A simple truism….

…. that I learned from a fried of mine who’s a choreographer: I overheard her talking to some dancers. “If it looks like you’re working hard when you perform,” she said, “you’ve not worked hard enough during rehearsals”.

How true.

Public speaking and presenting should look easy – it should look like you’re not ‘breaking sweat’. Let your audience get to the content, and letting them see your effort isn’t doing that. It’s ego. Sure it’s nice to be appreciated but that shouldn’t be at the expense of the audience’s experience.

I’d go so far as to suggest that showing how hard work it is to present is amateurish. A real pro doesn’t show the strain. Do the swan thing – it looks like it’s gliding smooooooothly on the surface but under the water it’s paddling furiously!