Performance Anxiety is for the Dogs

 IF you get nervous when you perform, you are not alone. Even one of the greatest pianists of our time, Glenn Gould,  preferred to perform to a tape recorder instead of in front of an audience.

I don't know why we get nervous when we perform, but I do know under which circumstances I am not nervous.

I am not nervous to play the piano in front of my dogs.  My dogs don't judge my playing in anyway.  They are not bothered by my playing, and sometimes they even start to wrestle with each other.

So if you are nervous to play in front of people try  smiling a big grin and pretend the audience is just a bunch of cute waggy tailed puppy dogs.