50: 3 Strategies to Help You Become a World Class Presenter

03/04/17 • 22 min

Welcome to episode 50! I definitely didn’t think we would make it this far but I am super grateful to have you here. Today we talk about public speaking. I know a lot of you have a fear of speaking in public but in order to be a great entrepreneur you must learn to be able to be a great communicator. Today I give you my top three tips to help you overcome your fear, become more confident, and become the world class speaker you are destined to become.

Most everyone deals with the fear of public speaking and it is certainly one of my number one fears. I was always the student who never wanted to raise their hand in class and was never confident amongst my peers. I knew that in order to become a successful entrepreneur I had to get over this fear and become more comfortable with communicating.

The first time I gave a public speech was at a hotel early on in my career to about 30 individuals. I remember opening the meeting in pure panic. I actually considered just leaving right on the spot. There was even a cup of water that I was holding and I was so nervous that I was shaking and spilling the water. When that meeting was over I couldn’t run out of that room fast enough. I then made a commitment to myself that I would never embarrass myself like that ever again.

Three strategies to overcome fear of public speaking:

Record yourself giving a presentation to see, hear, and critique your mannerisms.
Read aloud and practice putting emotion and life into the words
Start modeling other people. Find other speakers whose style resonates with you and study them.

It took years of implementing these three strategies before I actually became pretty good. In the book, The War of Art, it talks about how the things we fear the most, we were actually put on this earth to do. I want you to face your fear and recognize that the fear is an indicator for something you are destined to do. With these three tips you too can become a world class presenter!

Quick reminder: I have a live training event coming up on April 7 – 9 that you should strongly consider. Be sure to check it out here: www.BreakthroughAcademyLive.com

Three strategies to overcome fear of public speaking:

Record yourself giving a presentation to see, hear, and critique your mannerisms.
Read aloud and practice putting emotion and life into the words
Start modeling other people. Find other speakers whose style resonates with you and study them.

Quick reminder: I have a live training event coming up on April 7 – 9 that you should strongly consider. Be sure to check it out here: www.BreakthroughAcademyLive.com

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49: Overcoming the Fear of Leadership

In this episode we are talk about the fear of leadership. I hope this episode can give you some insight as to why you may be struggling in this area and how to overcome it!

In my early days, I used to self-sabotage my business and my results. I never quite understood why I did this and now looking back, it is very clear. To be truthful, I actually didn’t believe I had what it took to be a leader. This was a vicious cycle that I was in for years that was extremely frustrating. The thought of having a large organization and being in charge of its direction scared me to death.

To attack this problem, you need to do two things:

Recognize that this fear is real and something that you will have to deal with.
Then, acknowledge the resistance. Many times in our life the things we fear the most are the things we were put on this earth to do. If you are fearing this idea of becoming a leader than you were probably meant to lead!

Stop letting fear control your business and pressing the snooze button on your dreams, goals, and passions. I want to challenge every one of you to stand up and be the leader you are supposed to be!

Big announcement, I have the single most comprehensive training that I have ever done on the subject of live video that I will be doing this Wednesday night. Be sure to register for my next live training session here: BobHeilig.com/VideoTraining

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51: Start Using Your Fear as Your Compass

Today we talk about fear and the strategies to overcome it. Especially as a new entrepreneurs, there are so many things that we feel resistance towards. I thought that once I became successful I would become fearless. However, nothing could be further from the truth. No matter how successful you are, fear is always lurking in the shadows and doing things you have never done before will be scary. High achievers realize that it is the things in life that we fear most which create the biggest breakthroughs and opportunities.

I can remember back in my early days as an entrepreneur doing everything I could to avoid fear. Many think that once they become fearless they will become successful. The only way to avoid fear is to never attempt to get out of your comfort zone. When you step out of your comfort zone, uncertainty is created which forces growth! Being an entrepreneur is a personal development program with a compensation plan attached to it. Nothing great has ever been accomplished without uncertainty.

Actions towards fear:

Stop avoiding fear
Start using fear as your compass
Embrace fear and uncertainty and move forward

I want to challenge you. Sit down and take an inventory of the things you are fearing in life right now. I want you to start recognizing fear as a necessary part of being an entrepreneur and commit that over the next 7 – 10 days, you will start taking action and believe that amazing things will start to happen!

Quick reminder: I have a live training event coming up on April 7 – 9 that you should strongly consider. Be sure to check it out here: www.BreakthroughAcademyLive.com