Bonjour monsieur! (or lady)

It’s good to see you back again! Last week we discussed the basis of the following few posts of my weekly little blog spot powered by the ‘Crane.

This week, we’ll begin to delve a little into one of the ways that you can begin to build a powerful performance, a WHOLE performance.

As with any kind of plan, we must first review the current situation. We’ll call this section The Analysis.

I always find that a very effective technique is to write words that you feel encompass the way people perceive you and your character, and then several words describing how you’d like to be perceived. From there, it’s quite easy to recognize what changes must be made.

So, for example, write five words in each instance. i.e.

I feel that I am currently perceived as:

1. Shy primarily

2. Witty when comfortable

3. Well mannered and understanding

4. Trying hard to perform the miracles I do

5. Having unorganized presentations

Recognizing the strong points and weak points of your character is step one to success in becoming a more rounded performer! From the list above, it’s obvious which are the stronger and which are the weaker.

So how do we want to be perceived?

I would like to be perceived as:

1. Confident

2. Entertaining no matter what the situation

3. Sophisticated and well mannered

4. In control of the performance

5. Creating the impossible with ease

Now, looking at the list I just presented as an example, you can see that I’ve tried to stick to similar themes to give me the opportunity to explain the ways in which one might evolve in these areas.

This is what we’ll cover in the next spot, so take the time to write out a few words, maybe five, ten, twenty that you feel relate to the discussed above.

Imagine that, homework from a blog! But trust me, it’s worth the 10 minutes it’ll take!

Th-Th-Th-That’s all folks!

D.

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