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Say Something Nice about Yourself

January 16, 2010 By Ian Sidden

Say something nice about yourself.

What you are doing is extremely difficult and brave. You are changing yourself in the name of music and then sharing those changes with the world when you perform.

Yes, this process requires self honesty and clear judgment. But it does not require intense self-loathing and public condemnations of you abilities. You must be doing something right or else you wouldn’t have gotten this far.

So find that something and tell yourself about it.

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