No More Stage Fright! 3 Causes of Alleged ‘Stage Fright’.

One of the biggest myths about public speaking is the whole notion of stage fright. Stage fright DOES NOT EXIST! If you doubt me, have you ever seen anyone go into a meeting room, auditorium or lecture hall and come out screaming, “Oh no! There is a stage in there. Run for your lives!”??? Never! What happens is, when people start speaking, they never are afraid of ‘the stage’. They only get afraid of people. It is not stage fright, it’s people fright.

ONE: How many people do you need in your audience before you get ‘afraid’? If you speak one-on-one, are you afraid? No? two on one? Five on one? How about 10 people in your ‘audience’? 20? 50? 100? 1000? There comes a point for most people when the NUMBER of people is what makes them nervous.

TWO: Sometimes it is WHO is in the audience. If you are with your best friends, are you nervous speaking? No? What about your top 5 bosses? A critical group of peers? A group of top clients? Celebrities? Sometimes people are afraid of individuals in the audience, another form of people fright.

THREE: Another common fear is from not knowing the subject matter. You are speaking to your church, temple, mosque, school or some other group of friendly people but you did not prepare your remarks. You think you will make a fool of yourself. Again, that is not stage fright, it’s people fright.

Get rid of the myth of stage fright and you can begin to work on what is REALLY the matter, your fear of people. In future blogs, we will address how to cope with people fright when speaking.

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