glossophobia glossophobia is basically
the fear of public speaking and that's
what I wanted to talk to you about
because you know did you know that the
National Institutes of mental health it
the statistics say that 73% of the
population has a fear of public speaking
there's anxiety around public speaking
that's actually almost three out of four
people you know if you have four people
in a room three of them have a fear of
public speaking and they have a lot of
anxiety when they are speaking in public
in front of an audience right so that is
you today I want to talk about
glossophobia and how you can stop
feeling an anxiety when you are public
speaking so I'm going to be giving you
three principles that you can apply
immediately to overcome that anxiety and
the fear of public speaking so that you
can get your message out there so you
can say what you want to say
authentically and
effectively fun fact before we begin
glossophobia why is glossophobia why is
it called that the fear of public
speaking why is it called glossophobia
well phobia as you know means refers to
fear but the word gloss
is the root word the atmology of the RO
of the root glosso glosso means tongue
and it means language so in in medicine
we have a lot of terms that relate to
tongue in language like for example
glossop fenial nerve which is a nerve in
the brain that controls our tongue when
we speak so every time you hear the word
gaso it actually refers to your tongue
and language so that's a fun fact before
we begin okay so now let's begin so I
want to give you three principles on
overcoming the anxiety in public
speaking the first principle is this is
that anxiety is the symptom of Doubt
anxiety is a symptom of Doubt see when
you're doubting when you doubt you are
basically focusing on the things that
you don't want to happen you're focusing
on things that you unexpect that you
expect that are going to happen but you
don't want them to happen you see doubt
is really believing in outcomes that you
don't desire right and so when you
believe in outcomes you don't desire it
produces a feeling of anxiety because
now you know what you don't want and
you're expecting it to happen so
naturally right inevitably that will
produce anxiety and anxiety is this
feeling of this this this feeling of
physical exertion when you're anxious
your heart rate goes up you know your
palms are sweaty you perspire you tense
up and those are symptoms those are
things that you experience in physical
exertion it's like you ran a mile right
it's it's physically the same thing it's
perception of something that will happen
it hasn't even happened yet so you feel
anxiety over it but it's experienced
inside your body right and so that's why
anxiety is a symptom of doubt when you
doubt you're expecting and you're
already believing it's going to happen
and it hasn't even happened yet so when
you're anxious you have this physical
symptom that you experience in your body
and it robs you of the energy that you
need to have the energy you need to have
to do the thing to prevent that thing
from happening in the first place right
and so when you understand that doubt is
causing that emotion of anxiety all you
have to do is reverse that instead of
expecting the things that you don't
desire what about expecting and
believing the outcomes you do desire
right and so the opposite of Doubt is
faith faith is the opposite when when
you choose to believe and focus on what
you actually want to happen and you own
that instead that is how the first
principle of overcoming Anxiety when I
went to college After High School so
this was during my bachelor's degree I
had I didn't have any experience in
public speaking in fact I was more of a
shy person and so the first time that I
had to speak in public was for a club
that I joined you know in when I was in
college there were all these AC mic
clubs and for me I was interested in
chemistry and biochemistry because that
was my major and I was a part of these
clubs and I wanted to be involved and
more active in that club I wanted to
demonstrate leadership and so I had to
campaign to be voted in to be a
secretary or to be voted in to be an
executive member and one of the things
that I had to do when I campaigned was
to get in front of a classroom and
sometimes these classroom had like four
or 500 students and I had to say hey my
name is Grace vote for me and just the
thought of standing in front of a
classroom of 400 of my peers was so
frightening to me because I had a lot of
doubt and doubt in that time was well
believing in the outcomes I don't desire
and so what I focused on was well what
if my students see me and they judge me
or they think that I'm not qualified or
they or they judge me or they don't like
what I'm wearing or they don't like how
I talk and therefore they're not going
to vote for me and that would just be an
embarrassment so when I focus on those
things I felt anxiety and so what
happened was I postponed my campaign
right I missed my opportunity to speak
in front of the classroom I missed my
opportunity to ask for people to vote
for me and therefore I had less time to
campaign for my my my le had less time
compared to other people who took action
right away right and so when you are
about to go public speaking and you have
a lot of Doubt those same thoughts could
be coming in your mind around what are
they going to think of me what if they
hear what I have to say and they judge
me what if they don't listen to me what
if they feel that I don't have I don't
speak well right and so all those what
ifs haven't happened yet but you believe
in those outcomes and so you feel
anxiety and so the opposite of that is
Faith right and faith is believing in
outcomes you do desire so say for
example I have been making videos on my
YouTube channel for quite some time now
and as you're listening to this it might
sound like well it's so easy for you
Grace because the words just flow out of
your mouth but you know I started
somewhere too and so when I before I
even before this my channel my YouTube
channel even existed I didn't have a
YouTube channel right I was speaking
from stages yes but you see speaking on
a YouTube channel is very different from
speaking on a stage it's also very
different from speaking in front of a
classroom in front of my peers and so I
had faith that I have something
important to say I have a lot of
experience and advice in career and in
business that if I put those videos on
YouTube people would find Value out of
it you know my followers like you would
list listen and resonate with what I
have to say and that is Faith right you
are here listening right now because I
had faith in the outcome I desire you
are here right now and listening to me
and thinking well that makes sense only
because I had Faith before I started
this YouTube
channel and so I want to submit to you
that if you want to overcome anxiety
anxiety is a symptom of Doubt choose
Faith choose what you believe and choose
