NOTE: THIS IS A WORDY POST.
1 more week to paragon.
To play well, you have to be confident enough. Don't let your nervousness take over your confidence. We are all humans and have flaws. Even if your physical appearance, unique personality, or social skills aren't what you wish they were, that doesn't have to stop you from being confident. Confidence translated literally from Latin means "to have faith in oneself". Not only confidence, you have to also do your part to play well. Like practicing all your individual skills, slowly to section and then to the band. This is what you guys have learnt from Mr Wong, isn't it?
Firstly, never put yourself down. Everybody is different in their personality, character and weather they are fast or slow learner. Secondly, don't allow peer pressure to affect you too. Some peer pressure may be good, some peer pressure are not good. It depends, but if you feel that it is not good to you, forget them. Thirdly, never let negative stuffs affect you. For example, you have a particular friend that always pick on you and has the intentions to hurt you both emotionally and physically. They do that because they think that they are better than you. Lastly, success doesn't comes overnight. To gain all the confidence that you need, you have to work hard for it. If you feel that you do not have self confidence, it is because you are worried about how others will think about you. You have to ignore what they think, and just be who you are. Remember: Not only you are in this together, it is 40 over band mates are in this together!
ALL THE WAY BAND. WE CAN DO IT! :)
If you can overcome the fear of playing at paragon, why can't you do it for other events? :)
Everybody is doing this together, so come on, do something about it to achieve greater and better results! :)
Vanessa.
Firstly, never put yourself down. Everybody is different in their personality, character and weather they are fast or slow learner. Secondly, don't allow peer pressure to affect you too. Some peer pressure may be good, some peer pressure are not good. It depends, but if you feel that it is not good to you, forget them. Thirdly, never let negative stuffs affect you. For example, you have a particular friend that always pick on you and has the intentions to hurt you both emotionally and physically. They do that because they think that they are better than you. Lastly, success doesn't comes overnight. To gain all the confidence that you need, you have to work hard for it. If you feel that you do not have self confidence, it is because you are worried about how others will think about you. You have to ignore what they think, and just be who you are. Remember: Not only you are in this together, it is 40 over band mates are in this together!
ALL THE WAY BAND. WE CAN DO IT! :)
If you can overcome the fear of playing at paragon, why can't you do it for other events? :)
Everybody is doing this together, so come on, do something about it to achieve greater and better results! :)
Vanessa.
