For public speaking, I have a theory of what "confidence" is. It's pretty simple: confidence is actually knowing what you're about to do. Public speaking is sca

For public speaking, I have a theory of what "confidence" is. It's pretty simple: confidence is actually knowing what you're about to do. Public speaking is scary because there are so many things that people haven't accounted for. While all of those things are very important - I don't think that's all there is to stage fright. I certainly know folk who have nailed all of the things you talk about and still have major problems with fear. Hell - I still get cold sweats before any talk I give and I've been doing it for years. A process of acclimatisation seems to help some folks - I talked about this in more detail over at https://medium.com/speak-up/18cfbc7c5a78 https://medium.com/speak-up/18cfbc7c5a78