Sunday Past
Dancers are often told they should compete with themselves,
which basically means they shouldn’t focus on trying to be better than the
person standing in front of them at the barre. That's because competition with another person or persons can become
nasty pretty quickly. Note that this doesn't mean you can't be inspired by another dancer.
Motivational Secret #110 provides another way to think
about it: Outdo your past, not people.
Concentrate on doing more than you did yesterday, and progress will follow. If
you concentrate on outdoing another dancer, the focus is in the wrong place
– and a less productive one.
Focus on outdoing your
past, not outdoing yourself, as
the original competition adage admonishes. This puts the emphasis on things
outside yourself, and makes it less personal and more effective.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Motivational Secret #110:
“Outdo
your past, not people."
Link of the Day:
Quote
of the Day:
“The battle you are going through is not
fueled by the words or actions of others; it is fueled by the mind that gives
it importance.”
― Shannon L. Alder
― Shannon L. Alder
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