One of the hurdles public speakers will have to climb has to do with raising their confidence level to an acceptable standard. This is more like begging the question really, as no one will be interested in a message you are not convinced of so this makes exhibiting a great measure of confidence of the utmost importance. So the next question is how do you go about increasing your confidence and passing yourself off as believable? Confidence without charisma
is like a slice of bread eaten as is, without any supplement say butter or jam. While tasty as an independent food substance, it tastes better when eaten with something else. This same symbiotic relationship exists between charisma and confidence.
is like a slice of bread eaten as is, without any supplement say butter or jam. While tasty as an independent food substance, it tastes better when eaten with something else. This same symbiotic relationship exists between charisma and confidence.A charismatic speaker is a much better option than a dull, uninspiring one any day, this goes to underscore the importance of charisma in speechmaking. It is that ability to attract others and cause them to have confidence in you and your message. Most people buy on emotions rather than logic so if the messenger does not captivate them how can they possibly accept the message.
There are no hard and fast rules to becoming more confident and personally, I do not believe in the fact that you have to stand before a mirror to deliver all your lines to have an idea of how well you fare. What I feel is important is to have someone who is willing to give you honest feedback listen to your for about 2 minutes or so, this person will be your pseudo audience. This will help you to get honest feedback before encountering your real audience. Based on the feedback received you can work on yourself to bring your strengths to bear on your presentation and minimise your weaknesses.
One of the techniques employed by great speakers in a bid to be more charismatic is to develop a likeable personality. It reminds me of what my friend, Damilola Oluwatoyinbo, one of Nigeria's up and coming public speakers once said about charisma in public speaking, "People do not want be reminded of their school teacher or lecturer complete with cane in hand". The idea behind that simple statement was simply to develop a more likeable personality in other words every successful speaker must learn to be more personable if he or she wants to be charismatic and attract people like a magnet.
You can learn and harness virtually every skill; the same applies to charisma and confidence
. When you get an opportunity to interact with people you meet on a personal basis, a simple act like stretching out your hand with a smile on your face and introducing yourself might just do the trick. You can practise this simple technique as often as possible and the good part is that it is free. Remember the important thing is to enhance your charisma and confidence.
. When you get an opportunity to interact with people you meet on a personal basis, a simple act like stretching out your hand with a smile on your face and introducing yourself might just do the trick. You can practise this simple technique as often as possible and the good part is that it is free. Remember the important thing is to enhance your charisma and confidence. Confidence and charisma are two attributes of great speakers you want to be associated with and you will do well to have them to add value to your presentations.
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