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We spend most of our time inside our own heads, since we don’t
have many other choices. Consider what you hear there, in your mind: is it
positive, or negative? Which is it most of the time? For most dancers and other
creative people I would guess it is often negative. I’m not sure why this is,
unless it is an artist’s constant pursuit of perfection. We creative sorts tend
to fixate on the “what if” terrible scenarios and worry about what might happen
more than we allow ourselves to dream.
If negative thoughts outweigh the positive it is a bad
thing. It will drag you down and destroy your motivation. How to stop it?
Practice. There’s that word again. Focus on your dreams, and picture good
things, not bad things. Practice this anytime a negative thought creeps in, and
you’ll get better at it.
From the Big Blue Book of Ballet Secrets:
Motivational Secret #16:
“ Live more with your dreams than your fears.”
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“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.”
—Theodore Roosevelt
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