"The way to develop self-confidence is to do the thing you fear and get a record of successful experiences behind you." - William Jennings Bryan Over the last three days I went on three different auditions, and learned something from each one. But that isn't the point of this blog entry.
I'm sure that we have all been in a situation where we feel our stomach drop into our bowels and ready to explode out our poop chute. That was me on the eve before my audition weekend. I was beyond nervous and was given some great advice by my friend, Dan Reckard. "You gotta go in there with confidence, even if you don't know what the hell you are doing." (Coming from a jazz musician's perspective) "You can be the best trumpet player in the world, but if you don't give the audience a glimpse of the confidence in yourself, they won't be confident in you." BAM! Those words hit close to home. Which lead to this blog post. What is more important, confidence or technique? One can be the best singer at an audition, but lack the level of confidence to be great. On the contrary, the singer who makes a few mistakes but goes through their audition with the utmost confidence, their performance moves from good to fantastic. Confidence is something that when truly displayed (not in a cocky, conceited manner) overshadows the telltale signs of fear and doubt. There is nothing more attractive and engaging to watch then a person with confidence. There comes a time when you have to pull confidence out of your ass, but not let anyone know that's where you got it from (or maybe you do). Not only can it help out in auditions, but in many different aspects of our lives. Take note in your life where fear is present and arm yourself with confidence. Confidence can be the greatest enemy of fear.
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“If you want to conquer the anxiety of life, live in the moment, live in the breath.” Do you ever have that feeling when you approach a situation and your stomach feels like it has dropped into your feet?
That's anxiety. I've been feeling a lot of it recently and, although it's a feeling of unease, I welcome it into my life. Going along with No Fear 2013, I changed my perspective on anxiety. I figure that if I take a "negative" in my life and turn it to a "positive" that I can harness the energy it brings to make more positive energy in my life. I find that if a situation brings me feelings of anxiousness, the only solution to alleviate them is to change the situation. This change could be anything from moving forward, taking a step back, or anything in between (applicable to the situation). Anxiety is a part of life that I am using to motivate me everyday and recommend this change of thinking to any and every person struggling with anxiety that prevents them from doing something. Instead of having an anxiety attack, think of it as a "motivation attack". |
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