It took 66 days for Bobby Sands to starve himself to death.
It took me many years to starve my mind of the fear of public speaking
& though I have come a long way & people praise my confidence
it is still a work-in-progress
- what fears have you overcome either partially or fully?
- mural in Belfast courtesy of Wiki Commons
John Malone 
I have a feat of public speaking. I am a good conversationalist one-on-one. But I am also foot-in-mouth. Formal public speaking is, thus, far out of my comfort zone. This had kept me away from imparting training to my teammates for many years, mostly because virtual training is more of a monologue than actual stuff. This year, my Lead pushed me to impart this training virtually. So I and a friend decided to change the way it was done, converting it into a workshop and for the first time in the history of ever, virtual training on this tool has imparted superb results.
For the first time in the history of ever, I have enjoyed public speaking.
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Congratulations and may your successes in ‘public speaking’ go on increasing in number and quality!
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Thank you, Carolyn! 😁
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congratulations on your triumph 🙂
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I don’t fear public speaking, but I am a bit of a scaredy-sook about getting those public speaking engagements. When they are there, I go well, or at least well enough.
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Fear of public speaking is common, even in the best of speakers. So, as long as you can go along with it, it should be okay.
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you do well, Carolyn 🙂
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Thank you John. It feels quite natural to me, but then, if you dee me speaking, I’m usually at a poetry event, and I’m with my friends. I’m hoping to find more challenging speaking gigs when things open up more.
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Thank you, John! I still have a long way to go.
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i also have a fear of public speaking, and it has never gotten better
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I have heard it said, Beth, that the fear of public speaking is greater than the fear of dying
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I think that having a good degree of self-confidence is one of the keys to having a fulfilling life. Building self-confidence probably should be a course taught at almost every grade level.
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I believe it should too, Neil; it’s a life skill after all 🙂
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