Effortless English: Learn To Speak English Like a native

Psychology Is Eighty Percent Of Success
I could hear the crowd of three thousand in the room next door. Loud rock music
echoed through the venue. A buzz of energy grew as the event organizer began my
introduction.
Backstage, my excitement built. I jumped, shouted and smiled. I yelled to myself,
“I am here to contribute! I will give all my energy and ability to help this audience
today! I’m ready to rock! Yes! Yes! Yes!”
I walked to the door and peeked through it to view the audience. They were
standing on their feet, applauding. And then they began to chant my name. “A.J.
Hoge! A.J. Hoge! A.J. Hoge!” A surge of energy went through my body. I jumped
and then ran onto the stage. The audience continued to shout my name.
As I stood facing that audience of three thousand people, I felt no fear. My
breathing was deep, my body relaxed. In place of fear, I felt tremendous enthusiasm.
In place of nervousness, I felt eagerness instead.
My experience of public speaking has totally transformed. Before a big speech, I
now feel powerful — an incredible mix of confidence, excitement, and enthusiasm.
How did I make such a dramatic change? I did it using a few simple techniques,
practiced hundreds of times.
The good news is that you can do what I have done. No matter how much fear you
have for English presentations, by practicing a simple technique you can train
yourself to feel strong and confident every time you give a public speech.
Feeling strong and confident is eighty percent or more of public speaking
success. You already know how to speak. Once you overcome the fear of public
speaking, you won’t have any problem making great English presentations.
Confidence Must Be Trained
Confidence does not just happen accidentally. To overcome the fear of public
speaking, you must develop emotional mastery at a very high level. Doing that
requires practice and training. Great speakers train constantly.
You will use a very basic technique to achieve the emotional mastery necessary
for public speaking. This technique is designed to overcome the natural fear
response and replace it with feelings of confidence.
For this technique to be successful, you must practice it many times before giving

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a speech. Ideally, you will repeat this technique hundreds of times before taking the
stage. You’ll do this before each and every speech you ever make.