People who are worried about speaking in public or making a presentation often are unaware of what led to their feelings. Even though there are biological and psychological factors that lead to a lack of confidence in public speaking, often these arise because of a set of circumstances.

Keeping a daily journal can help identify things that cause the fear of public speaking and make your presentations more difficult. You don't need anything fancy or any technology to do this. All you need is a notebook.

Each day, write down the date and list down all the things you have done during that day and your thoughts as you did them. Keep a note too of your emotions and feelings. Whenever you give a presentation, make a note of how it went and what you felt about it.

Every now and then, look through your journal and find any common factors. For instance, it may well be that in the day or two before each presentation you have noted a particular emotion or done a specific activity. These may be influencing your confidence when you come to make your presentation and hence for future public speaking engagements you can prevent any lack of confidence by dealing with such issues in advance.

A daily journal will help you focus on what to do to pre-empt any lack of confidence and deal with it before it can have any kind of impact on your presentation.

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