I've got good news and I've got bad news. The good news is, it's actually pretty easy to speak in front of large crowds 1000 5000 hundred thousand. All you have to do is the same thing you do when you're talking to one friend or colleague and you're relaxed and animated, interesting. Being conversational, and telling stories and examples. That's the good news. The bad news is me simply telling you that doesn't make it any easier.

Because we as human beings are hard wired to be nervous about speaking in front of large crowds. What happens is we tense up, our heart starts racing, we get scared, our brain stops working, our memory stops working and our body's telling us run our hands get sweaty. Well, why is that? It is important before we really go deep into this and get great at it to understand a little bit of the background evolution Biologists believe we as human beings are hard wired to fear public speaking, because public speaking is essentially being separated from the crowd separated from the herd. And prehistoric times. If we are in the jungle, and we're a part of the herd, there's safety in numbers.

If there's 2000, other water buffalo with us or any sort of animal, and a lion or a tiger bear comes, our odds are pretty good. One will get it of the herd, but the other 1910 will be safe. So there's safety in numbers. The old cliche is true if we're completely separated from the herd or if we're just all alone in the open field. And animals and other other predators of ours can see us from every direction, lower vulnerable, we could be eaten, attacked. That's not good.

So that's why many scientists believe it. we as human beings are so nervous about speaking, especially in front of large crowds. That's why our bodies react differently. That's why our hands get wet moisture is coming out moisture is coming out of our feet too, because our body's telling us don't think run. Now, you may have noticed if you ever tried to turn the page of a book, if you go like that, there's more friction, it's easier to turn that page. The same way.

If you all of a sudden have to run through a jungle for your life, having moisture coming out of your hands in the palm of your feet, gives you more traction, you can grab vines swing away, and it's better for protection. Your body's telling you run you've got that adrenaline rush more energy, but that's also when your body isn't working well from the neck up. You don't have the ability to think clearly necessarily or to recall information, because your body's telling you to spend all of your energy running It makes perfect sense. If you're in the jungle about to be attacked. Unfortunately, if you're about to give a speech in front of a major trade show conference of 2000 people, that particular response isn't very helpful. All it does is get in your way.