Cause of Stage Fright

The Cause of Stage Fright

1. Believing that public speaking is inherently stressful.
2. Thinking you need to be perfect in order to succeed.
3. Trying to cover too much material.
4. Having the wrong objectives.
5. Trying to please everyone.
6. Trying to emulate other speakers.
7. Failing to be personally revealing and humble.
8. Being over prepared
9. Thinking your audience will be as critical of you and your performance as you are of yourself.
10. Shyness
11. Assuming our listeners are aware of our secret weakness
12.  Lack of skill
13. Thought of being the center of attention or the presentation situation,
14. Failed attempts at public speaking 
15. Fear of being judged in a bad way 

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