To understand what a generous performer is, it's important to know what a selfish performer looks like. After all, performing artists have one of the only careers where it is considered acceptable (or even virtuous) to be self-entitled, self-centered, and self-aggrandizing.

The generous performer doesn't play for the applause, money in the tip jar, a picture in the newspaper, or for the next "big gig" they hope to have. Generous performers proactively seek new ways to add more value than what was expected.