Career's Fortnight - Confidence and Values

I found this webinar very useful in terms of refelcting on the way I view and think about professional and art-related worries of mine. Some of the key points that I've taken from this session are:

• There are 3 main zones you can be in: comfort, stretch and panic. Whilst comfort is the most natural and easiest, it's hard to improve and learn, therefore it's good to push out of this and into the stretch zone, where you are making yourself uncomfortable with the goal of bettering yourself. Be careful about pushing yourself too much however, as if you go too far you won't learn anything as you could be in a state of panic
• Everyone has unique view on things, people see things in different ways. 
• We've learned our fears (e.g. fear of job interviews) therefore we can unlearn them
• Focus on reframing bad situations. Not only will this help you accept the situation and be more positive, but by training your brain to think this way you'll start finding positives in more things. Our brain filters out and highlights things based on what we think, therefore it is important to think positively
• Comparison is the thief of joy - I need to get rid of my excessive competitiveness and focus on my journey and my own progress

I think this blog post is something I'll come back to, to remind me of the ways I should be thinking to have a healthier view on my practice.