It’s Friday! Another stressful week at work, but I think we’re finally gaining traction.
Linking up with Kate Motaung and the Five Minute Friday community.
This week’s prompt is: speak
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I’ve often heard that one of the most common phobias is public speaking.
I get it. There’s been a few times when I’ve actually wanted to speak, but most often I’m reticent.
I think if I had a burning passion that I wanted to communicate, it would be easier.
Actually, I have a lot of burning passions, but none that are focused and well-articulated. Plus, they tend to migrate depending on what’s happening in my life and what’s influencing me at the moment.
Overall, I prefer written communication to spoken. But, most speeches are written, so the mediums do overlap.
Fear to put your words out there transcends all forms of communications.
I’d say a percentage of that fear is healthy and keeps us from saying what we shouldn’t. Most of it, though, is just a stumbling block that prevents us from connecting with people.
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Public speaking is one of the things I really miss, Beth. My first effort was such a disaster – with unreadable Powerpoint slides, so I had to describe what people WOULD be seeing – that (after returning to the airport and getting roaring drunk) I realized that nothing I ever did in speaking could be worse.
It took the pressure off, and for awhile people actually looked forward to my talks.
#2 at FMF this week.
https://blessed-are-the-pure-of-heart.blogspot.com/2017/08/your-dying-spouse-351-this-will-all-be.html
I agree with what you say about passion. I used to be terrified of public speaking and I only got over it when my passion for what I was speaking about became greater than the fear. Now I actually quite enjoy it, but it is a big responsibility to put our words out there, whether in speaking or in writing. We do need to think carefully about what we say. Visiting from FMF #42.