Becoming a Huge Success

Last night I watched this week's segment of "So You Think You Can Dance". Wow, what talent these young people have.

But I was blown away by the last couple to perform for the night. They both were exquisite and the judges were on their feet applauding at the end. Everyone went crazy.

So what made their performance so outstanding, to the point where Nigel said they were the new couple to beat? Had their technical skills risen to a much higher level than their other competitors? While technically they were excellent, that is not what made the difference.

The difference was their personal emotions while dancing. Both dancers were totally immersed in the emotion of the dance, the story, the song, the message.

Earlier in the competition, one of the female dancers was told that she looked like she was scared and that her smile was merely a mask to cover her true feelings. Contrast her "plastic smile" to the facial expressions and emotions of the last couple. There was no comparison.

You see you can't fake it.

Either you have the deep emotional connection or you don't.

What you show to the world on the outside is merely a reflection of how you feel on the inside. Anything else is a mask.

Fall in love with what you do and the world will feel that love and want to be part of it.