【原】如何克服公众演讲恐惧

Before I discovered this,
我在发现这个道理之前，
I used to put incredible pressure on myself to deliver a perfect performance.
曾经为了一个完美的表现给自己施加了难以想象的压力。
I worked for days to prepare a talk.
我曾花好多天准备一篇演讲，
I stayed up nights worrying about making mistakes.
有好几个夜晚我彻夜未眠只是担心会犯错误，
I spent hours and hours rehearsing what I was going to say.
我花了好几个小时做演讲排练，
And you know what?
然后你猜怎么着?

All this did was to make me even more anxious.
这一切只让我更着急！
The more perfect I tried to be, the worse I did.
我越是想做的完美，结果越是糟糕！
It was all very disheartening, not to mention unnecessary.
没有比这更令人沮丧不过的了，先不说我没有必要这样做
The essence of public speaking is this:
公众演讲的本质，就是：
give your audience something of value.
给你的观众有价值的东西，
That's all there is to it.
这就是所有的东西。
If people in your audience walk away with something of value,
如果你的听众收获了一些有价值的东西，
they will consider you a success.
他们就会认为你的演讲成功了；
If they walk away feeling better about themselves,
如果他们离开时感觉自己变得更好了，
feeling better about some job they have to do,
同时对他们自己的工作感觉良好，
they will consider you a success.
他们也会认为你的演讲成功了；
If they walk away feeling happy or entertained,
如果他们离开时感到快乐或享受，
they will consider their time with you worthwhile.
他们会认为听你演讲的这段时间很有价值。