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810/929will judge them to be anxious, weak,‘crazy,’ or stupid. They may fear publicspeaking because of concern that otherswill notice their trembling hands or voiceor they may experience extreme anxietywhen conversing with others because offear that they will appear inarticulate.…The fear or avoidance must interfere significantlywith the person’s normal routine,occupational or academic functioning, orsocial activities or relationships, or the personmust experience marked distress abouthaving the phobia. For example, a personwho is afraid of speaking in public wouldnot receive a diagnosis of Social Phobia ifthis activity is not routinely encountered onthe job or in the classroom and the personis not particularly distressed about it.”52. “It’s not enough … to be able to sit atyour computer”: Daniel Goleman, Workingwith Emotional Intelligence (New York: Bantam,2000), 32.

811/92953. a staple of airport bookshelves and businessbest-seller lists: See, for example, http://www.nationalpost.com/Business+Bestsellers/3927572/story.html.54. “all talking is selling and all selling involvestalking”: Michael Erard, Um: Slips,Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and WhatThey Mean (New York: Pantheon, 2007),156.55. more than 12,500 chapters in 113 countries:http://www.toastmasters.org/MainMenuCategories/WhatisToastmasters.aspx(accessed September 10, 2010).56. The promotional video: http://www.toastmasters.org/DVDclips.aspx(accessed July29, 2010). Click on “Welcome to Toastmasters!The entire 15 minute story.”

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53. a staple of airport bookshelves and business

best-seller lists: See, for example, http://www.nationalpost.com/Business+Bestsellers/3927572/story.html.

54. “all talking is selling and all selling involves

talking”: Michael Erard, Um: Slips,

Stumbles, and Verbal Blunders, and What

They Mean (New York: Pantheon, 2007),

156.

55. more than 12,500 chapters in 113 countries:

http://www.toastmasters.org/

MainMenuCategories/WhatisToastmasters.aspx

(accessed September 10, 2010).

56. The promotional video: http://www.toastmasters.org/DVDclips.aspx

(accessed July

29, 2010). Click on “Welcome to Toastmasters!

The entire 15 minute story.”

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