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I once taught dance in a city full of dance studios—but still managed to fill my classes from day one. 💃🏽
My classes were for the ones who had no ambitions to ever perform. The ones who were too shy to go to the popular dance classes. The ones who felt out of place in most studios. |
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Can we stop pretending like our frameworks are the final word?We need to do a better job of prioritizing the person over the process.We need to leave room for the possibility that our method miiiight not work for certain brains, cultures, personalities, circumstances.That truth doesn't necessarily mean anything about your method, btw.It's just that you can't possibly have one method that works for everyone and every situation. Yet so many of us pretend otherwise. Hey, I used to do that, too....
The problem with experts is they think they're supposed to know everything. Not because they necessarily have huge egos.I think it's more so because of the programming. Somewhere along the way, we decided that “expert” meant: -always certain -always confident -always having the answer Because if you, the expert, don't know...Won’t people lose trust in you?I believe the opposite is true, actually. I'm writing this email after an initial chiro appointment. Chiro Doc: "Most people with frozen...
“What does getting good at sales actually look like?” 🤔Tarzan Kay recently hosted a Q&A panel as part of the Girl Boss Apology Tour.And that was one of the (brilliant) questions that was submitted by an attendee. The question reminded me of two truths:1) I've always been good at sales—including when I followed traditional sales advice.2) I despise traditional sales advice.Back when I sold garbage removal at a premium price, I was one of the top performing sales peeps on my team.Their sales...