As You Stand To Give Your Best Man Speech…

No matter how much preparation you do delivering your Best Man speech to your bedroom mirror, nothing prepares you for the moment to finally deliver the real thing.

In all probability as you stand to give your speech you will hear polite applause from relatives and family friends along with loud whoops of expectancy from your own circle of friends, along with a final plea from the Groom to go easy on him. There may even be the odd shout of “get on with it” from those eager to get back to the sound of their own voices.

The reason I am outlining this is so that you don’t get distracted or allow your confidence to take a knock if you hear the odd grumble, they are normal so don’t worry about them.

As you look around the room you can  relax in the knowledge that smiles will be greeting you in every corner of the room, so take a slow deliberate look and feed off the feel-good factor in the room. This is a great way of boosting your confidence so take a second to do so before beginning your speech.

If you are referring to notes, make sure you use index cards rather than plain paper as plain paper can more obviously display your nerves by constantly shaking.

As you utter your opening lines, take a look around the room as you do so, make eye-contact and engage the wedding-guests from the beginning, after your first couple of lines you will feel a surge of adrenalin that will give your confidence a further boost and allow you to continue on with your speech with a new-found confidence.

Giving a great Best Man speech can be a very rewarding and memorable experience, so prepare well and enjoy the plaudits afterwards.

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