In the last few weeks I’ve seen some incredible presentations from a wide variety of people. Whether they are TED talks, sales presentations, motivational speeches or all of the above, there are universal traits they all share.

Here are my top 4 tips for presenting like a Pro.

As hard as it is to believe, breathing is one of the most vital components of presentations. The specific type of breathing that makes a good presentation is not your regular lung breathing, which involves breathing using your expanding chest cavity, but diaphragmatic breathing. Diaphragmatic breathing involves using your stomach like a balloon and using that balloon to create a negative space to fill your lungs with oxygen.

Not only does this relax you while you’re onstage, but it helps you fuel your words with more “oomph” when you speak. Diaphragmatic breathing gives your speech more oxygen volume, making it both fuller and louder.

One of the most often ignored parts of giving a good presentation, especially if standing in front of your audience is posture. A posture that is too upright can give your presentation an uncomfortable tone, and a posture that is too relaxed means the words you say will not bare enough weight.

One of the best ways you can control your posture is by keeping your feet facing parallel.

Try this exercise: stand up and look straight down. Most of us will find our feet facing outwards like a V. If this is you, you’re not alone. This is the natural pose for most people. Now make your feet point forwards, running directly parallel of each other. This pose will create an even platform to speak on, and will help ground your words.

More often than not, presenters will use their arms to convey their message. Using your hands as a means of self-expression is completely natural, but flaring your elbows out can create a sense of bravado or over-compensation that may not be necessary.

Keeping your elbows close to your body is a good indicator of how confident and comfortable you are with your message. If you’ll notice some of the best presenters of our time, such as Steve Jobs, you’ll notice that the elbows are almost always close to his body.

Note: this doesn’t mean gluing your elbows tight to yourself, and being tense. Keeping your elbows by your side will generally come as a by-product of keeping relaxed but confident.

Rarely do presentations start with their intended point or purpose. Often they will start with an introduction, a set up, a problem and a solution, then a conclusion. If your presentation doesn’t follow this, and takes a long and winding road, you may find yourself losing your audience before you’ve reached your point. To avoid this, try to stick to the process that you are working through as a guide, even if you might feel yourself getting impatient to reach the end goal.

After following these points, presenting is all about staying relaxed. If you can do that, you can do anything!