Comedian Steve Roye says all you have control over onstage is:
- Preparation
- Audience mentality (glamor of stage vs. stage as job)
- Visitor syndrome (stage is some foreign place vs. becoming familiar with the stage)
- Performance anxiety (trying to give a “performance” vs. talking to the audience)
- Fear (focusing on fear vs. focusing on being comfortable)
Focus on controlling these issues and your speaking becomes much easier.
Easily,
Tim
