Free Your Voice from Speaking Anxiety
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4 ways to start your next talk or presentation...
43RD Issue of Newsletter Free Your Voice from Speaking Anxiety Reader, Do you care... What my name is. Where I came from. What degrees and awards have I collected in the past, what I do for a living, and what my job title is. Simply put, people don't care about me... ONLY I DO. Therefore, conventional intros are a surefire recipe to put your audience to sleep... right in the beginning. Try any of the following 4 ways to start your talk and grab their attention right off the bat. 1 - Ask an...
First Day of School...
42ND Issue of Newsletter Free Your Voice from Speaking Anxiety August 20, 2024. It's my son Rayan's first day of preschool. He wakes up hours earlier than usual... But he's excited and happy with a BIG smile on his face. I guess he doesn't know what he's signing up for... In a couple of hours his freedom is gonna go away FOREVER ;) My wife and I are excited and proud of him on his first day as it's a big moment for the entire family... My son is finally ready to kick some butts, and I cannot...
The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
41ST Issue of Newsletter Free Your Voice from Speaking Anxiety Reader, Your stress or speaking anxiety falls into three buckets... The GOOD The BAD And the UGLY. Now you might be thinking... How the heck can stress be good for someone? Before you conclude that it might be a typo or Waqas might be drunk or worse and hit that unsubscribe button... Hear me out for a sec. Stress can be GOOD for you... Even when it doesn't feel helpful as in speaking anxiety. I'm not just making this stuff up,...
2 Models to Fight Your Fears and Anxieties...
40TH Issue of Newsletter Free Your Voice from Speaking Anxiety On the last week of September in 2019. I was attending an event organized to celebrate cultural diversity at our university in Rolla, Missouri. A reporter from the university media team put me on the spot by asking this question: "How did you find living in Rolla so far?" ...and placed mic in front of my face. My chronic social and speaking anxieties rear their ugly head. This simple question seemed like a deep philosophical...
An English-speaking contest... Yeah, it's a thing in Pakistan
39TH Issue of Newsletter Free Your Voice from Speaking Anxiety I'll be participating in a MOTH StorySLAM (live, in-person storytelling event) on October 18th in front of an audience of 300+ ...the largest for me thus far. Therefore, the stakes are high... highest ha ha. But I'm up for it. Here's the story I'll be telling. . . . I'm about 8 years old and the year is 1997. It's summertime! I'm visiting my grandparents' house in my hometown back in Pakistan after a long while. It's a big...
Exposing my approach to mindset coaching...
38TH Issue of Newsletter Free Your Voice from Speaking Anxiety Reader, Before we talk about the ABCs of coaching, Lemme tell you this... I was conversing with my good friend and a seasoned confidence coach, Scott Ballard, and learned TWO things from him. And I have been doing this all along without even realizing it. The first thing... Mindset coaching is 80% listening. Yes, 80% active listening and 20% asking the right questions. Thought-provoking questions. The questions you've never asked...
Transform Your Anxiety into EXCITEMENT
37TH Issue of Newsletter Free Your Voice from Speaking Anxiety Reader, Picture this... Your managers, directors, and all board members of your company are sitting in a BIG conference room. They are waiting for you to take the stage and deliver a presentation on something that you are good at and proud of ...Something you have a good understanding of and have been doing for years. The moment you take the stage, your heart starts pounding fast and loud. Your palms are getting sweaty. Your mouth...
Under your control vs. out of control ...
36TH Issue of Newsletter Free Your Voice from Speaking Anxiety It's about 7:20 pm on Wednesday of the previous week. I'm on stage at the local Toastmasters Club in Lakewood, CO. I'm in the middle of telling a personal story from my childhood when I was about 8-10 years old. And I'm exposing my most vulnerable and weakest moments when I lost my self-respect, self-confidence and ... I got embarrassed in front of my own family by one of my distant family members ... my second uncle wanted to...
Overcoming speaking anxiety better than getting a PhD?
35TH Issue of Newsletter Free Your Voice from Speaking Anxiety The year was 2009. It was the fall semester of my sophomore year in college back in Pakistan. By the time of mid-semester, I was scheduled for the first time to give a presentation for a course called Pakistan Studies ... Honestly, I don't know why this course was part of my professional engineering degree 🤔 ... but that's a mystery for another day ;) Anyways, it was supposed to be a simple presentation, but I can't tell you how...
Scared of that 'awkward silence'? 🫣
34TH Issue of Newsletter Free Your Voice from Speaking Anxiety A quick reminder ... This is your final reminder to grab Scott's "5 Steps to Remove Impostor Syndrome" guide. This powerful resource is designed to help you conquer impostor syndrome and unlock your true potential. Act now—Scott's guide won't be available forever. Don't let this opportunity slip away! Click the link below to transform your life. Get his PDF here. Back to this week's issue ... Ever panicked when faced with that...
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