How to Get Over Your Fear of Speaking on Clubhouse

Seven ways to get over microphone shyness

Our fear of public speaking is grounded in our evolutionary roots.

We are terrified of being ostracized from our tribes because this would have meant imminent death when we were evading predators and starvation on the African savannah tens of thousands of years ago.

This is why we might feel our palms get sweaty, our stomachs churn and our heart rate elevate prior to a public speaking engagement. We might have hundreds of eyes staring at us, and we want nothing more than their approval. We’re fearful of saying something stupid or saying the ‘wrong’ thing in a way that might compromise our status within that group.

Well, nowadays, you can experience the joy of public speaking anxiety all day, every day, thanks to the drop-in audio app, Clubhouse.

If you’ve found yourself wanting to chime in but remain fearful of doing so because there are several hundred to several thousand strangers in the room, here are some simple steps you might take to get over it and engage.

1. What’s the worst that can happen?

Seriously. What’s the worst that could happen? You mispronounce some words? You ask a question that doesn’t resonate…