Power Public Speaking Harness Your Fear: 40 Minutes to Master the Top 15 Confidence Boosting Techniques

By Michael McCarthy

Few things are capable of invoking the kind of anxiety and terror as the thought of making a public speech. The fight-or-flight response triggered by the idea is a defense mechanism no longer useful to us in this modern age. In this book, you'll learn easy and powerful techniques to override this all-too-common fear, and begin to view the idea of public speaking with excitement and confidence.

• Language: English
• Publisher: BookBaby
• Release date: Jul 15, 2018
• ISBN: 9781543936896

Michael McCarthy

Michael D McCarthy served as a Senior Officer in the Logistics Branch of the RAF, including 3 years as a specialist instructor to Officer Cadets. On leaving the RAF he moved into the management of Customer Support in major Aerospace Companies in the UK and in Sweden. He has wide experience of customer support activity throughout the European aerospace community, covering both major contractors and suppliers. Following early retirement, he has recently spent 2 years working in a support role in a University Library in order to obtain ‘hands-on’ experience of the demands of customer care in this particular environment.

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Table of Contents

Chapter 1

Fear Is Your Friend - It’s Why You’re Alive Today

Chapter 2

Fear Is the Great Motivator - It Gets the Job Done

Chapter 3

Reframing Fear - You Are Not Actually Afraid

Chapter 4

The Anatomy of Fear - Enhancing Performance

Chapter 5

Fear of Audiences - Audiences Will Not Boo…They Will Just Surf

Chapter 6

You Have a Gift - Focus on Your Audience

Chapter 7

Know Your Subject - Inside and Out!

Chapter 8

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall… - Practice, Practice, Practice

Chapter 9

Be an Audience Member - Audio and Video Recording

Chapter 10

The Mental Movie - My Greatest Trick

Chapter 11

Hurry Up and Calm Down! - Gratitude Lists

Chapter 12

The Friendly Face - Finding Support from the Audience

Chapter 13

Help from Your Higher Power - Finding the Right Words

Chapter 14

Confident Brain Chemistry - The Power Pose

Chapter 15

I’m Excited! - The Ultimate Reframe

Chapter 16

You’re Going to Be Great! - My Pep Talk for You

Chapter 17

This Book in One Page - Your Power Summary

Read This First!

My Promise to You

Why This Book Will Work for You

As the number one Stock Market Timer in the world between 1994 and 2004, I was making millions for my clients on Wall Street.

In 1998 I made one client enough money to buy the ninth largest yacht in the world.

Along with this notoriety came public speaking invitations from virtually everywhere.

I said Yes to almost every invitation I received.

However, when it came time for me to deliver my speech, only the scared little boy from Ellicott City, Maryland showed up at the lectern that day.

I was petrified.

I didn’t know the first thing about public speaking