Delight in the Limelight
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5.0 • 1 Rating
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Publisher Description
Yes, you can learn to love the spotlight.
Why do some of us gladly step forward while others shy away from public speaking, despite having something to say? If you’ve ever watched others take the stage—at conferences, in meetings, or even at your sister’s wedding—and yearned for the confidence to do the same—you can.
In this transformational guide, speaking coach Linda Ugelow delivers a holistic methodology that gets to the root of what’s stopping you from sharing your voice. Through powerful exercises and real-life stories of conquering performance nerves (including her own), Ugelow tells you how to free yourself from the anxieties and psychological roadblocks that are holding you back, and actually learn to enjoy the limelight. You’ll also learn exactly how to effectively prepare for speaking opportunities; how to memorize effectively; how to finally eliminate your use of filler words (like “um” or “right?”); and how to smoothly navigate slip-ups in front of an audience.
This isn’t an audiobook about “feeling the fear and doing it anyway,” it’s about shedding that fear, loving yourself, and embracing opportunities to shine brightly. Whether your audience is online, in the boardroom, in a theatre, or in the workplace, your journey to full self-expression begins here.
Customer Reviews
Highly recommend!!!!
I absolutely loved Delight in the Limelight! I didn’t realize how badly I needed to read this book until I picked it up (and couldn’t put it down). I took a public speaking class in college, which taught me how to white-knuckle through my fear of public speaking, and get through it. After many moments of just getting through public speaking moments, I decided I wanted to stop suffering through class, and eventually work presentations, and begin to enjoy the process of public speaking, or at the very least feel neutral, rather than terrified. Linda’s book takes a unique approach, helping cut through the fear, and understand why I feel the way I do about public speaking. She lays a very thorough and informative groundwork in the first half to help the reader understand their triggers when it comes to public speaking, and really touches the surface of many important aspects of psychology which explain development and how we got to be who we are as adults, specifically how we feel about ourselves, and the way we do in public speaking settings based on our earlier years of life. In the later portion of the book, Linda describes many different tools and skills, with instructions on how to practice, to make public speaking a more enjoyable experience. I can’t wait to utilize my new skills and tools for my next presentation to a group!