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Wednesday, February 28, 2007
How Not To Be "The Cowardly Lion" When It Comes To Public Speaking
"How Not To Be "The Cowardly Lion" When It Comes To Public Speaking..."
I have to be honest with you. No one was more scared of being in front of an audience than I was. But, then again, I was seventeen years old doing and doing stand-up comedy for the first time at New York's prestigious comedy showcase club, Catch A Rising Star. Imagine this: I am seventeen – looked thirteen years old (yes, I had good genes) and could hear audience members murmuring to themselves, "God, he's so young." I was so scared that before bounding on stage I actually wrote the jokes on the palm of my hand. A nervous wreck and sweating big time, the ink smeared across my hand and I couldn't read anything. Well, that was then and this is now.
For the full article go to http://www.fortune500comedy.com/articles.html
www.fortune500comedy.com
I have to be honest with you. No one was more scared of being in front of an audience than I was. But, then again, I was seventeen years old doing and doing stand-up comedy for the first time at New York's prestigious comedy showcase club, Catch A Rising Star. Imagine this: I am seventeen – looked thirteen years old (yes, I had good genes) and could hear audience members murmuring to themselves, "God, he's so young." I was so scared that before bounding on stage I actually wrote the jokes on the palm of my hand. A nervous wreck and sweating big time, the ink smeared across my hand and I couldn't read anything. Well, that was then and this is now.
For the full article go to http://www.fortune500comedy.com/articles.html
www.fortune500comedy.com
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