I believe that biggest thing that makes me apprehensive about public speaking is the fact there is an entire audience keying onto your words, concentrating on only you. It feels as if the focus of the entire audience is on you; listening to what you say, how you say it and how you look while saying it.
When speaking, I feel like the entire event is geared around perfection, and anything less then that is easily spotted by the audience. I feel like I have to actively think about addressing all the points in a speech while keeping it the appropriate length in time, and while doing that, making sure everything flows smoothly so that the audience does not see any break in continuity.
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I too feel this when I speak. I dislike the feeling that if I make a mistake the whole class will think I am a horrible speaker. Perfection seems to be the only option for public speaking. I rarely have a perfect speech. I hope this class can help us all perfect our speaking abilities in a comfortable environment and with a helpful culture. You could always try to picture the audience in their under wear. I wouldn’t suggest it as I have tried it once and it wasn’t successful. When I started speaking all I could do was to think about how ridiculously insane someone would have to be to come to class in their under wear. In the end my whole speech was mixed up and I didn’t get the point across.
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