| I've been a dancer my entire life. I started out at the | | | | were perfect. But the rest of me was stiff as a board. |
| tender age of 4 with my first pair of shinny black tap | | | | I wasn't moving my arms, hips, head, or shoulders. |
| shoes with little pink bows. I later graduated to jazz, | | | | Nothing. I was only doing 10% of the work, but |
| swing, ballroom, a little country line dancing and in my | | | | expecting 100% of the results.It's the same in business. |
| mid 20s returned to my love of tap where I studied | | | | If you have the perfect marketing plan, but no systems |
| with a professional dancer who taught the likes of | | | | to back it up, it's like you're working at 10%. You need |
| Paula Abdul and other celebrities how to shake a | | | | a balance of marketing, sales, accounting, products, |
| leg.So when I decided I wanted to drop a couple of | | | | staff, etc. Make sure you aren't dancing with just your |
| pounds before the holidays hit I went back to my roots | | | | feet, use your whole body.Why do I have to force |
| and signed up for a series of dance classes.Going in I | | | | myself to do something I love?Sunday morning I'm |
| knew that dance requires creativity, focus, control and | | | | curled up on the couch with my dog, a nice cup of tea |
| power. But driving home one day I thought about how | | | | and the TV. I love the dance class, you'd think I'd be |
| much learning to dance is like running a business. Here | | | | ready to jump up and head off to class. But no I literally |
| are 5 business lessons I've learned from hanging out in | | | | had to force myself off the couch.Even though you |
| a hip-hop class.I can do a whole lot more than I | | | | love what you do, sometimes you'll have to force |
| thought.Each lesson is broken down into sections. It | | | | yourself to work. Figure out what motivates you to get |
| doesn't matter what class I'm in the instructor belts out | | | | going even when you don't feel like it.A group of peers |
| 8 counts of new steps and I watch thinking, "my body | | | | is really supportive.When there is a really big class we |
| doesn't do that".You know what, after it's broken down | | | | split into two groups so at the end of the class each |
| and we practice a bit, "my body can do that". It's the | | | | group has a chance to really let go without worrying |
| same with your business. What business tasks, | | | | about running into their neighbor. It's great having more |
| systems, phone calls, and risks are you not taking | | | | advanced dancers to follow in case I forget the steps. |
| because you think you can't? All it takes is breaking it | | | | Then at the end the group watching claps and cheers |
| down and a little practice and you'll be amazed at | | | | - no matter we look like.Find yourself a group of |
| what you can do.It gets easier with time.My first day in | | | | cheerleaders. Personally, I have a mastermind group, |
| hip-hop class I looked around at the room full of | | | | an accountability buddy, and a coach. All help me when |
| 20somethings and through, "what on earth is a tap | | | | I need help with the steps and cheer for me when I |
| dancer doing in a hip-hop class"? I tripped over myself, | | | | have even a small success.© 2005 Beth |
| got frustrated with the steps and pretty much looked | | | | Schneider. Want to reprint this article, feel free as long |
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| gave you the heebie jeebies become second nature.It | | | | give up the family oriented, flexible, balanced lifestyle |
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