What you don't know about stress

Stress is a serious problem of Western civilization. Most people don't know there are two types of stress. One of them is what we usually think of - negative tension, us less effective, destroyed our self-esteem and is really unpleasant. According to need. But it is a different kind of stress, which is really pleasant. It makes very excited feel us and fills us with positive emotions. It is called a stressor. It makes us ready for new challenges and gives us a lot of energy.

Really interesting is that the chemical reactions that take place in our brain are always the same. There are exactly the same hormones released, if we feel frightened by a dog, and if we feel a joy of ride in your new car. And they often cause the same symptoms as a pounding heart, vertigo… What is different is our perception of these symptoms.

What does it really mean? That what we feel (fear or excitement) is, that we, of the situation. If we change our perception of a given situation in a position, we can easily change how we feel. And the "bad stress" (not) may disappear. We find a good example of this in to speak in public. Many people who believe that talk, they need to perfectly, know all the answers and the number one expert on the world to recognized and be appreciated. Therefore, talk in public is very stressful event for such people. And in many cases, the solution is quite simple. It is enough to realize we need not, significant added value to the public be perfect. Then just focus on this value, and how we can add it. And the most part of fear can disappear or change even in excitement. It all depends on what we believe.

Serious damage to health and the condition of people today make distress. It adds to the depression, heart attacks, and is a hidden cause of many other diseases. The high level of negative stress is such a common problem, that everyone should be the difference between these two types of stress and do something bad in the good to turn a.

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Common sense tips, public speaking anxiety

For some people, their is publicly to talk about fear so problematic, they consider it their biggest fear in life. I have wrote something to the reasons of the fear of public speaking in previous posts. In this text I would like to give practical tips you can use immediately. Here are five tips and one common sense ' ultimate secret Ninja methods just for you.

First - knowledge of the place.

You have to get used to the situation. Go, you will speak with to the space. Are in the place you are in the conversation. If it is possible to do a dress rehearsal (according to when the conditions permit, but also helps, that in your mind). This, that sample, also walking distance from the seat, which, the click on the stage seating will be. Everything as it was a real event. The point, that is, that body and mind must get used to this situation. We fear what is unknown, so is the objective to introduce this situation.

Secondly - you know the audience.

If you can make only these people, who will be the audience before the speech. Learn as much about them as you can. Ask questions which you customize your presentation, what they need and expect. If you previously cannot meet them, you eliminate early on the day of the presentation. Have a chat with one other early arrivals. During a speech you keep eye contact with them from time to time. If you had a good relationship, this will be very helpful.

Thirdly - you know your material.

Samples it loudly on a mirror. Do it several times. How to visit a real presentation were to samples. Not as an exercise only handle, you act, think of how it was a real event, there are people sitting before. Gestures would be doing here, have this vote as you were talking to a real people. If you have questions, some friends, a role of the target group for you. If you do not agree, you can use your dog for this purpose.

Fourthly - take visual notes.

Make a mental map or concept map of your speech instead of only usual linear notes. This will feel you more unprejudiced with your material, and if from a different angle to understand. People see something, is that not only repeating that you saved, however, that you really your speeches have been integrated with what. Of course if you know your material well being large, what is important to know this out, should be deep and inside and not just stored. Some mental card can help with that.

Fifthly - focus on the audience.

When you start preparing for your speaking event, and if you do a speech, you should focus on one thing. Value people to listen to you. The essential thing is to get somehow enriched you want something good to them that feeling, you should by this session. This idea should guide you through the entire process, from the date of acceptance of the German-speaking invitation to the last minutes of the presentation. This will take you in quite different position, if you your power on ' question simply me, whether they like what I say '. If you like thinking, it is the audience, something to you, and you are on the position of the dependency will be. It is not the right way. Focus on type, disappears on trying to get, and many of your fear to speak publicly. This is to speak of a kind of inner game.

6Th place - imagine a physical movement.

The last tip is less "common sense", the the previous ones. Use it if you are only two seconds before the presentation starts. Do some physical activity. If your audience is not displayed, you can submit quick knee. In other cases, clench your fists and relax them, or anything else to do, the less visible. Combine it with change in your body position make some steps. This is very likely that your change immediately emotional state.

