Is Walking Across Hot Coals Easier Than Public Speaking?
Is Walking Across Hot Coals Easier Than Public Speaking?
At first, I was flummoxed as to why many people said they'd rather walk across hot coals than get up and speak in front of 100 people, but here's what I ended up realizing:
1. If you walk across hot coals, the biggest risk is you burn your feet. You'd have physical pain, and you'd have to wait for your feet to heal up properly. The risk is to your body.
2. If you speak in front of 100 people and somehow manage to humiliate yourself (people are afraid they'll say or do something stupid and look like an idiot in front of all those people and suffer severe embarrassment), you'd have emotional pain. Who knows how long it could take for that wound to heal, you may never recover or suffer for many years until the memory fades. The risk is to your ego.
It's not so surprising, then, that many people are more afraid to injure their ego since that's a pain that could take a very long time to heal - much longer than burned feet!
What do you say? Post your comments right here on my blog: www.seminaracademy.com/blog
See you tomorrow,
David
At first, I was flummoxed as to why many people said they'd rather walk across hot coals than get up and speak in front of 100 people, but here's what I ended up realizing:
1. If you walk across hot coals, the biggest risk is you burn your feet. You'd have physical pain, and you'd have to wait for your feet to heal up properly. The risk is to your body.
2. If you speak in front of 100 people and somehow manage to humiliate yourself (people are afraid they'll say or do something stupid and look like an idiot in front of all those people and suffer severe embarrassment), you'd have emotional pain. Who knows how long it could take for that wound to heal, you may never recover or suffer for many years until the memory fades. The risk is to your ego.
It's not so surprising, then, that many people are more afraid to injure their ego since that's a pain that could take a very long time to heal - much longer than burned feet!
What do you say? Post your comments right here on my blog: www.seminaracademy.com/blog
See you tomorrow,
David
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