Desire to succeed and be good

How often do we want to be well-rated and good-looking in someone’s eyes? Why does it happen? What causes it? And is it completely bad? The story about the case in Japan was written in “No acting, please“ by Eric Morris and Joan Hotchkis. Buy the book “No acting, please“ on Amazon: Learning a craft that you can depend on, encouraging faith in your talent, and knowing your tension problems and how to deal with them are all important factors in your development. The need to succeed and be good looms large as one of the most common causes of tension for actors. Including your impatience, these are demons. It is quite natural that people want to succeed in what they do. Much personal and financial gain comes from a job well done. If, however, your need to be good is so strong that it prevents you from experimentation and squelches your courage to try things that might lead to failure, then you’ll cling to the things you know you can do. By playing it safe, your real talent will atrophy, and your unique contribution will never be born. The great people of history in any field have been those with the courage to take chances, those who have investigated and questioned things, and those who have made decisions in the face of any kind of opposition. You must have your own place to fail. There are workshops, classes, experimental labs, etc. These are the places where you can allow yourself to fail. The ideal state is to believe that the craft you’re learning and using is a workable approach to acting (in your other craft as well) and that it will do for you personally what you want it to do. Your craft and your faith in it will come from trial, failure, success, work, work, and many times more work! If you have any thoughts after watching this video, write them down. Subscribe to my channel @sergeimodin