Mental Strength Tip #150: The Power Of Public Speaking

Willpower, positive thinking and mental strength are all essential components in a personal development plan.  A personal development plan must include self-improvement steps in all four core elements, physical, emotional, spiritual and mental.

In order to achieve peak performance from our human development we must think about becoming a public speaker.

Public speaking is an important skill in communicating knowledge and expressing ideas to groups of people. It is a primary medium for presenting and selling your products and ideas. Being able to verbally communicate effectively to other individuals or to groups is essential in school, business, as well as your personal life.

There is need for people who can effectively make presentations and speak to others. Your knowledge and skills in this area can help advance your career or improve your business. Also, if you are good or really enjoy public speaking, you may even choose speaking as a profession

Reaching your personal goals, achieving personal success and exceeding your human potential starts in your mind…and finishes with taking inspired and massive action.

This is an ongoing virtual personal coaching series to assist you in your self-improvement and personal development.

It is intended to create self-empowerment and inspire you to take action so that you can reach your personal goals and personal success.

I take a personal growth topic, give an overview, ask a series of mental strength questions, summarize and then ask you to reflect on your answers.

Take your time with this topic, carefully consider your responses to the questions and write them down.  Personal growth is not supposed to be easy, it takes courage to face yourself.  But when you develop the courage and mental strength to do actually this, you will be building confidence.

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Objective of this Mental Strength Tip:

To persuade you that one of the most important mental strength business skills is that of being a powerful public speaker.

Let’s Get Started:

Look at the successful business owners, leaders, and professionals in your community.

What is one skill that most have in common?

They’ve mastered the art of speaking in public. They know how to stand confidently before an audience and convey their thoughts in a way that’s clear, interesting and motivating.

In this information age, speech is one of the most important means of self-expression. Good communication is essential for success. The more effectively you present your thoughts and the more people you can deliver them to, the greater your professional opportunities.

Questions to Uncover Beliefs about Mental Strength Thinking:

• Does speaking in public make you excited or nervous?
• Does public speaking have anything to do with leadership?
• What effect does public speaking have on confidence?

Unsupportive Beliefs about Public Speaking:

• Public speaking is painful.
• Public speaking is scary.
• Public speaking has no effect on the way people see me or the way I see myself.

Mental Strength Beliefs about Public Speaking:

• Speaking in public established you as a leader.
• All leaders are power public speakers.
• Public speaking enhances self-confidence.

Outrageous Questions:

• Do you think speaking in public would help you become more successful?
• Would speaking in public help establish you as a thought leader?
• Would becoming a power public speaker build your self-confidence?

Reflective Questions:

• What do you think the average person believes about public speaking that frightens them so much?
• Are you beliefs about public speaking more average or top performer?
• On a scale of 1-9, 9 being highest, how strong of you a public speaker are you?

Mental Strength Coaching:

Given that there are so many advantages to speaking in public, why do so many shy away from it? For some, the fear of public speaking is greater than that of death. The main cause of their terror is stage fright — an apprehension of slipping up in front of others.

Overcoming this dread is the subject of books and courses. The bottom line is that the only way to shake the jitters that public speaking brings is to actually do it. As is the case with acquiring any new skill, the only way to master it is to get started and then practice, practice, practice. The best environment to learn in is one that supportive and where you can safely take your first baby steps.

Some think that, before they can speak in public, they must first understand the source of their resistance or get to a point where they don’t feel frightened. The good news is that you don’t have to shed your fear before you get started. Being afraid can actually help you be more effective. Professionals know that fear evaporates quickly once you begin to talk. The adrenaline surge that speaking stimulates can actually provide a useful energy boost as you move through your presentation.

Final Thought

Confidence is a faith in yourself and your ability. The more challenges you’re willing to face, the more self-assured you’ll feel. Public speaking is a stretch for most people. There is risk involved. Each time you rise to the occasion and speak before people, you’ll feel stronger and more willing to do it again. This will spill over into other areas of your life. You’ll see yourself as more capable and be more open to trying new things.

Get started today on creating the mental strength for public speaking and request your Introductory Consultation by going HERE.