How to Lower Your Heart Rate Before Public Speaking

URL: https://danielmiessler.com/p/lower-heart-rate-public-speaking

• Like 20-30 super deep and fast hyperventilating breaths
• On the last one, hold the exhale as long as you can
• Then take a super deep breath and hold that as long as you can
That’s one cycle.
If you do one cycle of this, your heart rate massively comes down and you feel a powerful sense of calm and control. Honestly, it works for any situation in which you want a bit of extra peace and relaxation, but it’s really good for public speaking.
If you can do 2-3 cycles of this in the 10 minutes leading up to your talk, and if you have any response anything like mine, you’ll have an 80-95% reduction in your early-talk-over-excitement. (View Highlight)