Saturday Good Superstitions
According to this website:https://www.inc.com/entrepreneurs-organization/does-superstition-play-a-role-in-success.html
“Superstitions might be considered
irrational and unscientific, but research actually shows the opposite. Activating a
superstition boosts participants' confidence in mastering upcoming tasks, which
in turn improves performance.”
Aha! Proof that performers who have backstage
rituals aren’t crazy after all. Anything that boosts confidence prior to a
performance can’t be bad. It may be nothing more than the placebo effect, but
placebos provide benefits too.
So keep kissing the floor, crossing
yourself or doing sixteen changements before the curtain goes up. It might just
give you the performance of your life.
From the Big
Blue Book of Ballet Secrets
Superstition Secret #146:
“Research has shown that rituals can boost confidence.”
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“Eventually
it became clear that our emotions, attitudes, and thoughts profoundly affect
our bodies, sometimes to the degree of life or death. Soon mind-body effects
were recognized to have positive as well as negative impacts on the body. This
realization came largely from research on the placebo effect—the beneficial
results of suggestion, expectation, and positive thinking.”
― Larry Dossey, Reinventing Medicine: Beyond Mind-Body to a New Era of Healing
― Larry Dossey, Reinventing Medicine: Beyond Mind-Body to a New Era of Healing
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