Man, what you need is not sympathy, but a push. No one doubts that temperament and nerves and illness and even praise worthy modesty may,singly or combined, cause the speaker's cheek to blanch before an audience, but neither can any one doubt that coddling will magnify thisweakness.
The victory lies in a fearless frame of mind during a speech. Prof. Walter Dill Scott says: "Success or failure in business is caused more by mental attitude even than by mental capacity." Banish the fear-attitude;acquire the confident attitude. And remember that the only way to acquire it is--_to acquire it_.
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Thursday, August 16, 2007
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