{"id":6401,"date":"2013-03-06T09:00:13","date_gmt":"2013-03-06T17:00:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/?p=6401"},"modified":"2013-03-05T09:47:30","modified_gmt":"2013-03-05T17:47:30","slug":"speakers-corner-nothing-to-fear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.nexusnewspaper.com\/newsite\/2013\/03\/06\/speakers-corner-nothing-to-fear\/","title":{"rendered":"Speaker’s Corner<\/em>: Nothing to fear"},"content":{"rendered":"

When it comes to public speaking, according to common \u201ctop fear\u201d lists, some of us would rather be dead than deliver a speech. On listverse.com, writer Caty Medrano compiled her idea of \u201ctop 10 strong human fears.\u201d What I like about her list is that it deals in the drives behind fears:<\/p>\n

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  1. Losing your freedom<\/li>\n
  2. The unknown<\/li>\n
  3. Pain<\/li>\n
  4. Disappointment<\/li>\n
  5. Misery<\/li>\n
  6. Loneliness<\/li>\n
  7. Ridicule<\/li>\n
  8. Rejection<\/li>\n
  9. Death<\/li>\n
  10. Failure<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    It\u2019s not hard to see why public speaking ranks high as a fear. One tool I use to override the jitters is thinking of something funny as I look out at the audience.\u00a0My body relaxes, my face smiles, my memory opens up, and my body language unconsciously reassures the audience.\u00a0My favorite funny thing to think of is from the show,\u00a0The Golden Girls<\/i>, where the girls help each other conquer their phobias. As they find out in an episode of the same name, Franklin Roosevelt knew what he was talking about when he said,\u0118\u201cYou have nothing to fear but fear itself.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    When it comes to public speaking, according to common \u201ctop fear\u201d lists, some of us would rather be dead than deliver a speech. On listverse.com, writer Caty Medrano compiled her idea of \u201ctop 10 strong human fears.\u201d What I like about her list is that it deals in the drives behind fears: Losing your freedom […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[5,97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6401","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-columns","category-march-6-2013"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t