RESILIENCE:
Rethinking Rejection and Failure
‘You can’t learn if you are afraid to fail. To really learn something, we have to embrace the normalcy of falling down and picking yourself back up.’
Doug Lemov, Managing Director of Uncommon Schools
How do we cope when we fail? What can we learn from it? How can we accept and find opportunities in failure?
For actors, learning to adapt and be flexible is essential in order to navigate the turbulent waters of the industry; from coping with audition rejection to coping with the uncertain periods of time spent between work. Taking risks, accepting and learning from failure is a fundamental part of the creative process.
Our ACTivate Resilience workshops look at various strategies to hone personal resilience through a series of exercises that explore positive mindset, problem solving and lateral thinking. The aim is to re-align our attitude to failure and learn to see it as an opportunity for growth and development.
Workshop Outline
- Discovering creative ways to tackle problem-solving
- Learning to adapt and be flexible in the face of obstacles and challenges
- Practising risk taking in a safe environment
- Shedding inhibitions - putting your head in the lion’s mouth!
- Overcoming fear of failing and practising acceptance. Turning fear into fuel for creative expression
- Strategies for dealing with nerves and performance anxiety
- Considering the impact of different mental attitudes, including fixed and growth mindsets.
- Changing perspectives to see the opportunities for growth that come with failing
- Exploring collective team resilience
- Encouraging positive interactions and developing strong team foundations
- Exploring the impact of shifting group dynamics under pressure
- Encouraging positive and constructive feedback within the group
- Tackling perfectionism and decision making under pressure
- Honing communication skills, including active listening and the impact of body language