How Great Speakers Deal With Nervousness
The closer you are physically to a “speaker in action” the easier it is to tell whether or not he or she is nervous. The tell-tale signs present vocally and/or physically, are numerous and occur individually or in “clusters”. Some examples are shallowness or shortness of breath, a quivering or high pitched voice, rushing, repetition of phrases such as “you know” or “basically”, sweating and fidgeting with hands or feet. Why do these things happen? Isaac Newton (1642-1727) gave us an answer: “To every action there is always...
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