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Performance Anxiety: Micro-Lessons

Short & sweet insights to help you tame the Stage Fright monster…

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Think of managing your nerves as just another skill to master, just as we master melody, harmony, rhythm, and technique.
The best way to stop worrying about things is to eliminate things to worry about.
Dont try to suppress your fears. Instead, expand your comfort zones!
If you are going to worry, make sure you worry about the right things.
Dont worry about making a mistake. Worry about being boring.
Your comfort in front of an audience is found by being yourself, not what you think anyone else wants or expects you to be.
Small confidence comes from knowing the music. Big confidence comes from knowing that you know the music.
Know the music so deeply that, when you make the inevitable mistake, you can keep on playing like its no big deal.
Its okay to take our music seriously without taking ourselves seriously.
Did you know that just a wee bit of positive thinking has the power to crowd out all negative thoughts?
Did you know that smiling makes you feel better?
A smile is so powerful that it will make people around you smile and feel better, too.
Authentic confidence is born of humility, not self-importance.
Playing for the right reasons is the best way to frustrate the stage fright monster.
A great antidote to self-consciousness: Don’t listen to me. Listen to the song.
Sincere gratitude can transform a performance from a dreadful ordeal into a life-affirming celebration.
Confidence and presence cannot be commanded. Confidence and presence are the fruit of preparation, experience, and courage.
There is no bigger confidence booster than confronting the stage fright monster face to face and living to tell the story.
Lifes most painful regret is not having tried and failed, but of never having tried at all.

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