Public speaking for dummies
What you need to know as a novice public speaker Plateaux in the curve of learning: We never learn anything - be it playing a keyboard, golf, speaking a new language say french, or public speaking by means of gradual improvement. Friends often we advance by sudden jerks and abrupt starts. Then we may remain stationary for a few weeks, or even lose some of the proficiency we have gained. Psychologist call these periods of stagnation "Plateaux in the curve of learning". We may strive hard for a long time and not be able to get off one of the "Plateaux" and on to an upward ascent again. Some people, not realizing this curious fact about the way we progress, get discouraged on these plateaux and abandon all effort. That is extremely regrettable, for if they were to persist, if they were to keep on practicing, they would suddenly find that they had lifted like an aeroplane and made tremendous progress again overnight. It's also necessary we come