i think one of the really huge reasons why a lot of people do not like to present is that they just don’t do it that much and whenever you don’t do something terribly often you feel like you’re not going to do it well so I want to throw out a little idea here presentation skills are not the special thing that you might think they are presentation skills actually are relevant in every interaction that you have it boils down to really simple things like making eye contact actually seeing the people that you’re talking to enjoying them having something to say feeling like the thing that you have to say is valuable to them and looking to make a positive difference for them this isn’t something that’s special to the stage but being on stage is special and different you’re not on stage all the time you’re not talking to a room full of people all the time so what I would recommend is that you practice the stuff that you can practice in every interaction you can practice eye contact you can practice appreciation etc etc but you can’t be on stage all the time so if you practice the other stuff you’re going to get the muscle memory down it’s going to start to feel comfortable then when you do get up on stage you don’t need to worry about that stuff all you need to focus on is providing the value that you have to offer and appreciating that the audience is there in the first place know that your skills are there because you’ve been practicing them out in the world every day whenever you interact with anybody don’t worry about them you’ll notice that every day in the real world you’re not worrying much if at all about what the other person is thinking about you because it’s just a one-on-one thing the same is true in a room full of audience members they’re not there to judge you that’s not what they’re there for they’re there to get value from you focus on the value that you have to offer so the simple concept is this all the world is a stage it’s there for you to practice on practice your skills build your muscles and then when it really matters they will be strong and you don’t need to worry about them focus on providing the value that you’re there to deliver
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