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Are you new to
teaching group fitness?

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New to a format, to a
gym, or new to presenting?

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I'm Angie Miller.

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And today, I thought
it would be great

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if we talked about
teaching transitions,

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those times that we have to
step out of our comfort zone

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and into the unknown.

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Transitions can make us feel
vulnerable, because we're not

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sure what lies ahead.

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And we don't have that sense of
control that we like to feel.

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But transitions teach
us how to adapt.

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And we grow our skill
set and the process.

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Transitions happen all
throughout our lives.

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But the transitions
we make in teaching

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can feel especially
scary, because we're

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putting ourselves
out there in front

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of large groups of people.

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And we want to be successful.

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So today, I have
four tips to help you

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with teaching transitions.

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Number one, start
with your superpower.

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Ask yourself what
have I accomplished up

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to this point in my life
that makes me most proud?

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And what skills or
personal qualities

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did I call upon to make that
accomplishment possible?

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Whatever your accomplishments,
a college degree,

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or certifications,
they're personal evidence

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to support that you've
made it through transitions

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in the past, because that's
the only way we accomplish

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anything.

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So you'll make it through again.

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And whatever those qualities
that you called upon,

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those are your superpower.

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And you'll find a way to use
them in everything you do.

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Number two, focus
on the payoffs.

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Again, one of the greatest
challenges of teaching

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is that you're growing
in front of the masses.

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So there's a pretty
big learning curve.

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But the beauty is that you'll
learn as much from your people

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as they'll learn from you.

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You'll learn from their
feedback, their body language,

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and how well they catch
on to your choreography.

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And you'll adapt along the way.

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As your confidence grows,
you'll realize that perfection

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isn't the end goal.

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It's progress it matters most.

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People are the
payoff in teaching.

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Doing what we love that with
people that become our friends

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and supporters.

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Number three, seek support.

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After decades of teaching
my own choreography,

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when I moved to
Charlotte, I started

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teaching at a gym that
uses branded formats.

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And I was way out
of my comfort zone.

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I felt like a brand new
instructor, the same way

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I felt when I started
filming fitness videos,

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and when I started presenting.

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It's how we always feel
when things are new

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and our skills are exposed
to a different audience.

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But I adapted.

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And so will you as long
as you don't do it alone.

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I know that fitness
can be competitive,

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but find your people.

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And remember that
we've all been there.

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We've all been the new
person at some point.

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And we have to own
that we don't have it

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all together all the time.

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So we give our fears less power.

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We free up space to
see what's possible.

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And we have energy,
the energy that it

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takes, to move forward
and create a new normal.

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Number four, help someone else.

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Be the instructor or
presenter who pays it forward.

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Mentor another instructor.

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Be a sounding board and offer
insight and understanding.

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And remind them that
they're not alone.

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It's not a competition among
our fellow instructors.

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It's an opportunity to unite
and remember that we're a team.

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Last but not least, remember
that we find meaning in our own

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struggles when we help
someone else through theirs.

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So go find that teacher
who could use a mentor.

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And I promise you'll love
what you do even more.

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I'm Angie Miller.

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And I'm so glad you
joined me today.

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I hope we'll continue
connecting on social media.

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On Instagram, I'm
Angie Miller Fitness.

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And on Facebook and Twitter,
I'm Angie Miller Fit.

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My website's
angiemillerfitness.com.

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Keep doing what you love
and loving what you do.

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I'll see you next time.