No matter what profession you are in, you will have to face the fact that there will be advantages and disadvantages to working in the field. Not only will there be pros and cons, but there will also be false stories, untruths, or myths, depending on how you wish to describe it, that will be a part of the field as well. People will tell you reasons why you can't do that or why you shouldn't. Every one of those untruths or myths Is designed for one purpose: to scare you from getting into it, because the person Is jealous or envious of you. If you are planning on becoming a public speaker, you may as well know the myths and the real truth behind them.
Myth #1: You have to be educated to be a public speaker.
This is further from the truth. There are public speakers who make an average of 10 to 20 million dollars a year on public speaking and don't even have a college education. They may have graduated from high school. If they did go to college, it was just to get a BS in some chosen subject. otherwise, you do not need special skills to be a public speaker, other than the willingness, desire, and determination to speak in front of people.
Myth #2: You have to be a great speaker in order to stand up in front of people to speak.
This is an outright lie. You don't need to be great. All you need is a message and the willingness to deliver that message to your audience. It doesn't matter if you do outrageous things while on the podium. You can drink water, stand up on a chair, lean on the podium, or walk around the room. It doesn't matter what you do, as long as the content you deliver is what the audience came to hear, that really is what's important.
Myth #3: You have to change who you are to speak.
This is the most ridiculous myth to ever come out of any one person's mouth. The fact Is you do not have to change anything. So what you talk with a lisp or an accent. The audience will relate to you if you do have some kind of idiosyncrasy, for they will know you are a part of them. You are simply there to give a speech. You are there to help them, by delivering a message they came to hear.
Myth #4: You have to work hard to be a public speaker.
You do not have to work harder. You have to work right first. You may think that working smart will get you to where you are going. This may be true, but if you are not working right first, you won't accomplish your goals no matter what you do. In order to be a great public speaker, you have to know what is involved and follow the steps the right way. This means providing the right type of delivery and performing all the steps related to proper public speaking.
If you are planning to go into public speaking, a word of advice. Do not listen to the myths and untruths from people who do not know what they are talking about. Instead, learn your art the right way, and do it right from the beginning. By so doing, everything else will fall into place.
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