Channel: Personal Performance

Have you ever wanted to start something new, then don’t?

Have you ever said yes to an appointment or an assignment only to cancel later? Have you ever promised yourself that you would not engage in a bad habit and found yourself doing it even more?

Read more about: The Importance of Setting Personal Priorities

Here is part two of Wolfgang Reibe’s series of tips on overcoming stage fright.

Read more about: 35 Tips on Overcoming Stage Fright: Part 2

As a speaker and entertainer that has appeared on stages in over 128 countries, I have learnt to deal with stage fright. Here are 35 different tips and ideas which may help you feel more relaxed on stage. Not all of them may be for you, but I am positive that many of these tips will make a positive difference for you. Here is part 1 of 4. The complete E-Book can be downloaded for free from Smashwords, or click here to download from my site.

Read more about: 35 Tips on Overcoming Stage Fright: Part 1

Do you ever want to start something new, then don’t? Have you ever said yes to an appointment or a speaking assignment only to cancel later? Have you ever promised yourself that you would not engage in a bad habit and found yourself doing it even more?
People who become involved in decision making often find themselves sabotaging their own perceptions and opinions. People involved in making speeches, often find themselves sabotaging their own presentations. Whether it’s forgetting the name of the person whom you need to introduce, arriving late for a presentation talk or accidentally leaving your speech notes at home – you will be surprised to find that you are at the core of your own undoing.

Read more about: Move Away from Self Sabotage

The question that most of us face today: How do we bridge the gap between people and possibilities and the way we connect with others? We are all fascinated by the things we observe with our 5 senses and how we use these senses to undertake or accomplish a task that we set out for.

Read more about: The Art of Connecting and Engaging the Learning Mind

This is a tough one for me to tackle, as I have never had stage fright. As weird as it may sound, I love standing in front of a crowd. I will never forget once, while addressing a network-marketing group of about 400 people, I had to talk about presentation skills. I started by saying that I have never had stage fright, and continued by saying that you could put me in front of any audience naked, and I would talk about the first thing that comes up. At the time I didn’t realise what I had said.

Read more about: Overcoming Stage Fright

Many of my training clients are executives who have been brilliant in their work in the office: finance, computing, etc - and are suddenly elevated to a senior position where they are expected to be as good a speaker as they are in their ‘normal’ work.

And then they PANIC!

If I was put in control of a helicopter and asked to land it, I would panic - as I would reversing a large truck with a trailer round a narrow bend with expensive cars parked either side. Reversing a horse trailer no longer bothers me like it did the first time I tried it, because I have practiced it until competent and therefore confident.

Read more about: The Fear Of Speaking – 5 Ways to Kill It

Are you stage ready? Make sure to limit your wardrobe distractions. Wearing my standard silver, big belt buckle, spelling out ‘FUN’ and my thin choker, hematite necklace was not a winning combination. What happened?

Read more about: Bling, Bling, Blind! Avoid blinding your audience

Many speakers and actors are also introverts.  In today’s extroverted business world, introverts can feel ignored, overlooked, and misunderstood. In fact, according to my research—a two-and-a-half-year national study of introverted professionals—four out of five introverts say extroverts are more likely to get ahead in their workplace. What’s more, over 40 percent say they would like to change their introverted tendencies, but don’t know where or how to begin.

The good news? Introversion can be managed. There is no one-size-fits-all strategy, but with time and practice, introverted pros can learn to build on their quiet strength and succeed.

Read more about: The Introverted Speaker:  Thriving in the Extroverted Business World