When we stepped in to help, the inspection hadn’t been done in over two months. We did it in two days.
I call it the necklace of shame.
We put it on as children, and we just never took it off.
Here's what I know now: the longer you wear it, the more power you give it.
Dearest reader, the friendly skies are teaching me once again.
Earlier this week I talked about the messy middle.
We love to talk about resilience, about pulling yourself up by your bootstraps and figuring it out.
𝐁𝐮𝐭 𝐛𝐨𝐨𝐭𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐩𝐩𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧𝐥𝐲 𝐠𝐞𝐭𝐬 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐬𝐨 𝐟𝐚𝐫 𝐰𝐡𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐝𝐨𝐧’𝐭 𝐡𝐚𝐯𝐞 𝐚 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐛𝐥𝐞 𝐩𝐥𝐚𝐜𝐞 𝐭𝐨 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐧𝐝.
𝐖𝐡𝐚𝐭'𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐛𝐥𝐨𝐛 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰?
𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐭𝐡𝐚𝐭 𝐥𝐨𝐨𝐤𝐬 𝐥𝐢𝐤𝐞 𝐚 𝐦𝐞𝐬𝐬, 𝐛𝐮𝐭 𝐲𝐨𝐮 𝐤𝐧𝐨𝐰 𝐢𝐬 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐡 𝐟𝐢𝐧𝐢𝐬𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐠.
The book is titled Audacity. And here’s why:
We talk about audacity like it’s a personality trait.
Becoming a CEO before I'd ever held an executive role.
Adopting a child with special needs and trusting our family would grow stronger because of it.
Sharing my story of homelessness when I could have kept it hidden.