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To public speaking anxiety reasons part3

We come back to the public why fear talk. I think you wrote key message a few days ago. Today second of it. Even if you know what you want to say, not sure how to express, may. You may wonder if they will say you able to get your message through this special audience will be. It's to say how things which argument to use, what style of presentation. If you not have all that sure things it of course, that you feel a certain fear. And this fear can fear and anxiety can even turn sometimes panic.

How to deal with it? The main thing is to do your audience a correct research on. Make sure that you know how old you are, what gender and what you do for a living. Perfect scenario met someone who is there as a listener. Ask how you him or your questions:

• What would like to hear these people on?


• What are your current opinions on?


• What are your experiences and knowledge in the area, you will talk about the it?


• What do you see as interesting, and what unnecessary?

You hale this information, adjust the shape and style of the presentation token of your audience. You will be able to speak your language, prepare an explanation and examples easy to understand for you. Thanks that you know you will understand that you, and you'll be able to get your message across.  And you, that your fear is reduced as well.

Another way is universal linguistic pattern to use to make every message more attractive and powerful. To give you a picture of what I there you make speech, perhaps rhetorical device called antithesis - two opposite concepts together. As John F. Kennedy said "what not asks your country for you;" "can do when questions you what you can do for your country". I can explore more information on a separate post.

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Use three rules for PowerPoint

PowerPoint Sidle show is common during a public presentation in companies around the world. Unfortunately is wrong almost all used. It was so wrong as synonymous with boring, stunning presentation. In this short article presented this tool use three simple rules with which to attract public attention.

First PowerPoint rule - use not PowerPoint. If you really don't. And I don't mean "really need" situations such as "customers expect that" or "we always it use". "Have to" my I after the presentation is your boss come to you and tell you "You fired, because you use not PowerPoint". In any other situation will be better to replace slides with properly selected presentation techniques. The time you would spend slides on designing better will create interesting stories and examples that show what you want to say or work out at a mirror. To have not PowerPoint your presentation use, please do not continue to read this text.

If still you, now I will give you some tips that you use good impression despite the slide show. Second PowerPoint rule - use minimum amount of slides and wager minimum amount of content on a slide. Minimum amount of content means - a message that expressed in the simplest form possible.

Best option is, if there no text on the slides at all, only photos or pictures, reinforce your message. Images should not say something of themselves (without you speak) - so if staying in your slide show would view someone silence itself, it should not in a position to say what it is. During the presentation if your narrative slides should immediate effect bring settlement payment. Let not audience questions, "What is this film about?". Usually it is the best choice if fills full screen picture or photo.

Do you absolutely enter text, let its short cue, not very long sentences. For example set as "simplify message compelling linguistic constructions as a way of strengthening" to replace each word: co-wrote "simple" great script with background illustrate the idea of simplicity (such as showing black stone on a white background) photo taken. This rule your slides should remove anything that could take out the attention of key message - this applies to title and logo.

Third rule PowerPoint - use the 'B'-button on your keyboard. This is probably of PowerPoint and at the same time the most useful of convincing your message to strengthen one of the least known features. It makes screen turn completely black (just as it has been turned off). During the presentation not slides should appear, if it does not support what you're saying exactly in the given moment. This may mean that the blackout mode screen will be most of the time - and that's very good!

These three rules which I recognize as the most important. If just set of slides will cut and on you to the minimum, and "Power off" you say screen of everytime slide directly illustrate what content, enjoy the huge positive difference in the attractiveness of your presentation.

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Attention paradox

It is something that usually in the context of not talking of a speech. This is something we talk not really at all. This is our inner search for attention from others. Need to feel accepted, liked, are recognised and praised is something that everyone feels. Even Sigmunt Freud said long ago that in addition to sexual instincts it search for recognition, the human behavior drives — there are so heavily treated as one of two main motivators of human kind. So the fist thing you need to understand is that it something that everyone feels, and this is very, very strong. The second important thing is that most people that is this necessity of were met far, far away. You remain to civilization in life does not let you contact, enter and get attention and appreciate each other. We all are insatiable. We need attention and recognition as a man needs water to a desert.

