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Note: Listen to Blues Brothers 'Green Onions' while reading this.

You are nearing that time of the year when there is a performance assessment coming up and you hope you are prepared. To make sure you go through your checklist.

• Do you know the 10 assessment criteria?   Yep
• Have you included evidence that each of the 10 assessment criteria is covered?   Yes 
• Have you been practising regularly?   Sure
• Do you know your performance pieces?   Almost...will do by exam day
• Have you been performance practising?   Yeah...I have been going through my repertoire from top to bottom
• Do you know where the tricky areas are?    Of course, I practise those over and over again

You feel good about your answers, and think, 'that must be a good sign that you're prepared'. 

As the days go by you start to feel a little nervous, and excited over the prospect of completing this assessment. Some days you feel on top of everything, other times you feel a little overwhelmed. You have done so much wor...

Well we are in a New Year and we have left a few hard years behind us. I hope the new year has started well for you.

With a New Year often comes new goals and opportunities.

Maybe this is the year when you are looking forward to a new job and preparing for interviews.

Maybe you are finishing your schooling and you have exams in your future.

Maybe you are launching into a new business.

Maybe you are going to be teaching large groups or be a guest speaker, or maybe you might be preparing for performances.

What ever opportunities there are coming up for you, there is an element of presentation or performance required. So how are you going to prepare for that? How are you going to ensure that you present professionally, that you confidently.ooze the skills required? What is required to become successful in your quest?

SIMPLY, HONEST HARD WORK AND A POSITIVE MINDSET

Success comes to those who focus on their goals, not on obstacles.

We need to work jolly hard and be determined to su...