How to overcome your terror barrier of being live on camera ๐ฅต
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Like so many others you want go LIVE. But, you sit there in front of your laptop with sweaty armpits… You are pondering: Do you have something to say? Should you hit the โgo liveโ button, or would it be better to work on your concept again? What will your colleagues, friends, family, and clients say? What if you lose your thoughts and stumble around? And, what if nobody is showing up as an audience?
Why we procrastinate on great ideas
And here it is: a spot on your shirt that would look ugly on video, the incoming phone call from a colleague, your kids shouting in the other room. So it is โclearlyโ impossible ๐ to go live right nowโฆ
So often, the ๐กidea to go live gets procrastinated, rescheduled, and it never happens. Our expectations are high: Others seem to be so easy and eloquent in their live streams. And, they have dozens of viewers. We would like to be fast, happy, and shiny. It has to be perfect.
In this video, I show you how you can keep a relaxed mindset when going live. I review what causes our fear and that there is more to living our life than survive. I explain how to overcome the terror barrier with the right mindset. I show a visualization method on how to start into every live stream with speed, confidence, and ease.ย
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Some encouragement to go LIVE no matter what
It is just perception. Your perception controls what you become aware of in your environment and how you choose to see it. And you always have the choice of what to focus on. During my LIVE broadcasting journey, I found these *๐๐ ๐ญ๐ซ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ก๐ฌ* that can encourage you to go LIVE after all:
10ย Truths on going live
๐๐๐ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ช๐ฎ๐ ๐๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐จ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฏ๐ข๐๐๐จ.
๐ ๐ฉ๐๐ซ๐๐๐๐ญ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฌ๐ญ๐ซ๐๐๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐๐จ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ .
๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐ง๐๐๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐๐ ๐๐จ๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฉ๐๐ง ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐ฅ๐๐๐ซ ๐จ๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฆ๐๐ฌ๐ฌ๐๐ ๐.
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ฎ๐ข๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐ซ๐จ๐๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ญ.
๐๐จ๐ฎ ๐๐ซ๐ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ง๐. ๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐๐ฅ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐ข๐ฌ๐ก๐๐ฌ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง.
๐๐ก๐ ๐ญ๐๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฌ๐๐ญ๐ฎ๐ฉ ๐๐๐ง ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ซ๐๐ฉ๐ฅ๐๐๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ข๐ญ๐ข๐ฏ๐ ๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐๐ฌ๐๐ญ.
๐๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ค๐๐ฒ ๐๐จ๐ซ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐จ๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ฌ๐ฎ๐๐๐๐ฌ๐ฌ.
๐๐ก๐ ๐๐ฎ๐๐ข๐๐ง๐๐ ๐ฐ๐ข๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ ๐ซ๐๐ญ๐ข๐๐ฒ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐จ๐ง๐ฌ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ง๐๐ฒ.
๐๐ง ๐๐๐๐ง๐๐จ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ ๐ฐ๐๐ฌ๐ญ๐๐ ๐จ๐ฉ๐ฉ๐จ๐ซ๐ญ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ.
๐๐จ๐ฎโ๐ฏ๐ ๐ ๐จ๐ญ ๐๐ฏ๐๐ซ๐ฒ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ญ ๐ญ๐๐ค๐๐ฌ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ฅ๐จ๐จ๐ค ๐๐ง๐ ๐๐๐๐ฅ ๐ฅ๐ข๐ค๐ ๐ ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จโ
Conclusion: How to overcome your fear of going live?
There are so many limiting beliefs when we are going live like: I am not sure of what to say, I might look incompetent, I donโt master the technology, Judgements from others, or I do not have the time. It is just your perception, and you can change it. Working on your mindset helps you to change your perception and picture from within.
To guide you through every live event with ease and confidence, you can train your memory with some simple techniques. Use visualization based on a story, especially on how to start into your live moderation. This will bring you over the bump, and make you jump into the new waters. Just like swimming, you can only learn to speak in a live situation by doing it. It is a lot about the practice that will become a habit with repetition. This will open you up for the moment, reaching your audience and speaking your truth in a new way.
I am Daniel Schwenger, a digital marketing specialist and YouTube Influencer in Geneva/Switzerland. I help thought leaders and business owners to set up their home studio for high-quality video streams and to get into the right mindset, look good on camera and gain trust, engagement, and clients.
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