When working on something new like a creative, innovative or entrepreneurial project, it is clear that some unexpected things will occur. How do you deal with that reality?
Month: November 2021
The Path of Least Resistance
When I was a teenager and ignorantly naive, it allowed me to just go ahead with things without fear. With age and a few failures later, I started using…
Self-inducted mismatch
When I was a teenager and ignorantly naive, it allowed me to just go ahead with things without fear. With age and a few failures later, I started using my experience to become more strategic about my efforts. It led to optimising my time, my capacities and my career. The problem was…
I have this feeling
As a performing artist, you will be expected to produce authentic looking feelings on demand. It is a skill set that you will learn and practice during your education. In a first step, you will isolate and correctly name individual feelings. Later on you will practice to express them with the right build up, dosage […]
The Winner takes it all
Hi performance individuals tend to focus on the win and the success that will await them once they “get there”. They can’t be blamed, because winners get a lot of positive attention and many people will look up to them for being a “winner”. One might add: if you have the capacities, why not try […]
Scared to be right
Many times people will stop short to develop an idea because they fear negative reception or failure. Your assumption might be true in some cases but you should also consider that the opposite can be true. Less obvious, but as powerful to stop you from going forward. The fear that people might actually find “it” […]
The personal artist
Making it personal is probably the best and the scariest part of being an artist. If things go well it feels amazing and if you meet criticism, it goes straight to your heart. And that hurts. Some protect themselves by shutting themselves off, some hide behind sarcasm, arrogance or ignorance. Some, however, invest the effort […]
Sending emails vs Sending Emails
When working towards a new goal, you’ll probably have to send emails to find out things from different people at some point. It will be important to measure your progress. You could say: Hey, today I’ll contact 12 people. You’ll work hard and get it done. Check! But what if you also added: Hej, and […]
Advice is not a blueprint
When training to become a dancer it will be normal to have a teacher. It will be someone who has the experience and the know-how to show you how to do pretty much everything. They will know better because they have actually done what you are trying to do for most of the time. This […]
Do you need permission?
When working on stage asking for permission to do something new is usually important. It helps to coordinate your actions with others on stage or back stage. If you venture to do “your own thing” you risk to mess things up for the people around you or in the worst case even an accident. When […]
