'Instinct is your Life-Blood,' says author.

Written by Neil Millar


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And that is exactly what it is for most of us – survival – hanging in there, doingrepparttar job that kills our soul, taking on contracts that turn our gut because we believe there is no other option, doing food that causes our major organs to breakdown, living at a financial level just above subsistence level, with just about enough money left atrepparttar 122685 end ofrepparttar 122686 week to buy a tin of food for that dog.

Will you wake up, please? Will you see how your instincts are telling you about your work? Will you find work that gives you life instead of sapping every living cell out of you? Will you notice that ill health is a hint that you need to eat better and exercise more? Will you takerepparttar 122687 hint that there is something you can do to save your marriage or relationship?

Instinct is only about feeling something and acting. It could save your career, your finances, your relationship and you life.



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Can Fear of Public Speaking Actually Make You a Better Speaker?

Written by Larry Tracy


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ANTIDOTE: Convert unknown to known. The more information you gather onrepparttar audience andrepparttar 122684 more intensive your practice session,repparttar 122685 morerepparttar 122686 unknown will be converted to known.

Guard against procrastination, however, because we tend to accomplish what is in our comfort zone, and put off more difficult tasks, such as systematic audience intelligence collection and rigorous practice. Biterepparttar 122687 bullet, and you will have those fears ofrepparttar 122688 unknown dramatically reduced.

2. FEAR OF FORGETTING. When told they will have to make a presentation, most people are consumed byrepparttar 122689 fear their mind will go blank, and they will stand in front ofrepparttar 122690 audience withoutrepparttar 122691 slightest idea of what they are to say.

They play it safe, write out their presentation, and read it verbatim torepparttar 122692 audience. This guarantees failure People in an audience want to listen to a speaker who is connecting with them, and is looking at them, not at a script.

ANTIDOTE: If you have practiced diligently, even a temporary "power outage" of your brain can be handled.

The solution I have always used is what I callrepparttar 122693 two-card tango. Place a startling statistic or interesting fact that you have had to delete for reasons of time on a 3x5 card.

Onrepparttar 122694 second card, place a bullet outline ofrepparttar 122695 main points of your presentation. If convenient, place these cards in your pocket or onrepparttar 122696 lectern.

Whenrepparttar 122697 "My mind has gone blank" syndrome sets in, merely take both cards and say torepparttar 122698 audience "Let me digress for a moment and share with you...." then relaterepparttar 122699 information onrepparttar 122700 first card. If you have prepared well, your mind will kick back in, and you can continue where you left off.

If it does not, sliderepparttar 122701 second card torepparttar 122702 front, and look atrepparttar 122703 bullet points. Select one point and continuerepparttar 122704 presentation. Your audience will be nonerepparttar 122705 wiser.

Although I always advocate honesty with your audience, I do not recommend that you say "I forgot what I was going to say." You may get temporary sympathy, but audience members will wonder why they are sitting there ifrepparttar 122706 issue is not important enough forrepparttar 122707 speaker to remember what he or she was saying.

3. FEAR OF UNANTICIPATED QUESTIONS. Many people are not worried about making a presentation, because they are "on their turf." These same people, however, are terrified atrepparttar 122708 prospect of answering questions, believing they will be embarrassed by not being able to answer questions.

ANTIDOTE: Seek to anticipaterepparttar 122709 questions. If you have acquired accurate "intelligence" onrepparttar 122710 audience's needs, concerns and problems, then you should be able to preempt certain questions in your presentation, anticipate others, and develop succinct answers to others.

No one expects you to be able to answer every question, but they do expect you to be honest. Don't give a false answer to avoidrepparttar 122711 embarrassment of saying: "I don't know." That honest phrase, followed byrepparttar 122712 words "but I'll get that information for you," must be in every presenter's vocabulary.

When you makerepparttar 122713 commitment to getrepparttar 122714 information, remember that you have a moral obligation to do just that forrepparttar 122715 questioner and perhapsrepparttar 122716 entire audience.

Apply these antidotes, and you'll find thatrepparttar 122717 "fear of speaking" will berepparttar 122718 catalyst to make you a better speaker.

This article is excerpted from Larry Tracy’s book, The Shortcut to Persuasive Presentations. Larry has been cited in numerous publications as one of the top presentation skills trainers in the US.. His website is in the number one position on Google for “persuasive presentations. Visit it for FREE tips and articles: http://www.tracy-presentation.com


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