Public speaking is an art. It is an essential asset for a politician, a top level executive of a company, an administrator, an entrepreneur, a proprietor of a large business firm with a number of employees, a student leader, a teacher, a principal of a school or a college, a professor or a research scholar. The fear of public speaking is listed as second most feared thing (next only to death) in an international poll. The fear may vary from person to person based on the level of their knowledge, the subject of speech and the type of audience they have to face and most importantly the amount of preparation.

The language, used by the public speakers, also varies depending upon the educational level and the understanding capacity of the audience. While a politician delivers his speech in a simple, rather raw and crude language among the masses, the language employed by the professor in a college is rather decent and in a high standard according to his educated and cultured audience.

But one thing is common. Irrespective of the category or kind of all public speakers, they will have fear when they go for public speaking. Public speakers, who want to stick on to their profession, have to necessarily overcome the fear of public speaking.

Public speakers will have fear at the initial stage, because of their inexperience and since they aim at perfection. Besides, fear is a mental factor that they have to necessarily overcome at any cost.

The following 5 tips are useful to overcome the fear of public-speaking:-

1) First of all feel the mood of the audience and their educational level and understanding capacity and accordingly prepare yourself for public speaking thoroughly and be focused, before delivering a public speech.

2) You should be thorough about your subject upon which you are going to speak. After all knowledge is power and it enhances your confidence that helps you to overcome your fear in the course of public-speaking.

3) You may have starting trouble initially, what we call ’stage fright’, when you go for public-speaking. In any event you have to get rid of fright. After all, life is based on trial and error. You can overcome your fear only by repeatedly doing it. Don’t forget ‘practice makes a man perfect’. While delivering a public speech, do not think that audience will criticize you.

They will in fact, sympathize with you and they want you to succeed in your public speech. Consider yourself a master of the subject about which you are delivering a speech and then proceed.

4) After delivering a public speech, try to know how you spoke, from your close friends or from your superiors and even from some of the audience. They may be useful to overcome your difficulties, in delivering your speech, to set right your under-preparedness, to improve your gaits and mannerisms etc while delivering a speech.

5) To start with, be a public speaker at your home among your family members and friends and then among strangers too. See that your audience is as small as possible in number in the beginning and gradually get it increased. Gradually public speaking will be a cake walk for you.

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