“Most of us have far more courage than we ever dreamed we possessed.”
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Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard, feel what you felt. Relevant detail, couched in concrete, colorful language, is the best way to recreate the incident as it happened and to picture it for the audience.
Instead of worrying about what people say of you, why not spend time trying to accomplish something they will admire.
You can close more business in two months by becoming interested in other people than you can in two years by trying to get people interested in you.
Inaction breeds doubt and fear. Action breeds confidence and courage. If you want to conquer fear, do not sit home and think about it. Go out and get busy.