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Fear of not being perfect holds many coaches back from speaking and sharing their coaching skills and knowledge with people who want to and need to hear their message.

As coaches we know better than to allow this thinking to hold us back but it is so hard to see when it is your own fear that is paralyzing you. Plus, fear of public speaking is very common so we can always find someone to understand our fear and agree that we should avoid public speaking.

You Do Not Have to Be Perfect
You don’t have to be perfect to achieve success as a speaker! Your presentation does not have to be flawless, you do not have to tell jokes, and in fact you can even screw up and still have a successful presentation. All the audience cares about is that they get some benefit from the experience. As long as your audience believes that they have received some value from you then in their minds you are a huge success.

The truth is that no one really likes or trusts perfect people anyway. We call them “too smooth”. We like people who make a mistake or two because it relaxes us and lets us know we can be normal too. Humor and humility go a long way when you make an error. Make sure you can laugh at yourself.

Nothing Can Really Go Bad
What if I lose my place? What if I forget what I am going to say? What if they don’t like me? What if someone in the crowd does something distracting or heckles me?

The truth is that the audience is rooting for you and they want you to succeed. They want you to deliver good information that is helpful to them and they want to be interested in what you have to say.

The truth is that you will know your subject because it is about your target coaching niche so you could likely speak for an hour without a written script or plan.

If you were to screw up the best way to handle it is to admit it, correct it and move on. Nobody is perfect and everyone understands that so a mistake is easily understood and forgiven by the audience.

The truly imortant part of public speaking is that you are passionate about your subject and that you are true to yourself. Being passionate about your subject should come easily because you should be coaching in a niche that you are passionate about.

Relax and be who you are because the most persuasive people are those who are comfortable being who they are. The least persuasive people are those who are pretending to be someone else. Be yourself and share your passion and you will be a very attractive coach.

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