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Among the acts I have seen in recent years are: Super Executive, Back
to the Land Woodsman, Red Hot Mama (or Papa), Urban Cowboy, Pious
Puritan, Hard Rocker, Music Groupie, Personal Growth Groupie, Damsel in

Distress, Macho Man, and Sensitive Male.

Think of three people you’d really like to think well of you. Pick
someone who knows you quite well, such as a family member; someone
whom you know only slightly but whom you respect and whose respect
you’d like to have; and someone with whom your level of familiarity falls
somewhere between the other two. Jot their names down. Imagine these
three people having a conversation about you when you are not present—a
conversation in which they’re telling the absolute truth with regard to their

experience of you. It’s a no-holds-barred conversation about what they
think and feel about you. They are getting down to it. What do you imagine
would be said? Gently relax and reflect on this, writing down key words
and phrases.

Now ask yourself: What would you like these people to think, feel, and
say about you in a candid conversation? You might learn something about
your act by jotting down your responses.

Now rate your acting. On a scale of 1 to 10 (with 10 being top of the
heap) how do you think you’re doing with each of the above people?
Anything you’d like to change in the way you relate to each of them? If so,

what? Don’t be embarrassed. There is nothing wrong with a good act.
Remember, you developed your act(s) for perfectly logical reasons: to get