In becoming a great Talent (and certainly in coaching talent), it’s important to understand just how the mind works. If you don’t, you can spend years working on things that can’t actually be accomplished.
You rehearse consciously.
But you perform unconsciously.
The mistake people make by not rehearsing (at least mentally, if not actually physically) is that you can’t be consistently great if you’re just winging it all the time. Watch NBA players. A guy works on his free throws or jump shot consciously, so when it’s time to take that shot under pressure, with the game on the line, it happens Unconsciously. The last thing they want to do is think. In the millisecond it takes for a conscious thought to pass from the brain to a nerve or a muscle, the timing and rhythm are disrupted. And the odds of making the shot get worse.
So let’s bring it back to on-air performance. I’m sure someone reading this is thinking “So where’s the opening for spontaneity? Where does the spur-of-the-moment inspiration come from?”
Well, magic moments happen subconsciously, when you’re so in sync – so confident and SURE of what you’re doing that you don’t HAVE to think consciously – that’s when that great line or that perfect reaction flashes into your brain. The magic isn’t likely to EVER happen on a consistent basis if you haven’t put the work in first.
You have enough talent, I promise you. You CAN be great. You just have to understand how to put the pieces together.
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Tommy Kramer
Talent Coach
214-632-3090 (iPhone)
e-mail: coachtommykramer@gmail.com
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