Dogs and Public Speaking

Jerry Seinfeld once stated, “People’s number one fear is public speaking. Number two is death. That means for the average person they would rather be in the casket at the funeral than giving the eulogy.”

According to another source, when people were asked the question, “What are you most afraid of?” the number one fear named was speaking before a group, followed by heights, insects and bugs, financial problems, deep water, sickness and, finally, death.

Then there is this statistic: 74 percent of people have anxiety associated with public speaking.
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I’ll admit this information came to me secondhand and I may be lacking some citations here. But based on the volumes of information available on the subject, I think it’s safe to say that the fear of public speaking is remarkably widespread.

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