After performing my speech this past Tuesday, I feel really strongly about it. The information I took away from Cuddys’ video actually aided me in being ready to perform. I am someone who comes off to others as very extroverted, but underlying, I am very anxious. My anxiety had me believe I was going to flop this speech but, using a power stance, was something I actually did. Obviously I cannot say for myself that it raised my levels of hormones, but it did make me more confident overall. I was able to stand in front of my peers and deliver what I think to be a great speech. I had really good eye contact with my audience, coming from the fact I had basically memorized my speech beforehand in order. I didn’t feel the nerves when I was up there, but my swaying was definitely still there. I am someone who is very jittery constantly and I can almost never sit still. I think this translated over to my speech. I was taking some back and forth steps while I was speaking, and moving my hands a bit more than necessary. Other points of my speech I thought were strong moving away from my performance was the flow of it itself. I thought I moved through my points smoothly, there were not abrupt pauses and change of subject. Overall, I feel really good about the way my Lone Wolf speech turned out despite my mindset of thinking it was going to flop.
Journal #10
