Comments on: How to Manage Stage Fright: Not Just For Musicians http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-manage-stage-fright/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=how-to-manage-stage-fright Sat, 17 Jul 2010 14:25:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: GarethB http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-manage-stage-fright/comment-page-1/#comment-545 GarethB Wed, 13 Jan 2010 10:54:40 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=1343#comment-545 Some useful tips here. Absolutely agree with: 1. Having a "pen" name to separate yourself from the performer you want to be. This can free you up mentally/emotionally and help you shake the chains of stage fright 2. Faking confidence ('til you make it). The very act of pretending to behave the way you want to feel (confident), will in time make you feel confident. 3. Imagining succes. Not only will this "programme" you to succeed but having "seen" success ahead of time performers will be more relaxed about the event when it comes around. Only proviso here would be to to start the imaginings well ahead of the event. Otherwise you can get too uptight when you think about it. 4. Prepare well. I would also recommend preparing for what you'll do if things do go wrong and having some "off the cuff" remarks you can fall back on in case you "dry up" Some useful tips here. Absolutely agree with:

1. Having a “pen” name to separate yourself from the performer you want to be. This can free you up mentally/emotionally and help you shake the chains of stage fright

2. Faking confidence (’til you make it). The very act of pretending to behave the way you want to feel (confident), will in time make you feel confident.

3. Imagining succes. Not only will this “programme” you to succeed but having “seen” success ahead of time performers will be more relaxed about the event when it comes around. Only proviso here would be to to start the imaginings well ahead of the event. Otherwise you can get too uptight when you think about it.

4. Prepare well. I would also recommend preparing for what you’ll do if things do go wrong and having some “off the cuff” remarks you can fall back on in case you “dry up”

]]> By: Margaret Polk http://www.happenchance.net/how-to-manage-stage-fright/comment-page-1/#comment-501 Margaret Polk Thu, 07 Jan 2010 14:48:55 +0000 http://www.happenchance.net/?p=1343#comment-501 Hi! As I read this article, Seth, I thought how it applies to almost any professional career path a person chooses. As a classroom teacher, I always considered my classroom my stage. Even though I could visually see the "feedback" during the academic year, I knew the real end result would not be realized until years later...just as you stated. Keep writing & I'll keep reading! Hi! As I read this article, Seth, I thought how it applies to almost any professional career path a person chooses. As a classroom teacher, I always considered my classroom my stage. Even though I could visually see the “feedback” during the academic year, I knew the real end result would not be realized until years later…just as you stated. Keep writing & I’ll keep reading!

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