The Night I Almost Walked Away from a Stage of 3,000

About this episode

Csilla shares her experience of nearly walking away from delivering a keynote to 3,000 people and explores the deeper psychological reasons behind the fear of public speaking.

Send me a text! Most people think they’re afraid of public speaking because they lack confidence. But the real reason runs much deeper. In this episode, Csilla shares the story of the night she nearly walked away from delivering her first keynote to an audience of 3,000 people, despite having already performed on hundreds of stages as a singer. Why did this moment feel so different? You’ll learn the real psychological reason public speaking feels so threatening, the mindset shift that helped ...

People in this episode

Host: Csilla

Topics covered

• public speaking
• confidence
• psychology
• mindset

Keywords

• keynote
• audience
• performance
• fear

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