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Fear of Public Speaking — Public Speaking Coach Lynda Paulson of Success Strategies As the CEO of a major financial institution, he was called on daily to make decisions that moved millions of dollars. The man at the podium had just introduced him, and hundreds of expectant faces turned toward him. But the executive was frozen with fear, unable to deliver the talk that he'd rehearsed a dozen times, unable to even get out of his chair. "This executive's fear of public speaking is a common complaint; it often attacks people of prestige and power," says Lynda Paulson, president of Success Strategies Inc., a speech coaching firm. "It's ironic that we've talked to people since we were age two," she comments, "and yet we get in front of a group of people and we're asked to speak about some subject we're an expert on, and we become something we're not: we fidget, we squirm, we sweat, we panic." Ms. "That's what happened to this banker," she explains. Studies confirm that fear of public speaking ranks No. 1 among phobias cited by business people. Facing Your Fears