Jack just started his own business and he understood the advantage of holding presentations to promote his product. His challenge was fear of looking foolish and not communicating too clearly and convincingly to his audience. Fear was standing in his way, blocking his confidence.
He spent the next couple of weeks building up his self-confidence. Then he practised doing the entire presentation as if he was giving it to ten attendees.
He was slow at the beginning, nervously referring to his index cards for support. After a little while, he put the cards aside and carried on as if the cards weren’t even there. He focused his attention to an area as if there were ten people in the room, and went on with the presentation.
As he progressed into it, he gradually gained more confidence; his posture was tall and composed, his voice radiated courage, the spoken words showed his complete knowledge of the product. At the end, he was so impressed with himself that he laughed loudly and clapped hard and long. “Yes. Yes. Yes, I did it!”
I met up with him after a few days, and I asked him how he felt, he victoriously explained, “I didn’t fight it. I made it my intention to conquer the fear of making a presentation, and the only way to do it was for me to step right into it.”
That was his first step in conquering his fear of lacking confidence. A few weeks later, he held a small presentation to seventeen people, then twenty.
By gradually increasing your self-confidence, one small step at a time, you can reduce and overcome your fear of greater success.
If you have a fear that is holding you back from greater achievements in life, what would that fear be?
Hani Al-Qasem
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