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“According to most studies, people’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. Death is number two. Does that sound right? This means to the average person, if you go to a funeral, you’re better off in the casket than doing the eulogy.”-Jerry Seinfeld

This morning I had a friend call up asking for help with a Wedding Speech, I told him, “Let me help you overcome this fear, because I don’t want you to screw up at my wedding.” Of course it was all tongue in cheek.

The reality is, there are millions of people immobilized by this fear; the world’s number one Phobia, second to death. People would rather die than speak in public! People find that hilarious, but for those suffering, the torment and physical symptoms are very real. I can testify for that, I was once a bag of nerves, now I comfortably deliver speeches to very large audiences and love every second of it. Individuals with this fear tend to say to themselves:

“What if people judge me or reject me? What if I end up panicking? What if someone can tell how nervous I am? What if I forget what to say? What if the audience knows more than I do about the subject? What if I blush?”

If I said to you Dont think of the color red what do you think about? Red of course. If you think about what you dont want i.e panicking, you tend to end up inducing that state within yourself. Your phobia is a learned response. It is a process that you have to go through in order to feel the thing you call anxiety. The process itself is simple enough. My last clients I treated had unbearable levels of anxiety when they had to speak to people in social or business presentations. Those limitations are no longer there.

How could this be?

If a person breaks their leg. Medical professionals don’t just stand around analyzing how the person broke the leg; they just put it in a cast and let the person heal. Instead of dwelling on the past and analyzing how and why they are afraid to speak in front of an audience I help them change their thought pattern. I find it heartless to drag people through all those times they felt bad just to analyze how and when there issues began to arise.

Instead, I do something different. I always explain that whatever they were doing is irrelevant. My explanation replaces their phobia with a clear positive image of how they want to come across when delivering their speech, I use NLPs fast phobia cure to break negative past memories, and go on to ensure the persons attention is focused on feeling well and not over rationalizing the whole process. By the end of my session they are actually excited about giving their speech and deliver very well.

My methods I lead my clients in replace their phobia with a clear positive image of how they want to come across when delivering their speech, I use NLPs fast phobia cure to break negative past memories, and go on to ensure the persons attention is focused on feeling well and not over rationalizing their speech and performance. By the end of my session they are actually excited about giving their speech and deliver very well.

Follow these easy steps and begin to improve your performance immediately:

1) Make a solid decision to never again give in to this fear, never avoid the situations

2) Control your physiology (your breathing your body posture) – act as if you are confident.

3) Turn your inner critic (negative self chatter) into a positive uplifting voice – an inner coach.

4) Remember past successes even if they are not related to speaking publicly, the very act of doing this will make you feel uplifted.

5) Think only of the best possible scenarios. Like an athlete visualize the outcome and having performed really well.

6) For more ingrained fears source an expert in NLP/Hypnosis combined.

For more information on how please go to http://www.dominicknight.co.uk

Dominic Knight is Europes leading Mind Strategist a Master Trainer in Hypnosis and NLP based in World Renowned Harley Street. His website at http://www.dominicknight.co.uk offers simple yet powerful techniques for overcoming your limitations in record speed.