Introverts and anxious people of Reddit, I need your help. I'm preparing for an important presentation at work, and public speaking has always been my Achilles' heel.   What techniques or strateg...

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Introverts and anxious people of Reddit, I need your help. I'm preparing for an important presentation at work, and public speaking has always been my Achilles' heel. 

What techniques or strategies have you found most effective for improving your public speaking skills? Have you overcome severe anxiety about presenting? How did you do it?

Overcoming the fear of public speaking

Digital Accessibility Technologist

Overcoming the fear of public speaking- Grapevine

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Good people of grapevine,

I am a start up bug and have been in the industry for 6+ years.

I sometimes find myself adding great value to people one on one (based on feedback), and even think that I have good ideas and intentions, but I am morbidly afraid of networking and find it intimidating to talk to people outside of my close circles.

I don't intend to be a sad puppy and waste your time for sympathy, but only want to know and grasp the mindsets of being more effective communicators leaving aside all my negative biases.

Thanks and cheers!

Good people to the rescue : morbid self deprecation and afraid to network

Founder

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I usually panic before an interview and end up not attending it at all or postponing it. Even after preparing I feel under pressure and get performance anxiety. How can I tackle this?
I’m always worried about what they’ll ask and if I don’t answer properly what will they think of me, I get such intrusive thoughts. And even after preparing I always feel like I have not prepared well enough.

Interview panic

Consultant

I think I have social anxiety. Currently working in a lead role. Everyday I feel very anxious before any meeting. How to cope up with it?

Social anxiety

Analyst

Is this uncommon? Can someone shed some light pls.

Even after 10 years of experience, I still have stage fright.

Growth Manager

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Have a niche networking event tomorrow
But very anxious being doubly introvert

How do you start? What do you say?
Do you have a template that works for you?

Need help with Introductions/Elevator Pitch

Drop the one small thing that made you feel good today.

Often we look for “happiness” while we rush through life like there will be time later to pause and enjoy. Little moments should be cherished and enjoyed - makes the day to day more meaningful. 

Mine: 

1. 5 small red roses and 3 white roses in the balcony. Waking up to that felt good and makes me smile today.

2. 5 minutes in the balcony and the morning sun. therapeutic!

What made you smile today?

An important meeting cancelled. Woke up to the cancelled invitation on my email.

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What are resources to improve communication skills?

As a product designer, one need to work with different stakeholders (developers, product managers, business etc.). As an introvert, how do you manage to speak up your opinions and not feel intimated in a group of people? Specially if you're new to a company and haven't had much interaction yet with the team.

Is being an introvert a challenge for product designers?

So I have been working remotely for the past 2 and half years after college and I have never been to an office before. Now in june I'm joining a new company and this time my role has changed a little bit so I have to talk with a lot of customers and my communication skills are horrible. I feel bad and don't want to stutter in front of anyone. 

Does anyone have any suggestions or any advice which helped you a lot personally?

Communication Skills

Security Engineer

Hello viners,

I'm in my mid 20s. Whenever a random small thing happens to me or my body, I start googling it. Then self diagnosing, then always some type of cancer. Overthinking, stress, panic attacks.

I am not able to focus on my work. Daily life has worsened. Please give tips on how to overcome this.

Overthinking

Frontend Engineer

I have an onshore counterpart, one level above me. We two are setting up the project and conducting workshops. The problems I have are:

1. I work in the B shift from 2 PM to 11 PM since the client is in PST. But i login usually at 10-11
2. My onshore counterpart works in EST but logs in very late.
3. Although I work in the B shift, I often extend until 1 AM because I am preparing all the PPTs and doing research. I have to explain everything I do daily for 2-3 hours. She schedules meetings during the PST afternoon to present that work.
4. It has been 2 months of the same routine. In every weekly stand-up, she gets appreciation as if she did the work and research, without giving me any credit.
5. I can escalate the issue, but no one will listen because she has been here for 12 years, whereas I joined a year ago. She has strong networking with the leadership, which I lack.
6. I can ask for release, but I like this project and have provided solutions for some challenging gaps. I feel very bad because I work for 16-18 hours per day. She could schedule the meeting in the PST morning, but she purposely schedules it in the PST afternoon and gets the credit for my work.

PS: i saw her creating a transcript to read during the meeting

Do people like this really exist? If you have personal commitments, why come to work? Don’t you have a conscience and feel guilty about stealing credit for others’ work? Nowadays, there are many posts related to stopping gender-based reservations. Is it because of situations like this?

Struggling with Credit Thief Daily😒

Associate Manager

I've always been someone who's had to think well before I spoke. Unless it's something I'm very well aware of (ex: my day to day work), I take time, first to make up the words in my head and then deliver. This delay, is something I want to work on.
If you've been in my place at some point, what made you change; and improve on your communication? 
I don't think this is hindering my abilities at work, but it certainly does - in connecting with new people and in all the non-work comms.

Think before you speak

Data Analyst

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Do we need good presentation skills to survive as a software engineer in IT industry?

Software Developer

People keep telling about working on communication skills. 

How to work on them? Taking any classes or any guide. 

Please share your views

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