The Fear of Speaking

A clarification!: It has been said that speaking before a group is the number one fear of adults – a statement which daily is widely misinterpreted. The number one social fear of adult is speaking before groups.

Given the choice of speaking before a group or trying to scale a 500-foot vertical sheet of solid rock, being operated on for a brain tumor, or being held-up at gunpoint, most adults find speaking before a group to be far less frightening.