If you are curious about what it will take to help calm your mind or your tongue before you speak in public, you will learn a lot in this episode from our special guest, TV host and media expert, Rich Bontrager. Listen in as Rich shares how he learned how to overcome his own anxieties around speaking so he could fulfill his childhood dream of being a public speaker who made a great impact in the world.
Rich “Trigger” Bontrager is the creator and host of How To Rock the Stage Show, airing live each Wednesday night. Rich hosts the National Speakers Association (NSA) podcaster, author forums, and the new NSA LIVE show Behind the Stage. Entrepreneurs, executives, and speakers hire Rich to unleash their brand authority by learning media-savvy skills that help them shine on camera and stage.
Timestamps:
• [3:38] Rich shares how he had a horrible stutter as a child and how our mouth speed and our brain speed are not the same.
• [5:55] Rich explains slowing down was key for him… because he was trying to "firehose" people with so much stuff.
• [15:38] “You need to be that voice of authority. You need to be that confident voice.“
• [16:56] “We’re a TikTok generation… We’re a soundbite generation… Their main phrases are the best sound bites they’re ever going to have.”
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