okay let's stop doing that right now so in this video we are talking about
not doing this that's right no more shaky hands
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nervous during public speaking or we're communicating with people it's not
uncommon for our hands to start shaking but when we have a piece of paper in our
hand that's exacerbated because not only can
we hear the paper but we can also see it if we're the audience and that's just
signaling a sign of distress so we don't want to do that anymore and here are the
six strategies to help you to stop getting your hands to shake the first
thing you can do is make a fist and release
so clench release clench release try that one two three times this is
something that you can do before going on stage if you notice that your hands
are shaking you can also do it in a discreet way when you're on stage maybe
turn it into a gesture right I'll leave that to you you can practice that in
front of the mirror and see if it's comfortable second tip put the paper
down you do not need the paper it all is up here or it should be by now and also
you have an outline if you need it but the paper is your crutch it's gonna
hinder your performance so you do not want to be having a piece of paper in
your hands up there you're just gonna start shaking with it so instead use my
bullet point formula there's a video about that and just stick to a note card
at most so
by bye paper no more paper good bye okay the next thing you can do is make sweeping
hand gestures outward doing this releases chemicals that tell our brains
that we're confident so try it out and see how your hands will stop shaking
just by doing something like that of course you're gonna practice and make
sure that it flows nicely with your speech you don't want to do it in a
distracting way obviously the other thing you can do is release tension make
some sort of big movement if it's appropriate for your talk and I'm gonna
say that again if it's appropriate for your talk so for example if you're maybe
giving a talk about fitness your own fitness regimen or maybe some new
exercises that you tried out you might want to demonstrate what a squat jump
looks like or the nice form of a proper jumping jack but again this has to be
relevant to your speech otherwise it's just gonna come out of left field and
it's gonna seem really contrived and your audience is smart enough to know
that so if you do a big gesture just make sure that it is a part of your
speech number five you can poke fun at it point it out if it's blatantly and
distractingly obvious to the audience of course it will be to you but if you feel
like you want to tell the audience then just joke about it you can say something
like oh well I should remember not to have five cups of coffee before I come
onstage next time if this type of self-deprecating humor jives with your
personality and your authentic self then by all means go ahead and do that but if
not then you probably want to avoid it and then stick to the other strategies
instead little side note I wrote an article about your authentic speaking
voice so if you'd like to know more about it you can read it on my blog and
that link will be in the description box down below number six the last thing
that you can do to stop your hands from shaking because of nervousness is
give your audience a task that will deflect the attention from you and it
will give you a minute to compose yourself to stop your hands from shaking
and it's also really good practice during a talk or a public speaking
engagement to give the audience something to do you want to make the
speech as interactive as possible meaning he want the audience to do
something right not just sit and listen to you okay it's time to get the energy
flowing in this room I want everyone to stand up and give me some jumping jacks
you can do that or you can say something like alright I want everyone to dial up
their energy to an 11 are we ready let's do this something like that
anything where you're having the audience do something no matter how
small the task alright explorers that's a wrap on this
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