Live Your Dance Episode 1: Making Dreams a Reality with Pro Volleyball Player Christina Speer
In this episode you will learn...
How a two-week trip to Europe turned into 5 years of professional volleyball playing
How she became a triple major in college
The importance (and benefits) of taking your eduction into your own hands
What it’s like to take a BIG leap (knowing no one, diving into a new culture, not speaking the language), and how she made it happen
How she sustains a professional athletic career and a high level of excellence in her craft daily
How she overcomes her own doubts and limits
How in one summer, her team went bankrupt, restructured, and gathered resources in the nick of time in order to be able to play in the next season
How she learned German and is now trilingual (German, English + Spanish)
The importance of reading (she has read over 990 books on her Kindle alone!)
How she defines the magic of volleyball, and what about the game captured her love for the game
The importance of focusing on her teammates
Who and what inspires Christina
Who she turns to in hard times
What it’s like to see people paying for a poster of herself, and to see a photo of herself on the side of a bus
What’s next for Christina
Her definition of “Living Your Dance"