{"id":4091,"date":"2017-08-21T10:00:24","date_gmt":"2017-08-21T10:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/?p=4091"},"modified":"2017-08-21T10:00:24","modified_gmt":"2017-08-21T10:00:24","slug":"career-lessons-ballroom-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/blog\/dance-info-news-trends\/career-lessons-ballroom-dance\/","title":{"rendered":"Career Lessons from Ballroom Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"

Ballroom dancing can teach you important life lessons that will transform your career success, if you pay attention. Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve learned from ballroom dancing that has been useful in my work.<\/p>\n

Success Requires Hard Work\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

You can\u2019t win awards, gain a promotion or achieve goals without hard work. The effort leads to the outcome, advancement comes from repeat attention to the tasks that lead to accomplishment. There are no shortcuts.<\/p>\n

Practice Is Essential<\/p>\n

Ever tried to give a presentation without glancing at the PowerPoint before you enter the boardroom? Bad idea. Whenever you want to give a polished performance, you must practice!<\/p>\n

Patience Is King<\/p>\n

If you expect to be an expert overnight, you\u2019re likely to end up disappointed. It\u2019s true in dance, and it\u2019s true in life. Patience is, indeed, a virtue! Good things come to those who have the patience to wait for them. Or something clich\u00e9d like that. It\u2019s true, though!<\/p>\n

There Are No Limits<\/p>\n

The only limits that exist are usually set in our heads. We tell ourselves we can\u2019t do something, or someone else is better than we are, or more deserving. In truth, you can achieve whatever goal\u00a0 you believe you can!<\/p>\n

Dedication Is a Prized Possession<\/p>\n

Sometimes the best athletes are not the most successful. It\u2019s the most dedicated ones, nose to the grindstone, studying the game, showing up to every practice, listening to the coach, who really achieve.<\/p>\n

Keep an Open Mind<\/p>\n

Just when you think you know everything, you\u2019re proven wrong. You think one person is a friend, and he turns out to stab you in the back. You think another person is incompetent, and they shine on a particular task. Dance teaches you to keep an open mind because you\u2019re constantly meeting new people and trying new things \u2013 and it always works out.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Care What Others Think<\/p>\n

In our studio, no one judges anyone. It\u2019s just dance, and everyone is supportive and encouraging. That\u2019s a great way to go through life \u2013 not caring what others think, and not scrutinizing the way other people do things.<\/p>\n

Learn to Trust\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

In dance, you have to let your partner lead or be trusted enough to lead your partner. In life, too, and especially in the boardroom. Trust is what makes a team win. Lack of trust is a disease that kills a company.<\/p>\n

Be in the Moment<\/p>\n

If you want to dance well (or do anything well), you have to focus on the moment you\u2019re in right now and banish all other worries and thoughts.<\/p>\n

Don\u2019t Be Afraid to Make Mistakes<\/p>\n

If you learn nothing else from dance, you\u2019ll learn that mistakes are where the learning happens.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Ballroom dancing can teach you important life lessons that will transform your career success, if you pay attention. Here\u2019s what I\u2019ve learned from ballroom dancing that has been useful in my work. Success Requires Hard Work You can\u2019t win awards, gain a promotion or achieve goals without hard work. The effort leads to the outcome, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4091","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-dance-info-news-trends","category-lifestyle-self-improvement"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4091"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4091\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4091"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4091"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.fredastaire.com\/bloomfield-hills\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4091"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}