Perform at Your Best: Acting Techniques for Business, Personal & Social Success [Box set] [Cards]

Jane Marla Robbins (Author), AJ Garces (Illustrator)

Book Description

Publication Date: September 1, 2007

In this unique 35-card-deck, actor/writer Jane Marla Robbins shares simple, effective tricks of the actor s trade that will help you be your most authentic self, which she believes is naturally self-confident, joyful, and shining. Each card contains a difficult real-life situation and an acting technique to help make that situation easier, and yes, even fun. *Look and Feel Better: Look younger, more attractive, and radiant. *Deal with Difficult People: Don't let obnoxious, critical, or intimidating people keep you from being your best self. *Overcome Anxiety: Learn to enjoy situations like public speaking, meeting new people, and even asking for a raise. *Get Results: Build self-confidence and courage to perform the way you want in the world. Or just be a star in any situation!

Editorial Reviews

Review

"Jane Marla Robbins describes acting techniques and shows how they can be applied to all sorts of difficult everyday situations. I'm here to say that these exercises really work!" --Patricia Bosworth, Contributing Editor for *Vanity Fair*

"Jane is psychologically savvy, and fun… She becomes your friend and your coach, leading you out of your self-conscious funk and into the world of entitlement and self-fulfillment." --Dr. Cheryl Kleefeld, psychologist

Your "Perform at Your Best - Acting Technique" cue cards are fabulous, -- I'm already using them to convert sales prospects, influence clients, and keep my 3-year-old son on schedule (sort of)! --David Rudofsky, President, Rudofsky Associates

About the Author

These cards are based on Jane s book, Acting Techniques for Everyday Life: Look and Feel Self-Confident in Difficult Real-Life Situations, now in its fifth printing. Jane has been teaching these techniques for over twenty years all over the United States at schools, universities, and corporations. She leads workshops on acting techniques for Business Success in Los Angeles, where she also teaches at Loyola Marymount University and the University of Judaism. Jane was commissioned by the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. to write and perform her fifth one-woman play, Reminiscences of Mozart by His Sister. She has also performed it at Lincoln Center in New York City, and she starred on Broadway in Richard III and Morning, Noon, and Night. You can see Jane in a number of movies, including Rocky I, Rocky II, Rocky V, Coming Apart, and Arachnophobia. Her television credits include ER, Murder She Wrote, The Heidi Chronicles, Beverly Hills 90210, Knots Landing, and 79 Park Avenue. An internationally produced playwright as well as a published poet and essayist, Jane graduated magna cum laude from Bryn Mawr College and completed studies at the graduate school of psychology at Antioch College.

Product Details

• Cards: 82 pages
• Publisher: Plain White Press (September 1, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0977738345
• ISBN-13: 978-0977738342
• Product Dimensions: 6 x 7.3 x 1.6 inches
• Shipping Weight: 9.9 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,454,146 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Like having your own acting coach, with a sense of humor., November 12, 2007

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J. Strom (CA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Perform at Your Best: Acting Techniques for Business, Personal & Social Success (Cards)

Witty, down-to-earth, practical advice in a fun format. A handy guide and morale-booster for anyone facing an unfamiliar audience. It's like having your own acting coach, with a sense of humor. I gave a set to my daughter who's just out of college and job-interviewing in San Francisco. It goes well with Acting Techniques for Everyday Life, the book by the same author. A little time taken to understand Ms. Robbins's approach to acting can have a surprisingly transformative effect on--yes--your every day life.

3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars LOVE these cards!, October 3, 2007

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K. Cronin (CA USA) - See all my reviews
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Jane Marla Robbins' cards have been extremely helpful in boosting my confidence level and are helping me make better impressions in my work and social life. I have always struggled with feeling insecure in difficult situations but after reviewing the cards and putting the techniques to use I feel I no longer have the same sense of dread going into situations that literally used to make me sick to my stomach. I plan on giving the cards as gifts to several friends who also struggle with low self esteem. The illustrations are very clever and funny and they help me visualize the techniques -- which makes it a lot more fun to practice learning how to feel more comfortable in difficult situations...but I'll still never act!

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very helpful and fun., April 4, 2008

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Matt K "MK" (LA) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Perform at Your Best: Acting Techniques for Business, Personal & Social Success (Cards)

A friend gave me these cards as a gift. I was at first impressed by the box and the look and feel of the cards. A very nice coffee table friendly box set that's about the size of your hand, very eloquently designed. Upon opening the box ther is an introduction pamphlet and a credential page for the author, Jane Marla Robbins that gives the cards merit. The front of the cards have a cute cartoon with a question like "Want to walk into that party looking and feeling great?" When you flip the card over there are a couple of great, easy to read techniques that you can keep in your head and use in different situations. Postitive, humurous and very effective. Thumbs Up.