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Speaker 2Hey Rockstars, Reggie Dawson, your host of the show, your talent coach, your entertainment coach, your live performance coach, whatever it is you want to call me. I'm your guy. I got a couple of lessons today from the wisest of all beings that I've ever encountered. This individual is probably just, they have the most lessons to teach. They never run out of wise words to instill upon their pupils. And there's so much you can take away from just 10 minutes with this individual. And I'm talking about Yoda. Yes, that's right. Three foot nothing, green, Star Wars, fictional character, Yoda. There's hundreds of lessons that throughout the Star Wars franchise, I think we can call it a franchise now. There's hundreds of lessons that you can learn. All sorts of movies and music and everything, but it's from the Star Wars franchise, specifically we go to Yoda. Now listen, I'm not like one of those Star Wars fans that's like hardcore, my room's decorated and everything like that. And like I got lightsabers and a Darth Vader mask. No, not Harry Potter on the other hand, that I'm fairly obsessed with. As a matter of fact, sitting at my desk, I have a Gryffindor seal on the wall that I look at when I'm working on the computer. So anyways, Harry Potter, yes. Star Wars, no. But there's a lot of lessons that you get. And I actually, or Yoda, Yoda, I read an article, I want to say it was yesterday, I read this article. And so I jot down, you know, I wrote down a few of the lessons that I felt really spoke to performers. And things that we can take away and use to better our career and just kind of project ourselves a little bit more out there. And I don't know, take off, blast off, go after our dream. All of the above. So, in good old fashioned teacher style, lesson number one. Your world around you and everything that you encounter in it is a reflection of you. Yes, you. Your world's a reflection of yourself. Your inner self. Yoda tells Luke when he goes into the dark cave on Dagobah, Yoda tells him you will only find what you bring in. That means that when you go into the dark cave, you will only find what you bring in. When you're entering a dark space in your life, or you're going through some trials and some struggles, the only thing that's going to pull you out of it is you. The only thing that you're going to encounter is you. The only thoughts and the only control that you're going to have is you. Now, in Star Wars, Luke ends up finding a likeness of himself in life. You're going to attract the likeness of yourself. Another way you can look at this is you're a product of the people that you hang around. Okay? So, if you're this sad, gloomy, depressed person, you're going to attract sad, gloomy, depressed people. However, if you're this positive person, this go-getter that wants to go after their dream and is just completely optimistic and believes and knows that anything can happen and believes, most importantly, believes in themself, that you can make anything happen for yourself, that's the type of people. That's the type of people that you're going to attract. And you have all the control in the world because you change your own mindset. It's all in your mindset. So, whatever mindset you have, whatever attitude you have, that's what's going to come into your life. You get what you put in, is another way to put it. You reap what you sow. All those lessons, philosophies, proverbs, whatever, they're all the same thing. You will only find what you believe. Bring in. So, bring your A-game. Bring the energy. Bring the positivity. Bring the dreamer. And that's what you're going to find. Back to teacher. Lesson number two. You got to believe in what you're doing. You have to believe in what you're creating and what you're putting on that stage for your audience. If you don't believe in it, why are you putting it out there? In Star Wars, Luke says, I can't believe it. He's in disbelief. We all go through it. We all go through disbelief. When Yoda's telling him this great Jedi that he's going to be, Luke doesn't believe it. So, here I am on this podcast telling you this great performer that you can be and this amazing artist and entertainer that you can grow into and step into, really. It's not even so much about growth. It's really just stepping into the person that you see yourself as. This is what Yoda tells him. This is why you fail. If you don't believe, this is exactly what he said. So, this is me talking to you again. If you don't believe that you'll be successful, then you've already lost. You have already failed. You're fighting against yourself. You can't win that game. And when you're having a mental battle with yourself, all it's going to do is put you in this negative spiral. This real. Negative dark place. How can you not believe in what you're doing? How can you not believe in every single piece of what you put out there in front of your audience? Again, I cannot say it enough. If you don't believe in you, nobody ever will. You have to first believe in yourself. Believe that you can do it. And yeah, sometimes you need some external push. So, here's your push. I believe in you. And there are other people listening to this podcast that believe in