NattyWife💚VeeCon Alum Winchester VA REALTOR®

I know a lot of you out there aren’t always the biggest fans of public speaking. In fact, it’s probably the number one fear for many people. The fear of public speaking is the most common phobia ahead of death, spiders, or heights, and the National Institute of Mental Health reports that public speaking anxiety, or glossophobia, affects a huge chunk of the population. Whether it’s a keynote or a short presentation, it takes a lot of nerve to get up in front of an audience. I think the problem is that a lot of you are overthinking it. Here’s some of what I’ve learned about public speaking, after giving thousands of talks, public interviews, and keynote addresses while getting paid millions of dollars annually to speak in front of people: