The Number 1 Tip for Eliminating Nerves

• 00:04 Now I'm going to give you my number one tip on how to eliminate the uhs, ums,
• 00:09 the verbal tics in your speeches, presentations, and talks.
• 00:13 This is the absolute most effective technique.
• 00:16 It's also the least popular technique, so you're not going to like it.
• 00:21 You're going to say, teacher I don't want to do that.
• 00:23 I have to tell you what it is and
• 00:25 you can be the judge of whether you use this technique.
• 00:28 The technique is, any speech, any presentation, any talk you're about to do,
• 00:33 any important voicemail with a client or prospect.
• 00:37 I want you to practice what you're saying,
• 00:41 holding up your cell phone and recording it on video.
• 00:47 If you hate the idea of video, then use audio, but
• 00:50 preferably video and then watch it and listen to it.
• 00:56 First of all, I want you to focus on, is this interesting?
• 00:59 Will I want to listen to me?
• 01:01 Let's solve that problem first, then and
• 01:06 only then do I want you to count the ums and uhs.
• 01:10 Keep doing it until you're comfortable with how you come across in your
• 01:15 number of uhs and ums.
• 01:17 Remember, no one's going to remember one or two uhs or
• 01:21 ums throughout a presentation, or a talk, or a conversation.
• 01:26 They will remember if you have 20 in the first 30 seconds, so
• 01:30 don't strive for perfection.
• 01:32 I do want you to focus on a number that you're comfortable with.
• 01:36 So please do that now, think of any topic you want,
• 01:39 anything you ever discuss in briefings, meetings, talks or conversations.
• 01:45 Record yourself, you can use a cell phone,
• 01:48 an iPad, a webcam, and keep doing it, that's the key.
• 01:53 It's not about doing it once and ripping yourself apart for ten hours.
• 01:57 Do it once and then quickly do another one.
• 02:00 Keep redoing it until you're comfortable with how you come across,
• 02:06 how fluid you are, how interesting you are, and how few verbal tics you have

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