Devin Zander shares how he went from embarrassed to confident through salsa dancing. He took private lessons at a public gym, faced his fears, and learned that persistence pays off in dancing and life.
In fact, with the salsa dancing, I got private lessons because I was too embarrassed at how bad I was going to be. So I was like, I need to do private lessons. I can't go into a classroom and, like, make a fool of myself. Right. And reality has a way of putting us in these situations that we try to avoid, because I did sign up for the private lessons, but we did them at the public gym. It's called Crunch Fitness here. And it is the most popular gym where all the hottest, sexiest, most beautiful women go. And so not only were my lessons there, but it was in the room with all the mirrors where all the girls go to stretch and, like, do yoga and to take selfies. So I did private lessons to avoid looking stupid in front of people, and I ended up looking. Being in front of the hottest women, the fittest, sexiest woman in the entire city, just a fool, looking like a stunted, retarded. Excuse my French, baby deer who's learning how to walk, but really just dancing. And I sucked at first, but I just stuck with it because I. I'm not doing this with some goal in mind. I do it because I've always wanted to be someone who salsa dances, and now I'm a salsa dancer, and I practice because I'm a salsa dancer, not because I have some sort of. And goal in mind. Should you have goals? Yes. I'm not saying that, but I'm not saying that you should be doing these things just so you should hit these goals. It's much easier to remain consistent. It's much easier to power through during droughts and to do things when you don't feel like doing it, when it's just a part of your core, your soul, and who you are. And because I kept with it, I made much more money. Because I kept with it, I got in shape. And because I kept with it, I got good at salsa dancing. Do it because it's who you are, who.