belief that will serve you better
principle number two procrastination is
the symptom of anxiety so remember
principle number one is that anxiety is
the symptom of Doubt principle number
two is procrastination is the symptom of
anxiety you see when you are anxious
right you are spending so much energy
worrying about the outcomes that you
don't desire and you believe that they
are going to happen right you do that so
much that it robs you of the energy that
you need to have in order to do the
thing to prevent that thing from
happening in the first place and so what
happens is that because you are robbed
of your energy you procrastinate because
you don't have the energy to do it right
now so you procrastinate and then and
then it happens again each time you're
about to go on stage you have that
anxiety and anxiety the symptom is
procrastination when you are
procrastination chances when you are
procrastinating on something you know
you need to do to have the success you
want chances are it's because you feel
anxious somewhere chances are is because
you have a a youve chosen a belief of
doubt in the things that you and the
outcome you don't desire and it is
robbing you of the energy that you need
to have to gain momentum to start
momentum and to maintain and to stay in
momentum right and so when you are
procrastinating you're putting it off to
a future time but when that future time
comes if you haven't addressed the root
cause which is doubt you will experience
anxiety again right and so the and so a
lot of people most people make the
mistake of you just got to press on you
got to press on but the thing is if you
don't respect the outcome that you do
desire if you don't believe in that
outcome then you're not going to be able
to create the results first in order for
you to have that drive to gain momentum
in the first place and to maintain it
when the going gets tough and the going
will get tough right and so
procrastination as a symptom of anxiety
when you realize that you recognize that
you you would it would make sense rather
to build up energy to do the thing you
need to do rather than to use your
energy on worrying about the things that
haven't happened yet but you assume that
they will happen right and so the way to
go around that is to really think so for
example I give you the example of when I
was supposed to speak from stage and I
kept worrying about what people think of
me how they will judge me the way that I
look the way that I dress what if they
don't like the way that I talk right is
to understand that I don't have control
over those those things anyway and so
the only thing that I have control over
is how well I deliver on my content how
well I connect with my audience how well
do I I know my stuff so that I can go up
there and PR present from a place of
authority authenticity and connection
and Trust right so that's what you have
control over and so focus on that
believe in that believe in your skills
and if you don't then why not what do
you have to learn so that you can
believe in your skills and have faith
that the outcome that you desire is the
outcome that's going to happen if what
I'm saying makes sense I want you to
comment below and answer my question
what did what resonated with you more
anxiety as a symptom of Doubt or
procrastination as a symptom of anxiety
which which one of those principles
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number three self-focus is the symptom
of procrastination okay so remember
principle number one is that anxiety is
a symptom of Doubt principle number two
is that procrastination is a symptom of
anxiety so now principle number three is
that self- focus is a symptom of
procrastination self focus means that
you are making it about you you see when
you're anxious when you're about to go
on stage or speak in front of public or
an audience you're anxious worrying
about what people will think if people
will judge you what people will do what
people won't do Etc and and so you are
making it about you when you make it
about them all of a sudden the focus
changes it is about them and when you
speak from stage it is about them
because you are there the only reason
why you're speaking from stage is
because you have a message that you want
to get out there and in order to have a
message that lands on people you are
impacting someone you are influencing
your audience so it really is about them
it's not about you worrying about how
you look how you sound what you're
saying it is more about con your concern
and genuine concern over how will what I
say impact the lives of my audience so
when you make it about them you're
actually no longer anxious when you make
it about them you are truly
understanding the purpose of the words
that you're speaking because your words
are a gift the words you have in your
heart that are on your that land on your
tongue that you project out there are a
gift to the people you have to hear they
are in that room listening to you
because they know you have something
important to say so you are giving your
gift to them make it about them and when
you make it about them you no longer are
worried about how you think or or what
you look or what they'll do you are only
concerned about can I deliver do I have
the knowledge can I can I deliver my
message in a clear and synct way right
do I have do am I the person to impact
them the way I want to impact them and
so when you make it when you make it
about them you are also getting getting
outside of your comfort zone because
when you make it about them it is about
something bigger than you and that is Mo
that's what builds and that's what gains
momentum is when something is bigger
than you you have your purpose it is
your why it is not about being in the
comfort zone of it's about me it is now
you're acting and you're standing up in
your purpose of it's not about me it's
about them and it's a bigger and it's
bigger than me it's outside of me right
and so self focus that's why self focus
is a symptom of procrastination we
procrastinate because we don't have the
energy to do the thing we do because
we're anxious worrying about what other
people think so make it about them and
when you make it about them you will see
and you will step up in your purpose and
your words will come out clearly because
now you have a purpose for speaking and
the purpose is not for you the purpose
is for the impact you can have to change
the lives and transform the people that
are about to hear your message so maybe
you are listening to this and you had an
experience where you got on stage you
knew your stuff you got on stage and all
of a sudden it felt like you didn't you
didn't know you didn't know what to say
or maybe you feel like you go on you are
speaking in front of an audience and you
feel like you're not confident in
delivering your message right whatever
it is I want to help you and so what I
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