如何做到上台聲不顫、腿不抖？

演講技能能讓你熠熠生輝，

但你是一個好的演講者嗎？

暫且拋開演講的內容不談，

你上台演講時會緊張會怯場嗎？

你的聲音會發顫，你的雙腿會顫抖嗎？

或是心理緊張，或是生理緊張，

或許適度的緊張有利於你的發揮，

但如果你能輕鬆自如地應對公眾演講，

我想，你，就成功了。

今天看看Joe Kowan是如何克服怯場的吧！

Joe Kowan: How I Beat Stage Fright.

（演講原文節選）

That night I promised myself: I would go back every week until I wasn t nervous anymore. And I did. I went back every single week, and sure enough, week after week, it didn t get any better. The same thing happened every week. (Laughter) I couldn t shake it.

那一晚，我向自己許諾： 從今往後，每周都參加開麥表演，直到不感到緊張為止。我的確這樣做了，每周都去，經過了一周又一周，果然情況一點兒都沒好轉，每次上台還是怯場 (笑聲)。 我實在擺脫不掉它。

And that s when I had an epiphany. And I remember it really well, because I don t have a lot of epiphanies. (Laughter) All I had to do was write a song that exploits my nervousness. That only seems authentic when I have stage fright, and the more nervous I was, the better the song would be. Easy. So I started writing a song about having stage fright. First, fessing up to the problem, the physical manifestations, how I would feel, how the listener might feel. And then accounting for things like my shaky voice, and I knew I would be singing about a half-octave higher than normal, because I was nervous. By having a song that explained what was happening to me, while it was happening, that gave the audience permission to think about it. They didn t have to feel bad for me because I was nervous, they could experience that with me, and we were all one big happy, nervous, uncomfortable family. (Laughter)

直到有一天我靈光一現，那一刻我記得非常清楚，因為我靈光一現的時候不多 (笑聲)。我唯一需要做的，就是寫一首表達我緊張的歌，只有當我怯場的時候，這首歌才更有感染力，我越緊張，就能把歌演繹得越好。這太好辦了！於是我開始著手創作一首關於怯場的歌：先坦承自己有怯場的毛病，說說都有哪些生理表現，有什麼心理感受，談談聽眾的感受，然後再做些解釋，比如為什麼會發出顫音。我知道因為緊張，我的音比正常高半個八度，有了這麼一首解釋我狀態的歌，當我怯場時，觀眾就不會覺得太突兀。他們不必因為我緊張而擔心我，他們可以和我經歷這一切，我們是開心快樂、局促不安的大家庭 (笑聲)。

By thinking about my audience, by embracing and exploiting my problem, I was able to take something that was blocking my progress, and turn it into something that was essential for my success. And having the stage fright song let me get past that biggest issue right in the beginning of a performance. And then I could move on, and play the rest of my songs with just a little bit more ease. And eventually, over time, I didn t have to play the stage fright song at all. Except for when I was really nervous, like now. (Laughter)

我去體會聽眾的感受，接受並利用自己怯場的問題，從而挖出阻礙我前進的因素，然後把它轉化為成功的必備要素。這首怯場歌幫我解決了開場表演最大的障礙，這樣我就能繼續唱下去，稍微輕鬆地表演其他歌曲。最終，我甚至完全不需要再唱這首怯場歌了 ，除了我的確非常緊張的時候，比如現在 (笑聲)。

How do you overcome stage fright?

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