Public Speaking: Overcome Negative Self Comments

Video Transcript

"Now, what you don't want to do is be negative. And I'm not talking about in the context of the speech that you've written. I'm talking about in the context of you, and this is for a lot of things. First of all, at the beginning of your speech, you don't want to start by telling us how bad you're going to be, alright. That's, you know, I'm not going to be any good at this, this is going to be really bad. You don't want to do that. And the same thing goes for the end of the speech. The last thing that you tell us is not, we don't want a, oh, that was really bad or that was awful, well that stinks. That's being negative. And in the middle of the speech, if somewhere along the way you screw up, you mess up, you've dropped your notes, you lose your place, you, whatever it is, don't start telling us how bad you are. Just, you don't have to tell us anything, really. And it's really even better for your confidence if you're not even thinking those things. You don't have to be perfect. So you make a mistake. So you get lost. Big deal. You don't have to tell us. You don't have to have that negative thought saying, well you're just an idiot, you don't even know where your place is. Because if that starts taking over, then you're going to have a really hard time finding your place. So don't be negative."