The athlete who doesn’t trust themselves to perform in the moment clings to fitness and practice to build their confidence.
But what if you deny them the preparation they so desperately feel they need?
Then I think you’ll separate those who trust themselves from those who don’t in the anxiety levels.
The same could be said for stand up comedians.
They perform the ‘DVD special’ show confident in their material because they’ve tested and improved it repeatedly over the past year.
But what if you took that experimentation time away and greatly increased the perceived chances of bombing?
Then I think you’ll have a terrified comic.
Can you swim without your metaphorical life jacket?
Thomas Duggan 