Importance Of Public Speaking

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The skill that I strengthen over time through practice is my Public Speaking. Public Speaking is a skill that I believe most people fear. But at some point we must overcome, some day we will encounter it in our lives. Shyness, Social anxiety, Stress and discomfort may all be emotions that arise during Public Speaking. I believe that Public Speaking not only helps your confidence and pronunciation of words but it also can improve your communication with people and communication is the key to life. As time went on I noticed that I needed to improve my Public Speaking Skills, because I was experiencing all the emotions of stress, anxiety and discomfort. Whether it is a science fair project, memorization of a speech or a presentation I would get a sense of anxiety kick in, once I knew I had to present. What made me realize that I needed to improve on this was in school when I had deliver a speech of my choice as a class project, I …show more content…
The fear of Public Speaking was pointless and something essential in my life. I need to stop letting my fear of speaking in front of a crowd mess me up or give me a bad grade because I was nervous. Confidence was something that I lacked a lot during my Presentations. The reason as to why I lacked confidence was because I focused more on the people that had been staring at me, instead of focusing on getting my assignment done. My nerves could not control me I controlled them. After I went through that experience I realized that I needed to persevere. This was something I need for my future. I personally began to realize I have all the good qualities of being a public speaker I am very loud, poise and good at pronunciation. Now whenever I come encounter with Public Speaking I do get nervous at times but I don’t let that be taken away from the objective of the

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