008. Silenced by Grades: The Impact on Speaking Confidence
The root causes of speaking anxiety are often rooted in our school experience. A major feature of school is the grading system.
I encourage you to reflect on how this system may have affected how you feel about yourself, how you view others, and how you look at speaking itself so you can continue to untangle the web of uncertainty when speaking in public.
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Linda gently points us to notice experiences, ubiquitous to many of us, some long forgotten that niggle at us and undermine our willingness to take a chance, inviting us to take a chance now.