# Ep 46 From scared stiff… to TEDx with Douglas McClosky.

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Published: 2025-08-09T06:52:45+00:00
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Duration seconds: 2720

## Resource

Think confident speakers are born that way? Think again. In this episode, Douglas shares how anyone can train for confidence like athletes train for sport. Together we discuss how ditching scripts, harnessing fear, and learning to speak with authority is possible without pretending to be an extrovert.

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