How I Mastered my Fear of Public Speaking

234 Pages·1957·24.638 MB·English

by  Elmer Wheeler

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How
Mastered
I
My
Fear
of
Public Speaking
ELMER WHEELER
Chosen "Most Popular Speaker*9
by poll of 500 business clubs
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
New York
HOW MASTERED MY FEAR OF PUBLIC SPEAKING
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Copyright (c) 1957 by Elmer Wheeler
Printed in the United States of America
All rights in this book are reserved.
No part of the book may be used or reproduced
in any manner whatsoever without written per-
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embodied in critical articles and reviews. For
information address Harper if Brothers
49 East 33rd Street, New York 16, N. Y.
FIRST EDITION
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Library of Congress catalog card number: 57-9588
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Contents
FOREWORD IX
1. I Was a Rank Dud as a Conversationalist 1
My
2. Career as Public Speaker Begins 9
How My Way
3. I Flunked to Success 15
4. How a Mirror Showed Me a Simple Secret 19
How to Greet People You Meet 23
Say Something Simple 24
5.
6. Throw Away the First Three Pages 29
7. Six Simple Steps to Conquer Fear of Meeting People 33
8. How to Overcome Stage Fright 37
How to Shake Hands to Win Friends 41
9. When You Find Yourself in Hot Water 42
10. How to Remember Names 48
11. 36 Dos and Don'ts Plus 8 Common Errors 53
5 Tested Friend-Makers 57
How
12. to Tell Stories 58
13. If You Dress Better You'll Speak Better 64
14. How I Learned Not to Buck a Trend 68
4 Ways to Win People Over 75
How
15. to Speak Before Service Clubs 76
16. Be Yourself on the Platform 85
17. You Can't Erase the Spoken Word 90
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CONTENTS
18. To Win an Audience, First Conquer Yourself 93
19. Eleven Ways to Test Your Speech 97
20. How to Make People Buy Your Ideas 101
How
21. to Banish Nervousness 105
6 Steps to Successful Speaking 109
A
22. Sure Cure for Platform Fears 110
23. The Art and Science of Handling People 116
24. How Words Saved a Man's Life 120
How
25. to Profit from Criticism 125
Voice Self-Tester 129
26. What Speaking Before 20,000 People Taught Me 130
27. What to Do When Your Talk Fails 137
28. One Way to Make People Like You Instantly 140
29. Getting Along with People 144
30. Trade Secrets for Speakers 149
S Tested Friend-Fizzlers 153
31. How to Meet Fear with Brave Thoughts 154
32. 6-Point Formula to Success 161
33. The Joys and Trials of a Speaker's Life 164
34. What It Takes to Be a Paid Public Speaker 173
35. The Care and Feeding of Speakers 183
INDEX 195
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