Butterflies and Sweaty Palms : 25 Sure-Fire Ways to Speak and Present with Confidence

by Apps, Judy

• ISBN13: 9781845907365
• ISBN10: 1845907361
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-03-30
• Publisher: Crown House Pub Ltd

Summary

If you have ever carried a lucky talisman in your pocket to give yourself courage before a big event then carry this book instead. Based on Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP), the ground-breaking solutions to performance anxiety in this book will carry you through the most daunting experience of public speaking. The exercises are simple and highly effective. Even if you have suffered intolerably from performance nerves in the past this book will enable you to perform with passion and determination and wow your audience. How many times have you picked up a self-help book and thought "It's all very well but it won't work for me." This time the book meets you where you are and helps you to succeed by approaching the problem on many different levels. Judy inspires and encourages you with her descriptions and anecdotes. There are exercises that you can easily do at home and which are interesting and fun to do. The exercises are diverse so that issues are tackled in a variety of different ways. You can do the exercises either alone or with other people. The book is brief and easy to read, the techniques highly practical and the methods simple yet profound.

Author Biography

Judy Apps has spent many years unravelling the secrets of how great leaders inspire others, and now runs open creative programmes and coaches leaders in major corporations in voice and communication.

Table of Contents

Introduction	p. 1
Exploring the Territory	p. 3
Is It Really Possible - For Me?	p. 5
So what will be different this time?	p. 6
What you'll learn	p. 6
Let's Look At This Thing Called Fear	p. 9
It feels lonely ... but is it?	p. 10
Fear and the famous	p. 12
What have you tried so far?	p. 15
How do effective speakers manage it?	p. 17
Good luck charms	p. 18
How do you do fear?	p. 19
Change the connections	p. 23
The curse of perfection	p. 24
Success or failure thinking	p. 25
'I'm going to fail anyway'	p. 25
New ways to learn	p. 26
25 Confidence Strategies	p. 29
Use Your Imagination	p. 31
Change fear to excitement	p. 31
Imagine what you want	p. 35
Play with the vision	p. 41
Find a good model	p. 45
Transfer an ability	p. 49
Think about after the ball is over	p. 53
Be Present	p. 55
Focus externally	p. 55
Find 'the zone'	p. 60
Use association triggers	p. 63
Centre yourself four ways	p. 66
Come Alive	p. 69
Use energy before you start	p. 69
Ride your fear like the rapids!	p. 72
Breathe in power	p. 78
Find your purpose	p. 82
Find your passion	p. 86
Let feeling in, or not	p. 89
Use all or nothing thinking	p. 93
Let's Look At the Audience	p. 97
Make friends with your audience	p. 97
Create a connection	p. 100
Lead the audience	p. 103
Coach yourself	p. 107
Be Yourself	p. 113
Connect with your inner self	p. 113
Wave your magic wand	p. 116
Play, seriously!	p. 119
Trust	p. 124
Author's Note	p. 131
Acknowledgements	p. 133
Bibliography	p. 35
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