Chapter 53 keep calm

In the previous article, we just talked about that speakers should not play with their clothing or jewelry, because it will distract the attention of the audience, here, there is another reason: it will give the audience a bad impression of the speaker's lack of self-control .In fact, any behavior of the speaker that is inconsistent with the situation at that time will affect the effect of the speech. Moreover, various human behaviors are indifferent at the speech scene. Therefore, the speaker must control his body movements on the podium. This is conducive to psychological calm. When you step up to the podium to give a speech, don't start in a hurry, that's a big no-no for professional speakers.You should take a deep breath and look around the crowd for a moment; if there is a commotion in the crowd and wait for it to subside, you should hold your chest out, and you should pay attention to this in ordinary times, not wait until the speech.

Luther Galleck wrote in his book "High Quality of Life": "In life, few people always pay attention to their own image-we have to straighten our necks and hold our heads high." For this reason, here , we introduce a daily exercise method recommended by Gallick: Inhale as slowly as possible, at the same time, lean your neck back as far as possible, cling to your collar, and then try to keep it for a while.This exercise, even done in an exaggerated manner, is harmless to the body, and its purpose is to straighten our neck.Over time, this will also make your breasts bigger.

So, how do we place our hands?The ideal state is that we forget about their existence and they hang naturally on the sides of the body.You must not imagine that your audience is paying attention to your hands, as if they have no interest in them.In this way your hands will not distract the attention of the audience, nor will the most critical critic disagree; besides, when speech needs to be supplemented by action, your hands will naturally do it.But what if you get so nervous that you find yourself putting your hands behind your back or in your pockets or on the podium? On this point, you can use your common sense to decide how to deal with it.I have listened to the speeches of many famous contemporary speakers, and many of them have had the experience of putting their hands in their pockets, such as Mr. There's the fussy Mr. Disraeli and so on.Moreover, their speeches were not much ill-affected.So, as long as the speaker is genuinely knowledgeable and passionate, his physical gestures are of secondary importance.After all, in speeches, it's the speaker's psychology that counts, and nothing else.