An entertaining, inspirational, and professional seminar to develop mental discipline and self motivation for people who want to be high-level performers in any field.

The great performers are paid well for consistently achieving a very high average of excellence. How? it can't only be hard work; many people struggle for years with little success. It can't just be connections; you have to be able to deliver high quality performances. Maybe it's luck? Oprah says, "Luck is a matter of opportunity and being prepared. If you ain't prepared, you ain't lucky."

This six-hour seminar will help you get prepared, fired up, and give you the knowledge and tools to create solid mental discipline and rock solid, proven, self motivation techniques.

Tools to help you:

• Develop powerful mental concentration and focus
• Control stage fright and channel your energy into your performance.
• Hone your preparation skills to be thorough, practical, and efficient.
• Exude a well-founded confidence and professional bearing.
• Survive and thrive in spite of any performing disasters.
• Effectively prepare for performances and auditions.
• Set working goals, and effectively evaluate your performances against those goals.

Comments from participants

• After her first recital since the seminar: "...just as I had always imagined performing should be. It was a blast!" - Member, American Guild of Organists, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
• "People already involved in the theatre may feel they don't need this sort of training, but we all need it badly!" - Professional Actor/Dancer, Seattle.
• "I attended out of curiosity with the idea of leaving in an hour or so, but was held spellbound from beginning to end." - University professor, Northridge, California.
• "Exciting and applicable to everyone" - Nurse and singer, Seattle.

Seminar Content

The seminar lays a solid groundwork of why the tools will work for you, then goes through each of the Five Stages of Performing with specific approaches, methods, and tools for each stage.

In addition to information regarding the five stages, the seminar includes information on the following:

• Dealing with stress and fear of failure.
• Achieving harmony between a busy career and having a family.
• Managing a manager and other staff.
• Setting goals for a life beyond the next performance, and even beyond the current career.
• And more.

The seminar content is best suited to professional peformers (including business folks who make presentations), artist managers, teachers, coaches, athletes, and college and university students, although the content and presentation have been successfully adapted for high school students. More...

The instructor is Michael Kysar. For details on Michael, see his Biography.

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