Why most public speaking advice is wrong—and how to finally overcome your speaking anxiety | Tristan de Montebello (CEO & co-founder of Ultraspeaking)

People tend to get into uh a public speaking voice. We'll be in a class and they'll be chatting normally and and look super normal. And then we'll say, Okay, now just a timer, I'm just gonna give you a speech. Just speak for sixty seconds, so we get a baseline. And I click play, and suddenly I say, the important part about doing this, and they enter into A different version of themselves, a professional version, whatever that would mean. It's so much more freeing, powerful, connecting, and effective to speak conversationally. So the cue I often give people is. Today my guest is Tristan De Montebello.

Tristan is the co creator of Ultra Speaking. Which is the best public speaking workshop I have ever come across. In twenty seventeen, Tristan became the fastest competitor to reach the finals of the World Championship of Public Speaking, and based on that experience, Built a very unique course that helps you quickly build the skills to become better and to become more comfortable speaking in public. And especially speaking on the spot.

I like to spend time on this topic and on this podcast because becoming a better speaker is such an acceler of your professional life. And in this episode, we delve into a bunch of tactics. And also misconceptions about how to become a better speaker. And to make it even more fun and interesting, we go through a few of the exercises that Tristan and his team have developed live on the podcast. He goes through them, I go through them. It was a lot of fun. I'm excited to hear what you think. If you enjoy this podcast, don't forget to subscribe and follow it in your favorite podcasting app or YouTube.

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