Lenny’s Podcast143 min
Why most public speaking advice is wrong—and how to finally overcome your speaking anxiety
Tristan de Montebello · Oct 13, 2024
Key learnings
- Treat speaking as a meta skill: improving it tends to lift confidence and results across work, relationships and daily life.
- Use enjoyment as a barometer; if practice or speaking feels unpleasant, you are probably overthinking or doing it wrong.
- Focus on root causes like pressure and self-trust rather than surface symptoms such as filler words or rushing.