A solemn-looking nobleman taps his glass with a fork, clears his throat and then changes his demeanour completely.
"Once upon a time, there was a man who became someone else whenever he had to speak to a group of people. He did not know that this was because there was something inside himself he had not embraced and accepted."
The notion of public speaking
We are inspired by authenticity and personal presence. The more authentic, sincere and present we are, the more interesting we are to listen to. Most of us change to some degree when we address a group of people. We become someone else and feel that we need to do something that does not come natural to us. We may think we need to do something the way we have seen others do it.
Or we pursue a notion of how we would like to be seen rather than who we are, deep inside. If we pursue the latter notion and hold on to ourselves, our uniqueness comes out, and we give of ourselves. When we accept ourselves and show the audience who we are, they see us, true to life, and then it follows that we could not possibly be worried about them seeing through us, seeing our true selves.