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To be natural practice incessantly

To be natural, practice incessantly. “Just act naturally,” you think before taking the stage. “Be yourself,” your mentor told you last week. Doesn’t that sound simple, common sense even? What does preparation have to do with acting natural? Gallo points out, “authenticity doesn’t happen naturally ((Gallo, pg. 76)).” Not just a couple tries in front of a bathroom mirror beforehand; his illustrative story is from a woman who spent four months in preparation and received feedback from over one hundred people, all for an eighteen minute speech ( (Gallo, pg.…