Recipe: Learning to Speak in Public

Speaking in public creates positive visibility, boosts your credibility, and establishes you as an expert in your field. It puts you in direct contact with potential clients in such a powerful way that you may find yourself closing a sale as soon as your talk is over. With all the benefits public speaking offers, it’s unfortunate that surveys show most people are more afraid of speaking in public than of dying!

If this is true for you, don’t include public speaking on your list of strategies just yet. You want to make a good impression on your prospective clients, and you’re not going to do that if you’re quaking in your boots. Work on getting some practice first. The best way to reduce the fear of public speaking ...

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