it began the night of our january school play not myself consciousness of my story of overcoming it we had a party on stage after the play oh i wasn't in the cast not me i was on the stage  because i'll tell you about that later it's appointive somebody grabbed the spotlight and started a sort of game it's when the lights stopped on you you have to get up and make a speech jack sure that all right but why not he was the star of the play that sort of thing was easy for him of course i wanted to do well too i wanted to shine i started planning what i was going to say while on and then it happened there i was in the spotlight and i felt uncomfortable and awkward and different and they were all watching me and laughing at what  same feeling it's i remembered giving a book report in class it was exactly the same as if there were a spotlight on me and everybody was watching me all i managed to get through my report all right but i was miserable and then i remember the first time i asked june for a date i knew just what i wanted to say but when it came right down to it yeah i felt a spotlight again and the words didn't want to come out and she was staring at was my face broken out again and i remembered coming to try out for this play why i really wanted a part i felt sure i could get one too until  i'm i'm not going to try out i'd like to work on stage crew the stage crew well it was fun but it wasn't what i wanted yeah the night of the party jack said of nine you was right self conscious it's i thought i could never get up in front of the class or ask a girl for a date or do anything in public again yeah i was a self conscious he really has overcome  then there then she likes to play for  play certainly has changed well you can get over being self conscious the question is how it wasn't long after and i made a big discovery about how to overcome self consciousness i was helping he hadn't been playing very long but he was learning and doing right well then hank and bill came in and hung around watching and suddenly it seemed as though jack was feeling on the spot happened and then well i had to talk to jack everybody want to show up really well you want people to think you're pretty good but then you start thinking about yourself how everybody is watching you what you must look like to them and then you make a mess of that's sometimes but usually you don't you just thank you do look if you can do something really well then you're more confident when i am in trouble it is the only thing the consultants indeed when i am in really great trouble as anyone who knows me and it's boy i really had to fight self consciousness then but i knew that was the only way i'd ever be good enough you know i got a parts i practise to lots i figured it was like a ping pong deal if i could become skillful i wouldn't be so scared of heights it was easy alone it's and finally i got so it wasn't too hard with my family i'd forget about myself and just think about doing  at rehearsal with the other kids i could try another idea turning the spotlight on to someone else thinking about other people and telling myself i wasn't so important and it worked part of the time but when it came my turn to speak then where could i turn the spotlight let me remind you all of you know when we go to the scene you should try to keep the whole situation in mind because you know after all what other because i'm unhappy besides i am particularly fond of muffins when i think that they were laughing but now i knew they were laughing at the situation not of me yes it really helps to develop skills so i can concentrate on what i'm doing instead of how i'm doing it it helps to think of other people and remember that i'm not so important and it helps to turn that spotlight on the whole situation then i can almost forget to be self conscious almost as right i'm getting closer now because i'm getting more and more practiced in turning the spotlight on to the situation as a whole it helps in class to when i feel self conscious i remember that the class isn't interested in me but in what i have to say well there it is i still feel a little self conscious a time but by concentrating on others by doing my best to make the whole situation easier i overcome my own self consciousness it helps me enjoy being with people and i think it helps people enjoy being with me it could help you to