Why did a client ask me to carry my backpack on stage?
TL;DR Because he saw something I hadn’t. On March 22, 2018, Richard Menneg booked me as the youngest speaker ever to keynote the ATI Super Conference. He asked me to bring my heavy backpack on stage. I thought it was just my bag. But he was showing the room what...
What happens when you fall in front of everyone?
TL;DR: You get up, and it turns out to be the best thing that could have happened. On August 3, 2024, in Aurora, Colorado, I walked on stage to receive my CSP in front of 2,000 speakers. I cleared the three stairs I’d been dreading. Then I took one step forward...
How do you start over when your body won’t move?
TL;DR:You decide to fight, and you let the people around you carry the belief until you can. At fifteen, paralyzed after a stroke, I arrived at the Shepherd Center at six in the evening and stared at a sunset thinking I’d never get better. I was completely...
What do you do when everyone around you is winning and you’re not?
TL;DR You look at what you’re actually selling. In college I tried to be a speaker and failed for years. No bookings, no agency, no idea. The fix wasn’t hustling harder. It was learning that the job was never about me. I was leading with my story instead...
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