John,
Sounds like you had what I call a "Floating Talking Head" experience. It's
happened to me before.
Basically, you are in the middle of teaching, presenting, or briefing, and
you experience a trippy sensation of almost being outside yourself. As you
talk, your self awareness gets distorted,
>John,
>
>Sounds like you had what I call a "Floating Talking Head" experience.
It's
>happened to me before.
>
>Basically, you are in the middle of teaching, presenting, or briefing,
and
>you experience a trippy sensation of almost being outside yourself.
As you
>talk, your self awareness gets di
I don't know about you, but public speaking is one of the hardest skills
I've had to learn.
I've noticed that there are lots of 'fear-enhancing' factors that can
become involved; they can vary from person to person - some speakers
completely lose it when handling a difficult audience-member, or tr
One thing that I've discovered is *very* distracting is if I see anyone
who looks bored, sleepy, irritated, whatever. That will make me lose my
train of thought because I started to be concerned about *why* they
appear to be tired, bored, or whatever. I then start to be even more
self-conscious,
Hey man it happens. Some days it's like you've got a tap running into the
hoover dam, and it's your job to make sure everyone gets an 8 oz. glass of
water. Other days you've got that tap up and running, and the students want
to know about the Gulf of Mexico. My advice would be, if you have another
John,
You may want to drown your disappointment in something a little stronger
than coffee. :-)
I volunteered to teach a small computer class at my daughter's school a
while back and I definitely had those days. It usually happened when there
were pressing issues at the office and I was anxious t
>I don't know about you, but public speaking is one of the hardest skills
>I've had to learn.
>
>I've noticed that there are lots of 'fear-enhancing' factors that can
>become involved; they can vary from person to person - some speakers
>completely lose it when handling a difficult audience-member,
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