Criticism, negative comments and passive/aggressive behaviour are hard for creative people to cope with. Learn how to handle the negativity and criticism so that it doesn’t affect your creative process. Some criticism is useful for a creative person Launching your professional creative career takes a huge amount of self-belief. Good reviews, praise and compliments help […]
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Many creative people are insanely talented and skilled, but their weaknesses trip them up. Are you good at thinking on your feet? But, hopeless at communicating with your audience? It’s time to get real about your weaknesses and transform them into strengths. List the weaknesses and strengths in your creative life Take a moment to
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Experiential approaches to dealing with stage fright Once you are armed with these basic bits of knowledge about the nature of audiences, you can make the experience you get work harder for you. As you move from being audience member to performer, there are some more things for you to understand about the change in
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Why understanding your audience is key! When I was younger, it was hard for me to understand the magic of live performance. It was just something I didn’t ‘get’. I used to listen to people talk about being transported by the performance of an artist, with a mixture of puzzlement and envy. The first stage
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What can you do about stage fright? You can fight and conquer stage fright on three distinct fronts. Practical approaches to dealing with stage fright If you are onstage with godawful monitoring or playing to tiny or hostile crowds the problem is not really you. Sort these issues out on a consistent basis – whether
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