Those who excel in public speaking share 5 characteristics in common:

1. They know their material - even if it means staying up the night before (your adrenaline will get you through it and you can crash later!).
   
2. They breathe and allow the diaphragm to control their nervousness as well as their speaking voice.
3. They make eye contact with the audience, thereby talking to their listeners, not at them.
4. They speak in color, expressing life, emotion, and animation, not only in the voice but by means of facial expression and body language.
5. They believe in themselves. 

If you stand to make that presentation or give that speech believing you cannot do it, how successful do you think you will be?  Don't go for perfection - what is perfection in a live performance anyway?  Why not be the best that you can be?
If you can deliver a presentation utilizing these 5 characteristics, then you will be doing your best.

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