Carrie Grant, the voice coach was laughing: " I noticed that the Curso
Maestro Reiki Review judges were bending down to listen closely to their monitors because they are not quite sure now whether you are out of tune or not. A couple of days ago they knew you were out of tune. Now they are not sure and that's good!" I once played in a pop band where the singer was not always in tune but he sang with such confidence that everyone in the audience assumed that he was. The confident can get away with blue murder.
The secret to Reggie's success was his detachment from how good his performance would be: "If it's rubbish, it's rubbish and if it's not it's not". Having accepted that his performance might be rubbish, he was free to go ahead and give it his best shot. This is a key success lesson in any activity. Perfectionists become tense and anxious and sometimes do less than their best - those who are willing to work hard but to accept that they have much to learn can relax and let the chips fall where they may.
In the end Reggie's performance was a mixture of rubbish (weak singing) and not rubbish (movement and cheerful confidence) The audience loved it and they loved Reggie himself.The judges were left wondering! Reggie had successfully focused on his strengths and had successfully entertained the audience. Growing confidence, focusing on one's strengths, accepting the possibility of the worst outcome in advance and a cheeful, devil-may-care attitude, can be truly liberating and empowering. Reggie is still in the competition and is still dancing on the ceiling!
Arsenal Football Club were the Champions of the Premier league in English soccer in 2004. In 2005 they did not do as well and were only in third place. The manager of Arsenal is Arsene Wenger. He is the French coach who brought Arsenal to the top of English football. He found out the hard way how quick people are to write you off even if you recently achieved a huge success. He commented: "People are always quick to put you in your coffin."
The secret to Reggie's success was his detachment from how good his performance would be: "If it's rubbish, it's rubbish and if it's not it's not". Having accepted that his performance might be rubbish, he was free to go ahead and give it his best shot. This is a key success lesson in any activity. Perfectionists become tense and anxious and sometimes do less than their best - those who are willing to work hard but to accept that they have much to learn can relax and let the chips fall where they may.
In the end Reggie's performance was a mixture of rubbish (weak singing) and not rubbish (movement and cheerful confidence) The audience loved it and they loved Reggie himself.The judges were left wondering! Reggie had successfully focused on his strengths and had successfully entertained the audience. Growing confidence, focusing on one's strengths, accepting the possibility of the worst outcome in advance and a cheeful, devil-may-care attitude, can be truly liberating and empowering. Reggie is still in the competition and is still dancing on the ceiling!
Arsenal Football Club were the Champions of the Premier league in English soccer in 2004. In 2005 they did not do as well and were only in third place. The manager of Arsenal is Arsene Wenger. He is the French coach who brought Arsenal to the top of English football. He found out the hard way how quick people are to write you off even if you recently achieved a huge success. He commented: "People are always quick to put you in your coffin."
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