enunciated applies to you and your efforts in learning to speak. There can be no question about that. The men who have succeeded in this have not been, as general rule, men of extraordinary ability. But they were endowed with persistence and dogged determination. Now you see them as hero's, someday you too can become a hero if you keep practicing and learning.
Never under estimate the power of positive thinking, fill your mind with positive thoughts about how success you are at public speaking. Soon enough your fantasy will become theory. Never let fear and anxiety fill your mind with discouraging thoughts.
I sincerely desire that you become confident about giving an address anywhere and anytime.
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This is good bro I can see why you’re so free. But you need to make the tips into individual sub headings for a better reading experience
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