Steps to Overcoming Fear

There are several tricks you can use to overcome your fear of making silly mistakes or looking foolish in front of a group of people:

1. Be well prepared before speaking to an audience.
2. Practice your speech as much as possible. There is no such thing as too much practice.
3. Have a backup plan-i.e. speech notes on index cards - in case you do forget what you wanted to say.
4. Reduce the fear of your audience.
5. Relax yourself before you speak by using relaxation techniques or whatever method helps you to calm your nerves.

In the following paragraphs I will briefly explain these points.