Matir Nov 15, 2023
mseckington

Have you ever thought: "Oh, I would love to give more talks, but I don’t have anything worth talking about”?

It's one of the most common misconceptions people have when I discuss getting into public speaking, and that's a myth we need to stop telling ourselves:

https://www.seckington.com/the-myth-of-not-having-anything-to-talk-about/

The Myth of Not Having Anything To Talk About

I realised recently that I’ve been a conference speaker for almost 10 years. Now if you told me years ago that I would be doing this regularly and enjoy it, I would never have believed you: I used to be terrified of public speaking. There were all sorts of

Melinda Seckington
Nov 15, 2023 at 9:11amMastodon for iOS
Show threadJon ParkNov 15, 2023

@mseckington I have the same issue with blog posts…

...and a general anxiety about contributing to social media discussions 😣

Show threadmseckingtonNov 15, 2023
@jonspark yeah the same thing applies to blog posts and social media as well! It our own specific perspective and experience that matters here.
Show threadJon ParkNov 15, 2023

@mseckington I think it comes from my teens and 20s when I was told I was oversharing or info-dumping, or adding too much clarifying context, or not reading the social cues. It's all just masked away now.

I'm a lot more confident about it when I'm asked for an opinion. I struggle to even think of blog post topics.