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Invite Resistance to Dinner
“The more important a call or action is to our soul’s evolution, the more Resistance we will feel toward pursuing it.” – Steven Pressfield, The War of Art Ah, Resistance, my close friend. We go way back and have frequent visits together. You probably get visits from Resistance too. She likes to have a lot…
Read MoreWhy You Should Dream for Your Audience
A dream provides a path forward, illuminated by shared goals and values. “I have a dream” – one of the most well-known refrains in contemporary history. In his famous 1963 speech in Washington, D.C., Martin Luther King, Jr. prodded us out of our complacency, reminded us of our shared values, imagined a better world for…
Read MoreWhen Magic Happens
Last week, I talked about needing to be proactive to find the time and space to do deep work, to be creative, to just “be”. You know what happens when you stop planning and pushing and instead let moments unfold and pull you toward them? Magic happens. Not the magic of illusion and sleight-of-hand, but…
Read MoreThe Danger of Piecemeal Work
With my calendar getting filled up week by week, I find myself trying to slot in 30 or 60 minutes here and there for the focused activities I wanted to do, like writing, researching, and thinking through ideas to grow Speaking Your Brand into a training and development company. But, this strategy of piecemeal work wasn’t…
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