Performing at Higher Levels

Area of Authority: Social Media Marketing

Company Name: Integrated Alliances

Website:http://www.IntegratedAlliances.com and http://www.RockTheWorldBook.com

Industry: Social Media Marketing & Strategy

Years of Experience: 15+ years as a trainer, speaker, writer. 5 years in Social Media.

Authority Statement:

About Lori Ruff: http://www.rocktheworldbook.com/speakers/lori-ruff-speaker-bio

Contact Information: www.itsmyurls.com will give you quick links to my main social media sites, phone, email and other contact info.

Have a question for The LinkedIn Diva? Enter your question in the Comment /Question box below. All questions will be reviewed and an answer provided for F*R*E*E twice per week on Tuesday and Thursday before 6pm PST! Performing at Higher Levels20066Performing at Higher LevelsOne of my passions is taking lessons in a Korean Sword Art called Haidong Gumdo. On Saturdays, all belt levels in my Haidong Gumdo program show up for practice.

When I first started the program, I was a little intimidated with so many experienced people in the class. I could choose to sit back and watch or do the best I could to keep up.

If I wanted to learn I needed to stay and I kept up for the most part, but then the group went beyond the exercises and forms I knew. As I stumbled to keep up, they were patient and supportive. At one point I asked if I was the slowest ever to learn a particular move. They said,We didn’t learn this till we were orange belts (2 levels above me.)

You see, I was trying to keep up with people three, four and five levels ahead. The good news here is that by being with people who have higher skills and proficiency than me, I learn more and faster. I have to set aside my feelings of embarrassment and inadequacy in the skills of Haidong Gumdo and remember that I am a beginner. Part of the class for all students is to lead one of the exercises, which involves knowing the name of the exercise (in Korean) and counting to 10 (in Korean) as well as knowing the particular moves of the exercise.

I didn’t expect to be asked to lead an exercise, so when it was my turn, I did my best with help from the class. However, since then, I have really stepped up my effort to learn these things. I have now mastered counting to ten in Korean.

It’s a small victory, but hey, I’m counting everything! In addition, I’ve started spending more time outside of class learning the forms, the language and the exercises. I want to move up and really I want to be less obvious that I’m such a beginner! If I hadn’t gone to that class with so many people at higher belt levels, I wouldn’t be pushing myself as much.

When you want to improve your performance, you’ll need to grow and expand your skills, thinking and success.One of the best wayst to do this is to hang out with people who are further along on their path than you. It takes confidence and courage on your part and you willreap the benefits and be glad youreached out to learn and grow.

Kathy Garland
Business Growth Authority
www.kathygarland.com
info@kathygarland.com