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    Default The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    I couldn't really figure out where to put this thread, but now it ended up here

    I stopped dancing a couple of years ago, which I sometimes miss, since I was one of the top-earners of the club.

    Anyway, I'm wondering if there're any of the skills that you learn as a dancer, that you can use in a life without dancing? Obviously, you can use your hustle skills if you work in sales, but what if you don't?

    Sure, dancing gives you confindence which is always needed. But what else?

    Would it for instance be benificial to buy 'Strip and Grow Rich' and apply it to other areas of life?

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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    People skills, problem solving skills, and communication skills are crucial in stripping, to name a few.

    Strip and Grow Rich is made specifically for dancers, so I probably wouldn't recommend it to apply to other industries - especially when there are so many other sales books/programs out there, and I'm willing to bet there's at least one for every other industry specifically.

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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    It's helped me deal with people. This helps for most jobs.

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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    People skills! Dancing teaches you to work with all kinds of people & personalities, and to appeal/sell yourself to all of them.

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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    If I were you, I'd use what you learn as a stripper and talk about it through another job that you make up.

    For example, I've always been very into photography. So I put "Independent Contractor: Photographer" on my resume. I use photography to talk about the skills (customer service, gaining/retaining clientele, analyzing customers' needs, communication, conflict resolution, independence, professionalism, etc.) I gained while stripping. Obviously it's never good to lie on your resume. But honestly, not being able to talk about all of the skills I acquired stripping would be a travesty and a disservice to myself.

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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    I apply everything I learned from stripping that is positive and doesn't actually require me to dance naked or flirt to my job daily. I'm a hair stylist. And once you are a hustler there is no getting rid of it. I'm not aggressive since it is such a different environment. I do not flirt but I take good care of myself and it shows and it comes out in my tips and sales reports. I think they are skills that apply to all jobs.





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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    I'd say the hard-won 'gift' of knowing you can make something out of nothing is the most valuable skill I've learned from dancing which is applicable to other areas of my life.

    I've always been a go-getter academically and relied heavily on my intellectual confidence in securing new degrees/getting into top schools/wowing people at the dinner table, etc..

    But dancing taught me how to go BEYOND that and not to rest on my laurels. You can be brainy and broke if you don't tap into your other natural 'human' talents and really get that hearty does of gumption and conviction in your eyes that you can move about in a room of only ____sq ft and go home with no money (or owing) or making what would equate to a 9-5ers weekly or even monthly salary in the space of a night.

    In the 'daylight' world, I know that this experience has helped me to push past any blinders or obstacles when tackling a new venture or trying to work my way out of what seems like a sticky situation or series of roadblocks.

    You start to think fast on your feet, look for loopholes, brainstorm out loud, and just plain 'know' that there IS an answer or a solution to what may initialy seem daunting. You know that you CAN make a way to do what you want to do SOMEHOW..if not during your first attempt, you still get that fire in you that you've 'seen it done' and you feel less burdened when things don;t go right at first because you;ve seen shitty situations turn to gold-mines within: months, weeks, seasons, hours, minutes, and seconds...as well as the reverse.

    So you get both the stiff upper lip and the unbridled whimsy all-in-one and you brace tightly for the rollercoaster that is life (ok, that prob sounds corny, but yeah)....and aren't afraid to push through the darkest hours, the rejections, the changes of fortune, etc...

    Dancing is definitely not the only job that can help you with this in other areas of life, but is definitely one of the surefire ways to learn just how strong and steely you can really be when you see opportunity in front of you.
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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    Helps out a lot in sales! There are tons of sales books that inspired Strip and Grow Rich, that have nothing to do with stripping.

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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    being skeptical of trusting people you thought were your friends...
    'hustling' for opportunities eg. top jobs
    inflated confidence in self about accomplishing seemingly impossible tasks
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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    The best lesson I've learned in my club is that you never know what you may get unless you ask. Example: just because a dance is 25$ doesn't mean you can't ask for a minimum of 40$. With life, if you want that job, call the boss directly and ask. Its that simple.

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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    One thing that it can be applied to in ANY career is how to sell *yourself*. Often just getting a foot in the door is the hardest part, but as strippers we learn to see what people want and give it to them. Confidence talking to strangers really helps in the interview. These things can really be the make-or-break points of getting a job and negotiating salary.

    I strongly second london's post also.


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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    It helped me in my daily life. I am more social, I can talk to strangers, class-mates, co-workers without feeling anxious, worried, or nervous, like I used to feel when even asking my teachers a queston, or to studdering to a waitor.. that has faded. I noticed
    I am more open to sales people, people around me, I try to be friendlier and smile.

    I am more confident, I do not worry about others talking about me, or jugding me. I deal with people with different walks of life, and hit reality of people in general from all walks of life.

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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    I think if you can hold your own hustling and maintaining boundaries while topless or buck-naked in front of total strangers, you can hold your own in any board room in America.

    Sales or any sort of consulting come to mind as great next steps.

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    one word. sales.

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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    You take pride in being a woman. You've acquired extraordinary self-confidence. You can relate to other people very well, and you have an uncanny sensitivity of the moods and needs of everyone around you.

    All these qualities are necessary for survival as a dancer, and they give a retired dancer an extraordinary advantage in any other work she chooses.

    (And here's an "Amen!" to all the excellent posts above! Great ideas, ladies!)

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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    Most importantly, you learn to read people.

    You have worked long, anti-social hours in a physical job, which shows you have determination and stamina.

    You have learned to be assertive and articulate.

    All of these skills can be applied to any job.

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    Default Re: The skills of a dancer - Applied to a life without stripping?

    As well as everything that has been said above....

    You learn how to manage your time - when you are dancing, there is a real temptation to hang out in the dr, chat to girls, drink at the bar, etc etc. You learn to make the most of your time.

    This is linked to..

    WILLPOWER - girls who are able to dance without drinking, doing drugs, etc etc have incredible willpower! This also comes into play when talking about motivating yourself - making yourself do something (like go into the club when you don't want to, or talk to the smelly guy!) when you don't want to is a huge skill!

    Mood control - being able to get into the "right" mindset and keep yourself there, keep your energy up, and just basically being able to control your mood when you are at work is totally transferable!

    You also learn how to take care of your body - excercise regimes, compensating for a lack of sleep, keeping your hair/nails etc in good condition. Looking good, and being able to keep yourself presented is a skill for any job, and for life in general.

    Finally - financial skills. Learning how to do your own taxes for a self-employed situation, learning how to budget, balance and save money, and pay off debts...and my mental arithmetic improved hugely from working out club commission, credit card charges, etc etc

    Of course, this doesn't apply to every girl. There will always be those that do it smart, don't party, work hard, make good money and learn a lot, and there will always be those girls that come in and get hammered every night, start doing drugs, take awful care of their bodies, don't pay taxes, leave when the money gets harder rather than learning to hustle well, and don't learn a damn thing. But if you look for it, a strip club is the best classroom in the world!
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