you. I have people in a Facebook group that would believe in you. All you have to do is put yourself out there. All you have to do is step up to the person and the performer that you're meant to be. You got to believe in what you do. Lesson number three. There's only four. I'm only going over four, by the way. Okay, five. So, lesson number three. Unlearn whatever you've already learned. So, in Star Wars, Yoda's mentoring Luke. He tells him, you must unlearn what you have learned. So, what he means is it's that attitude and that perspective. All the things that have weighed in on you and have gotten to you mentally, all the beliefs that you have, you got to throw them out. Everything that anyone's ever taught you. Everything that anyone's ever told you about what you do, get rid of it. It no longer is relevant. Here's my challenge to you. There are two words I want you to get rid of. I can't. Get rid of those two words. Toss them out. We're back to number, we're honestly back to number two. Believing in yourself. So, lesson number four. And this is my favorite. And there is only four. I was four or five. I lose count sometimes when I get excited. Actually, I accidentally repeated one of them. But, you know, hey, whatever. We all make mistakes. You got to give your full effort. Like, you cannot hold back. So, this is probably one of the most famous Yoda quotes. He's coaching Luke. Luke's trying to raise an X-Wing out of the swamp so he can fly it and, you know, save the galaxy and all that. And it's episode five. A new hope for those that are not. I think it's a new hope. It's either a new hope or Empire Strikes Back. I apologize. Again, Harry Potter, I'm on point. Star Wars, I know the Yoda lesson. So, here's the lesson, okay. Luke simply says, you know what, I'm trying to do this. I'm literally trying to get this to happen. And all you're doing is beating me down. And this is what Yoda says. This is what he says. This is powerful. Pay attention. Do or do not. There is no try. I know you've heard that before. If you've ever seen Star Wars or if you've even ever know somebody who's seen Star Wars, I know you've heard that before. There is no try. Only do. Do or do not. There is no try. The lesson here is stop trying and start doing. So, what's the difference between trying and doing? By doing. By doing. By doing. By doing. By doing. By doing. If you are trying, you were already giving yourself permission to fail. And listen, there's nothing wrong with failing. But don't go into something with the intention of failing. And that is what trying does. Trying is intentionally failing. Why would you go into your performance? Why would you go into your career with that mentality of, well, I'm going to try. Think about your favorite performer. most the person that you could literally just sit and watch all day do you think they just try no they go out there with the intention and the purpose of doing it of putting on the show of giving their very best when you say try i tell this to my daughter all the time she's i'm trying i'll try i'll try hey can you try can you do this for me i'll try why are you going to try that's you're you're don't even don't even bother at that point really if you're just going to try don't even bother because you don't believe and oh we're back to believing in yourself dang can you can you see a pattern can you feel the pattern here i love to coach confidence you know you know what the best thing i love about coach confidence is or god that sentence just got all screwed up it's a good thing i edit no i don't edit this podcast oh man so like i was saying before i rudely interrupted myself the i love to coach confidence the reason i love to coach confidence more uh i'm not gonna say more than anything but the most i guess that's the same thing as saying more than anything but i love coaching confidence and helping people find their confidence because when you see the look in someone's eyes when they finally believe in themselves they're going to be confident they're going to be confident they're going to believe in themselves there there is no dollar amount that you can put on that there is no experience greater than watching someone start to believe in themselves i'm getting goosebumps just sitting here talking about it just seeing the realization on someone's face and in someone's voice that they can in fact do the thing that they want to do and that they crave doing and that they have the biggest desire of their heart to do seeing the look on their face and being a part of that realization that it's a reality it's incredible that's that's why i do this that's that's why i talk about confidence so much because that moment is precious that moment when you finally believe in yourself and you finally step up to the realization that you can do this that's powerful i'd love to help get you there if you're not there right now i'd love to be a part of that journey with you book a call with me on my calendar if you haven't done so already you can go to beingonstage.com slash calendar i will call you and all i want to do is just build you up and show you how to believe in yourself i guess there's really nothing more to say except keep on shining
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