The Fear of Public Speaking

Most of us feel anxious while speaking publicly due to the fear of seeming like an idiot to so many people. In this case, our focus is on ourselves, not on the audience.

As Aristotle’s masterpiece Art Of Rhetoric proves, the Greeks had their entire focus on the audienc...

• Public speaking is scary. So scary that a number of surveys and studies have found that people rank public speaking ahead of death on a list of their greatest fears.
• It’s a critical skill sets for your career and life. Confident, powerful public speaking—whether in...

Public speaking is one of the main fears, including forgetting what to say during a presentation.

But, memorising your presentation can make you more likely to forget it. This is partly because you limit yourself to one 'right way to commu...