Perfectionism is a term that caught me as I was reading this chapter because I try very hard to be a perfectionist in everything that I do. Perfectionism is “believing that your presentations must be perfect to be effective” (Turner, Osborn, Osborn, & Osborn, 2018). An example of perfectionism would be thinking and making up expectations that are unrealistic. For example, practicing a speech over and over again so you don’t stumble. Although you practice something over and over you still have the ability to stumble, but what matters is how to you come back from the minor stumble. I know even though I practice what I have to say I might stumble or forget to say something, but I just keep going because nine out of ten times the audience won’t notice the flaw. A speech does not have to be perfect for it to be considered a good speech and after reading this chapter I realized that.
Turner, K. J., Osborn, R., Osborn, M., & Osborn, S. (2018). Public speaking: Finding your voice. Hoboken, NJ: Pearson.
Picture: Lok, D. (2016, March 07). Retrieved January 13, 2019, from https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2NJBAOIbBwQ
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