Eminem's "Lose Yourself" is from his movie "8 Mile", about an aspiring rapper overcoming setbacks to be able to succeed and make it in the spotlight.
In the hook, the lines are:
You better lose yourself in the music, the moment
You own it, you better never let it go
You only get one shot, do not miss your chance to blow
This opportunity comes once in a lifetime yo
Some would say that just adds to the feeling of pressure when performing, but I choose to look at it as saying you need to seize the experience and make it yours. If you have the wherewithal to think about messing up, to worry about if you're doing things right, to worry about x y and z, then you've essentially retreated within yourself and the performance is not affecting you. You've separated yourself from it.
Sometimes the best way to be confident is to act confident. Sometimes it's just giving yourself up to the performance. Either way, you have to be proactive and make it happen. The alternative? Wait for it to be there down the line, years later. Not the worst thing, but why wait if you don't have to?
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