Behaving Like Champions

As mentioned previously, I was totally obsessed with the Winter Olympics and was so impressed with Canada's performance at the games. Especially by the fact that we set a record for the most golds ever won at the Winter Games!  I mean, who would have thought we had it in us? 

Well, John Furlong, CEO of Vancouver's Olympic Organizing Committee said it best in his speech at the Closing Ceremonies when he addressed Alexandre Bilodeau, our first Gold medal winner at these games, by saying that his "first Gold Medal gave us all permission to feel like and behave like Champions."  This totally struck a cord for me in my own personal journey.  When I studied acting in New York, my teacher very quickly picked up on how me being Canadian led to me being too "nice" when acting, which essentially gets in your way as an actor if you're not willing to fight for what you want in a scene (I apologize for the actor jargon that might not make much sense)!  Though I feel like I have made huge progress in this regard, recently my acting teacher gave me this exact same note and told me to write at the top of all of my scripts "Franca is allowed to win!" Okay, I get it!

So, I guess I am elated at the message of these games...that we are allowed to behave like champions because we are quite capable of being champions!  I will take this sentiment to heart and I hope you all do too!  As noted in this article believing in yourself doesn't diminish your niceness! We can have it all Canada!  And, seeing that I'm pretty much in the market for close to it "all" I need to start behaving like a champion, yo!