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1. Increase in self-confidence
Public speaking will help you
increase your self-confidence. By public speaking you are increasing your skill
at communicating with others, making you more confident around people.
2. Makes you more comfortable
around other people
Public speaking increases your
comfort level around people. Whether it’s a small or large group you will learn
to be more comfortable around people despite of group size.
3. One of the best ways to
generate sales (or get a better job)
If you own a business or do some
form of work on the side public speaking is one of the best ways to generate
sales. Understanding how to effectively get your message across to another
person can help you generate more sales for your company.
Public speaking skills are also
important in securing a better job. It is how you present yourself at a job
interview that will be the ultimate decider as to whether or not you land that
higher paying job and whether or not you get paid in the higher bracket or
lower bracket of pay rates.
4. At some point in your life
you will need to do it
Almost every single person will
need to speak in public at some point in their lives. Every public speaking
opportunity is an opportunity to grow your leadership, your influence and your
career.
By becoming a confident and capable
public speaker you instantly put yourself above many other people who refuse to
stand up and speak.
5. It will allow you to make a
difference in your life, business, community, career
Every speaking opportunity is an opportunity
to grow in leadership and influence. Having the opportunity to influence
people’s thoughts put you in a position to create real positive change in
people’s lives.
6. Skills learned can boost
performance in other areas of life
Public speaking will improve your
communication skills, your leadership skills, your confidence and your ability
to read and understand people. There are multiple other skills you will learn
when public speaking that can actually boost your performance and fulfilment in
other areas of your life.
7. Public speaking allows you to
demonstrate your knowledge
90% of people will avoid getting up
in front of people to give a speech. By standing up and speaking to a crowd you
are positioning yourself as an expert in your field and you have a great
opportunity to share your knowledge.
8. Public speaking allows you to
improve upon your knowledge
One of the best ways to learn is to
teach, and public speaking is exactly that…an opportunity to teach. Public
speaking is important because it helps you to improve your knowledge. The
preparation that goes into a speech and the fact that you have to work out how
to communicate to others effectively makes you understand your content that
much better.
9. Public speaking
differentiates you in the workforce
By having the confidence and
ability to speak in public you can differentiate yourself in the workforce.
This could put you in line for the next promotion or keep your head off the
chopping block when the next redundancy rolls around.
10. Public speaking will help
you form a tribe of supporters around you
By standing up in front of people
and delivering a talk you can attract like-minded people around you. Seth Godin
calls this a tribe and I think it is a great concept.
