The Magic Button Against Anxiety and Other Principles of Successful Public Speaking

Why is the fear of public speaking second only to the fear of death? Why does it paralyze us so much?

A renowned public speaking expert, the General Director of the Institute of Public Speaking, Irina Barzhak answers these and many other questions in her book “The Magic Button Against Anxiety.” You’ll learn what the magic button against anxiety is and how it turns off fear before speaking. You’ll master techniques that will help you become a charismatic speaker. They’re used in Hollywood, but they were invented by Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavsky. You’ll also learn about the ten main principles of public speaking—each of which every person who plans to speak in front of an audience should know. This is the foundation of public speaking skills, without which it’s impossible to move further.

From the author

Part 1. “Never worry for nothing, for anything, and never”

Foreword

10 principles of a successful talk. Principle #1. The super-task or goal

Principle #2. Elementary

Principle #3. Why you? Authority!

Principle #4. The difficulty of translation

Principle #5. Don’t read!

Principle #6. A question

Principle #7. Play, or the riddle

Principle #8. Skiving, or “little temptations”

Principle #9. Be, not seem

Principle #10. I see and I hear

Part 2. “Television secrets”