What exactly is an 'anti-fragile' speaker?

And how he can profit from blunders in front of an audience

You must have noticed that there are objects, people and institutions that collapse under pressure while others do

They actually flourish in crisis situations. 

But is it possible to be anti-fragile even when standing in front of an audience?  

Is it possible to turn anxiety and disorders into a professional tool that will make you better and more confident?

The 'anti-fragile' approach (based on Nicholas Taleb's book and widely used by us) offers you

Don't settle for being resistant to problems but learn how to build from failures.

What is anti-fragility?

There are things, like televisions, evening dresses and perfectionist speakers that are fragile

by nature That is, they are destroyed when things do not go well. A little mess is enough to

that they will break down, get dirty or get upset.

Other things like cellphones, boots and bad lecturers at the Technion are durable (or not

 Fragile), meaning that when something bad happens they are not harmed and can continue as usual.

But there is a third category of things that are antifragile, namely the more there are

Bardak they improve and praise for example stone paving, jeans and a certain type of

Noamim (we will soon explain how to be like him) - the more messy the jeans look

And more fashionable, the flooring looks more ancient and authentic, and the speaker becomes more original and fascinating.

How does this relate to us? For years now that the public speaking course produces 'durable' speakers

Those who overcome stress and failures, hide symptoms and speak well. 

 

Brittleness and antibrittleness Speaking in front of an audience

So what actually makes a speaker fragile? Mainly his attitude, and more precisely: Perfectionism.

For most people a perfectionist attitude is destructive. It makes them fragile.   

In fact, what they lack is a mechanism to profit from the mistakes.  

They don't have the tools to use the mistake and feel that it helped them -

that it reduced the chance of repeated mistakes.

Even on the contrary: they are so angry with themselves that they made this mistake,

that anger increases stress and therefore increases the chance that the mistake will be repeated.

If the self-criticism is severe enough, the result will be performance anxiety that will turn into fear

Audience (intermediate stage: symptoms). We must find a solution to this.

 

The solution: use mistakes. Don't be afraid of them.

Taleb's solution connected perfectly with the tools we already taught in lesson 4 of the course,

The same class where you learn to look for the mistakes and use them. Let's start with the theory:

Nissim Taleb explains that faults, damages and stresses are actually a type of information, and that without it

We are prone to glitches and crashes.

The anti-fragility way to deal with failures is to look for them instead of running away from them,

And once you have found them, use them as a tool to improve and prevent future failures.

For example, many fragile speakers read their speech from the page.

This is not only a lot of hard and unnecessary work, and boring for the audience, but also makes them fragile

Because they are cut off from the crowd, and any mishap catches them exposed and causes them to collapse.

A paradoxical example: people are left with an acute fear of crowds and do not treat it

Because we must know in 100% that the treatment will work. Otherwise they will not take care of it and will continue to suffer.

This is an approach we work on throughout the course: try, make mistakes, learn from the mistake, and move forward.

From the first lesson, each exercise is investigated together and each participant is asked three questions:

i. what did you do well ii. what did you do wrong iii. How to fix anything bad?

And starting from the fourth lesson we teach the participants to interrogate each other

And gradually you also learn how to interrogate yourself. in a constructive way.

 

and now For public speaking:

The key to being anti-brittle from mishaps in a speech is with the help of constructive self-criticism.

This is an easy thing to understand, but very difficult to do - especially without outside help.

That's why we teach and practice some techniques to turn self-criticism into constructive feedback.

For example, starting with the last cycle we used the '4 questions' method which helped the students

Dealing with glitches on a whole new level:

How do I feel about my speech?

Good? So-so? Abomination of God?

The initial feeling is usually very general, extreme and unreasoned.

What is the feeling based on? 

We will make sure to understand what it was about the speech that made me feel that way.

Is there a problem with the content? Dealing with a question? A symptom of stress?

What caused the malfunction? 

Every fault has a reason, and when a fault occurs in a certain place in the speech

(e.g. opening or answering questions) a sign that I lack professional tools

deal with stress at this stage.

How to handle such a problem in the future?

What can I do so that the next time such a malfunction occurs it will be avoided?

Or will I be able to solve it? And no, the phrase "I need to relax" is not a solution,

Because if it had worked, the problem would not have happened. Need a solution that works under pressure.

And in the course you will get many of these.

And now you're done. what do we do with it?

So after you have the knowledge how to become anti fragile speakers. What will you do with him?

Do you just read it and tell yourself that someday you will use it?

Will you promise yourself that from today you will start looking for opportunities to speak in front of an audience and simply

Will you try to treat mistakes in a more constructive way?

Or maybe you will take the practical step and join an organized course? One that creates opportunities

Practice speaking in front of an audience, practice constructive self-criticism, and build a more confident attitude

And anti-fracture for speaking in front of an audience?

Why not, actually?

Because you are afraid that the course might not be perfect?  

Isn't that a bit perfectionist?

I recommend just going for it.

Just call 077-8200201 and together we will find a solution that suits your special need.

And as usual, each of our courses comes with a 100% money back guarantee if you are not satisfied

For any reason.  

So you have nothing to lose.  Sign up now.