To me I’ve always have some fear going on to any presentation when I first started my career. The feeling of being judged, contemplating what the others might think of me, and how will I be evaluated in the end. It’s a constant battle with performance anxiety that it’s like doing live coding interviews or SATs in front of all your asian relatives that already knows the answer.
But later on I found out it is not even close to what it really is. The truth is, most of people down there don’t care about what’s the next thing it’s going to come out from your mouth, and they probably forget about it within a couple of hours because they have other things to mind on their own. So now the game becomes how do I impress them.
I still have a ton of anxiety about doing presentation, but now I just think of It that it is not a means to the end (to show case) but more of a battle cry, that it’s to prove that I’m more knowledgeable on this topic than most of the audience on this topic, and I will share those findings and my hard work with you because I am confident that this deserves credits from me and it is worth sharing to the point that everyone should spend some time listening to my talk.
It’s a way to drive your impact and about execution and delivery, and a perfect opportunity to market yourself too.