DEALING WITH NERVOUSNESS

Do you always get nervous in front of a crowd?

      Nervousness is normal, most people express anxiety before doing something important in public. Politicians are nervous before a campaign speech, and athletes are nervous before a big game. Those who succeed have learned the art of using their nervousness to their own advantage.
    In other words, it is perfectly normal - and even desirable to be nervous at the start of a speech. your body is responding as it would to any stressful situation - by producing extra adrenaline. This sudden shot of adrenaline is what makes your heart race, your hands shake, your knees knock and your skin perspire. Every public speaker experiences all these reactions to some extent. The same applies to an individual who just worked into a new organization and is beginning to meet people whom he as never met before.