Mark Kahn

 

THE CHURCH HALL

When I was about 8 years old I went to a concert in the local church hall – interesting for a nice Jewish boy like me. A family friend made the introductory announcements. He shook from head to foot as he did so, I mean every part of his body shook, including the notes he was holding in his hands. It was monumentally embarrassing for all of the people who were there. [Read more…] about Performance anxiety destroys confidence!

It is the time of the Olympics. Let us rejoice in victory – but how many people win and what does that do to confidence building?

Baron Pierre de Coubertin in opening the modern Olympics in 1896 said: “It is not the winning, but the taking part that is important.”

If only this were true. Methinks we have an addiction to being #1, which would make competition not really that healthy.

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