"Nervous about getting up in front of a crowd? Just imagine your audience in their underwear!"
"Wondering how you can grab everyone's attention? Crack a joke to break the ice!"
There’s no shortage of well-meaning public-speaking advice out there—some of it familiar to the point of cliche, some of it novel.
The truth is that to become a great speaker, you need to be aware of what you shouldn’t do just as much as what you should do. And to get your head around both the dos that will help you become a more powerful communicator, you first need to ditch the bad advice. These six common ideas should be the first to go.
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