From the course: Preparing for Successful Communication
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Practice delivery
From the course: Preparing for Successful Communication
Practice delivery
- An entrepreneur once told me, "I can't sleep the night before an important presentation. "I keep thinking what if I freeze "and forget what I'm supposed to say?" So, I said, "If you want to calm those nerves "and walk in with confidence, "start seeing speaking as a sport." "What do you mean," she asked. You played basketball in college, right? You know when the game is on the line, there are athletes who step back and say, "Don't give me the ball," and athletes who step up and say, "Give me the ball." I bet you're a give me the ball kind of person. She laughed and said, "You're right." So, you've been a give me the ball person in sports. You're going to be a give me the ball person when speaking. From now on, prepare for important communications just like you would a championship game. Here are some tips to do just that. Number one, do not practice your delivery in front of a mirror. That focuses your attention on you which makes you self-conscious which is the opposite of the…
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