Butterflies flying in the stomach when speaking?

Fear of speaking in front of the public is the number one fear, above death and disease. Many people admire those who have the courage to speak fearlessly in front of the public. Professional MCs do it all the time and we often have people coming to us to say, "How I wish I can speak like you!" 

But do professional emcees speak without fear at all? Do they go up the stage and can speak just immediately? All people have stage frights, no matter who. There were times where we too came across moments we shook our legs, our bodies shiver and butterflies seem to fly in the stomachs. 

The trick is to know HOW to overcome all these symptoms. Calmy palms, sweating, body shivers, legs shaking and even butterfly stomachs are all normal when someone is faced with anxiety and fright. The key is to hide it as much as possible and overcome that moment. 

If you know anxiety makes your hands shake, try not to hold papers and show the audience your fears. If you know you sweat or have calmy palms, equip yourself with a handkerchief to wipe it off and tell the sweat "STOP coming out!" Identify your own ways to calm yourself and use it when you have stage frights. 

To learn more on how to counter all these fears, KT Pillai will teach you during the PROMPT Basic training.