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Search - The Missing Lynx: Finally, a Speak-in-Public Learning System for High School Students

The Missing Lynx Finally a SpeakinPublic Learning System for High School Students
Author: Stephen, M Gower

To speak with confidence in public requires that you be both lynx-like both light and bright. — On being light 1) Do not weight yourself down by taking yourself too seriously. I have spent legions of hours obsessing over what people were thinking about me only to discover that they were not even thinking about me. 2) Use humor, when appr... more »opriate; keep it clean. Your grandest reservoir for clean humor is yourself. Most of us have a great amount with which to work. Remember, humor is not only light; it is also enlightening. 3) Your journey toward being light, not burdensome on yourself or others, has everything to do with how you deal with your nervous energy. You have three options in relationship to your nervousness: A) Remove it! B) Ignore it! C) Celebrate it!. Options A and B are futile. Channel your nervous energy so that it works for you rather than against you. Celebrate your nervous energy as it assists you in being light, not burdensome. I am nervous every time I speak and consider my nervousness an asset, not a liability.

On being bright There is a linkage between channeling your nervous energy to work for you, rather than against you, and being bright. In this regard, the smart thing (the bright thing) for you to do as you seek to relate to your nervous energy as friend, not villain, is to pay the preparation price. 1) The redirection of nervous energy does not unfold as accident. It appears as intent. The way is often awkward, but it must be paved with preparation: research, recognize and utilize the power of story, illustrations, analogies, and stay true to the mission of your presentation. 2) Spend energy in the pursuit of timely and relevant connections that always send your audience back to the core of the presentation. 3) Do not merely work before you speak, work while you are speaking. Allow your very persona to transform nervousness from anxiety to enthusiasm, from torture-speech to touch-speech. 4) Stay in the eye-game. Never forget that your eyes have it. As you work on establishing eye contact with every member of your audience, you will transfer energy from yourself to the audience. This will help you release your nervous energy. There is a huge bonus at this point. You will also notice that you are receiving positive and beneficial energy back from the audience. Remember, it all began with a rechanneling of nervous energy and with preparation!

The road toward speaking with confidence in public is paved with many zigs and zags. Key factors in minimizing these detours equal your determination to being lynx-like, to be both light and bright.

ISBN-13: 9781880150566
ISBN-10: 1880150565
Publication Date: 11/1/1998
Pages: 164
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Publisher: Lectern Publishing
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