Do We Really Sound as Terrible on Stage as We Sometimes Think We Do?
The Bulletproof Musician
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The High Anxious Folks Have Lower Self Ratings Than the Low Anger Folks
Two independent observers watched and rated both groups speeches. And as predicted, the high anxious folks had lower self ratings than the low anxious folks. So if you want to avoid triggering the downward spiral of negativity in doomsday thinking, don't try to evaluate how well you are playing in the middle of a performance. Instead, make sure to record your formance so that you can give yourself permission to just play on stage and delegate all that evaluative stuff when you're at home.
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