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2 Great Tips For Beating Nerves

By Claire Carpenter

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While nerves before a speech to some extent are a good thing - they will give you an adrenaline rush and keep your brain alert - it is important to keep your nerves under control.

If you feel your nerves getting out of hand, here are two great tips to help relax you and put you in a state to deliver a fantastic speech.

1. Visualisation

This is best done before you go to sleep and as you wake up in the mornings. At those "half-asleep" times your brain waves will allow your visualisations to powerfully re-program your subconcious. In the days running up to your speech or presentation,close your eyes and see yourself in your mind's eye, at the podium. Picture yourself as you would like the presentaion to go. See yourself looking relaxed and happy and totally at ease. Run through your speech.

Make your vision as bright and vivid as You can. The more vivid and colourful the image, the more your subconcious will believe the image to be "true" and will make your vision come about in real life. (Top athletes use this technique in the run up to an important sports event). So take some time to create a full image, see the venue, the stage, the audience.

Bring sound into your vision - hear yourself talking clearly and articulately. See your audience responding well to your speech, listening closely. Hear the audience clapping and see them smiling and happy in response to your speech.

This technique really works, and if you visualise several times a day in the run up to your speech, you will feel much more prepared and therefore relaxed.

2. Affirmations

Affirmations are strong, positive statements that you say to yourself over and over again until all negative feelings like fear and stress disappear and relaxation takes over your body. This is very powerful technique that can quickly change your mental state. Luckily it can be done anytime, anywhere. Again, try these affirmations in the days running up to your speech.

Choose a positive statement, such as "I am well-known for my powerful and insightful speeches". Repeat this to yourself ten times and see how you feel afterwards. Some people like to say them out loud in front of a mirror.

The amazing thing abaout affirmations is that you don't even have to believe the statement for it to have a positive effect. And the truth is that if you say affirmations often enough you will eventually start to believe them anyway!

Use these two tips on public speaking in the days before your speech and I guarantee you will feel more relaxed and ready to deliver a great presentation than ever.

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