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2. I took this acting class once.

3. I heard it was a good idea for a lot of
reasons.

4. Kind of like going to Toastmasters.

5. You build self-confidence, develop
communication skills, and meet some
pretty interesting people.

6. We did a lot of goofy exercises.

7. A lot more than I'd anticipated.

8. One was where we each had this slip
of paper with a made up profession.

9. Not normal ones, but out of the
ordinary ones.

10. Dog catcher, coffee taster, toy tester,
etc.

11. Anyway, we had to walk around
pretending we were at a cocktail party.

12. We had to talk about our jobs, but
only without saying anything that
would give a clue of we do.

13. The purpose was to convey meaning
without giving any specifics.

14. Kind of how like actors are supposed
to convey complex emotions while
saying simple sentences.

15. It was fun, but it was also frustrating.

16. Like you wanted to say, "I drive around
all day and catch people's pets," but
you weren't allowed.

17. It was much more difficult than most
people realized.

18. Unfortunately, a lot of us live our lives
like that.

19. There's certain things we want to say,
we need to say, but we just can't say
them.

20. We hope somebody "guesses" what
we really mean.

21. What's worse, when they don't
correctly "guess" what we mean, we
get angry.

22. As if they are supposed to be psychic
or something.

23. Of course, this has a lot to do with the
difficult and LONG process of
transforming from childhood thinking
to adult thinking.

24. Children are just given what they
need.

25. Adults have to verbalize what they
need, often times more than once,
and often times to a lot of people.

26. This can be tough. Especially when
your "inner child" is expecting to be
handed stuff "just because."

27. If life were only as simple as walking
up the counter and telling the staff
what kind of sandwich you want!

28. Luckily, it can be.

29. You can learn to speak more
effectively, more confidently, and more
assertively.

30. You don't need to overcompensate
with aggression or overwhelming
dominance.

31. And one of the amazing things you'll
realize is that no matter WHAT you
want, when you just casually express it
like it's no big deal, everybody else will
think it's no big deal as well.

32. This requires you do some digging.

33. Into your emotions.

34. To find out WHY some things are
difficult to express.

35. This necessarily involves going back
into your personal history and viewing
things a little differently.

36. When you view those childhood
incidents with your adult mind, it's a
lot easier to leave childhood thinking
behind for good.

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