Does the thought of talking in public make your knees knock or your hands sweat…. ? 
If so, you are likely letting fear steal any wisdom from your mind… That’s also why your whole body reacts negatively when you face your listeners....
It's a bit of a vicious circle.... Fear sends cortisol hormones coursing through clefts in your brain, and that triggers chemical as well as electrical synapses to work against your words and good ideas… Luckily you can get past this pattern.... by rewiring your brain through a few simple practices...
If you’ve developed a pattern for fear when it comes to talking in public, you can rewire for more success in sharing ideas without grueling fright. Here’s one way to trick your brain into splashing the Serotonin you’ll need to get the messages across…
The tips here are really methods to move your brain’s activity from the linguistic domain where acumen for words had wired instead for fears….
Try a new approach and watch new life come back to your words --
1. Sketch pictures to trigger your main ideas…Leave your words home and simply take a page of thumbnail pictures.. to your talk… Then look at the pictures and tell your points as if in a conversation with a good friend…That allows you to lead in with visual intelligence that can add magic to your verbal acumen…
2. Interview two people you trust and jot down their best ideas to add to yours…Don’t forget to give credit for others’ ideas… and watch how new insights add to your courage. It also reminds others at work that you value their contributions…
3. Walk along a creek or in a park and look for an icon from nature that hangs your best ideas together on one hook…When we walk, nature speaks to our thoughts and the walk itself adds value. Did you know that the mind demands 21 per cent of your total oxygen intake. A brisk walk increases oxygen and offers more to the brain…
I’m already excited about your next speech and I’d like a front seat if possible for all one can expect to learn from your words… once you pull in a few more intelligences and slide past any fear…
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