Dr. Angela Duckworth

I was living in New York City.

And it was like the brief chapter of my life when I was a management consultant.

And one of my co-workers, Linda, said, let's go to this hip-hop class after work.

And I was like, sure, what's that?

And so we show up, and maybe this is a New York thing, but like...

Oh, my gosh.

Everybody there was, like, from the Joffrey Ballet.

I mean, like, the teacher would call out these moves, like, 16 moves.

She was like... Go.

And then you would, like, all go individually from one corner of the room to the next.

And I was like...

What is happening?

I felt so self-conscious, so embarrassed, so awkward, so clumsy.

And I never went to another hip hop class.

And if I had really tried to, I guess, you know, channel the little kid that I used to be like, who cares?

Like, of course, you don't know how to do hip hop.

It's not something you've learned before.

There's no embarrassment.

So I do try to remember that.

I try to model that, you know, because I do think it is something that, though acquired, is now our second nature, right?