This need and status 'hungertod' are so strong that when we in a position to speak in public, it is the struggle for life and death as location for our psyche. We know that we can get... successful public speaking so much does insane. Yet we feel that it will be disaster - if we are rejected, although this is not true because we get less attention if we fail.

Is the solution for fear, treating situation holds a speech as an opportunity attention-seeking stop. Reverse you - give attention to your audience, show you about you really and prepare your presentation in advance before, so you sure that it meets audience needs. This will print you take (as you want to get attention), but also will make that monitor you more attractive to people. Remember you need attention, and if it will give you, see you as one of the most charismatic man you met.

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Practice!

You can do right all mental exercises, visualizations, anchors and all other things... but if you will practice your improvements are not to be likely anyway slow. This works the same in every field we can consciously develop. Practical training is the best way to learn any skill we can learn. It also helps to adapt to new situations, and this is very helpful in reducing the fear. To speak speaking about the public fear, there are several ways you can get even solid portion of practice. And many of you are practically free. I want to speak some ways of getting to share in public.

Discussion boards. All places where you can talk to a group. A discussion clubs often have student organizations, and there are often movies discussion boards at universities or "theatre groups" added. These are some help. What is most important is these meetings as a lemon squeeze. Make sure you really talk when you can. You engage stood on one page. This is a great opportunity for students College with this kind of Club and Board is packed.

Toastmasters clubs. The clubs are strictly for people who want to speak to train. You meet once a week. Only a few of you brings material that Thye prepared and everyone has keep a chance, a short speech. Paid membership, this rather small fee is the numbers of materials you can get. As part of the membership you get some books with lessons gradually learn how attractive presentations to make.

Karaoke. Yes, karaoke! If the party and karaoke, why not you make to a use of it? Go and sing! End if you are still in this party so far as now, it's time for your first time. There especially in this purpose to train, 'speak public' from a different angle than we normally think. Treat this point as Mein quirk'. Use no chance, train and use for public performance. This is how learning to drive. You learn quickly, if you drive different cars, not only have a chance. What counts is variety of experiences. It will make elastic, and this will help you in many, many situations.

Education at a mirror. I this method is the most basic. Just enter your presentation looking at the mirror. You can also video camera record speech. So many can eliminate you if you're making small mistakes. There can be some introduction to other exercise to speak publicly to get rid of fear.

Look for most people, but many of you theme as an opportunity at these ideas that are mentioned above something that is simply not accessible. I ask to start practicing as soon as you can. After a while it is lighter and easier to mix it with other methods if you will.

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Personal goal in public speaking

When preparing a speech to a group of people there are, only we should do a few things in preparation at the very beginning. One the most important one of you is set clear goal for our presentation. We should know what we want. What change do we in our audience minds and hearts to make. 'Mental what place' we want to go. Simplify this task for you, I will describe briefly most common target categories. This may help you, find your own presentation purpose.

Conviction - is to make simple something. Believe in something, to do something or to stop, to do something. It is particularly important to prepare well in the art of seduction. The more you know and understand current beliefs of your audience, the easier it is to seduce.

Sales - this is a part of persuasion (also most so I thing it deserves separate description). Like in the above point is people you are going to influence the key factor are proper research about anyone. We should know what needs and problems does have our audience. Thanks to this, we will talk in able to sell our solution, without much. This is because everything we'll tell you will make sense. What you want will be targeted.

Education - sometimes we need to transmit knowledge we have in our mind in their heads. What is important here is to make this process nice and easy. We need to attract the message. This is especially true when our presentation is abort technical staff, and there are non-technical people in the audience. This attractiveness is influenced by the language we use, our body language, the rhetorical devices to include in the speech and the sound of our voice.

Motivation - This is part of the daily work for many managers, and of course motivational speakers. What is the decisive factor here to tell an interesting story that arouses emotions and brings some news with you. Best scenario be from my own experience.

These four objectives are only most common categories and own personal goal may be somewhere between two of you, can be mixed in only a few of you or maybe something else. I hope that helped you a little with the Mission of your personal presentation purpose.

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