glossophobia

Thunderstorms.

Glossophobia.

Public speaking.

Then transition to the scriptures by telling them that the people in Isaiah chapter 40 have a fear.

I was kind of in that boat, too.

But then and I've shared this on my show a couple of times, I think at least a couple of times how I got over my fear of public speaking.

It was chicken pox.

And everybody's like, huh? So let me elaborate for those that haven't heard this story.

And the professor asked, why did everybody stand up and give Mike a standing ovation? Because I know I didn't get an A on the presentation.

And they said, if he can go up and look like that and give a presentation, he deserves a standing ovation.

And from that point forward, I lost my fear of public speaking.

I occasionally get anxious, excited, like, OK, this is a big talk.

And also, always I like to share something, um, that I've put into my basket of knowledge since we last spoke.

And the biggest thing that I want to put into my basket of knowledge is, um, the fear of public speaking, and let me talk about that in the context of the fear.

Um, when I was doing some thinking, we are not afraid to talk.

We all love to talk.

When it comes to a crowd, the fear is not actually about the fear of talking, but it's the fear of being judged.

And when I thought about that really carefully about myself and the people that I coach and I work with, it's the judgment that, that makes us afraid, 'cause we all, we all can talk.

So my question for you all is, as you think about this, is the fear of public speaking, where does it come from, and what is it stopping you from doing? So that was my little piece of knowledge that I put into my basket and a little bit of thought process.

And it's a great segue into our guest this week.