It is your life that makes this book come alive. Without you, these are merely words on paper. Truly, it is you who will give this book its life. I may be the guide, but the adventure is yours. We need to recognize, though, that the dread of being asked to speak before a group is as many national surveys indicate, the number one fear among a majority of adults.
Normal people feel real terror when asked to stand up and speak before a group.
More than being merely acknowledged, such an obvious and often-discussed fear must be welcomed in a course about confidence. We have much to learn from this particular anxiety, even if we never speak at a podium. Just as we're all salesmen, so too each of us routinely is a public speaker. The two are related. We sell to ourselves every time we decide that we can or cannot do something.