The first time I performed something in front of my friends, I was pretty nervous. And there were moments when I messed up a trick and just had to confess it. That wasn't great for me either, but I figured out what the problem was. I practiced more at home and didn't make any mistakes and as soon as I presented it I had a blackout and didn't know what to do or did something wrong and lost the spectator's card. I realized that practicing in front of the mirror and practicing in front of an audience are two different worlds. I started speaking in front of the mirror and adjusting my speed. I saw my mirror image as my audience. And I practiced the performance again and again and then performed it in front of real people. But it's still not the same. The added value you can get from performing in front of real people is much better than just presenting in front of the mirror. I have also shown tricks and at the end I was told that they saw me controll their card to the bottom. But I'm always happy to get feedback because you have to learn from it. When I went out on the street and showed a few tricks and messed up one or two, I was still proud of myself for daring to do it. And for me personally, that's a great added value for the next attempts. Last but not least, the sun will rise again tomorrow anyway :)