Stage fright never fully leaves. The people you admire just learned to walk on with it.

Waiting for the nerves to disappear before you go on means waiting forever. Performers who look effortless have the same racing heart, they have just stopped treating it as a reason to stay off. The nerves become background rather than a decision maker. Practice does not remove the feeling, it removes the argument about whether to go.

Book yourself into one thing this week that makes your stomach drop a little. Go on with the feeling still there and notice that it does not stop you.