As I continue to prepare for the semifinal---is it only 44 days away??--I'm giving ever increasing attention to my worst speaking habits. Hands are at the top of the list. Something odd: gestures, stray fingers, ... you name it, gets me every time.
These are hard habits to break! I do my best to give this some mental space at each talk but I inevitably focus on words and facial gestures and the hands run away on me. And it doesn't exactly help my spirits that evaluators are picking on this with phrases like "every little mistake is expensive". Obviously one doesn't want to lose points. And one wants to appear relax and controlled. At the same time it is the storytelling that must take precedence and finding that balance is very difficult. I plug away. There is a new club visit Thursday and perhaps I can feel I put the hands where they belong!
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