This Moved Me

Chuck Schumer’s repetition of his stump graduation speech was caught on tape… many, many times!… and put together, in one hilarious montage on John Oliver’s show Last Week Tonight. (ps, I love this show - so smart and so funny)
When I saw this video… I laughed, and then I cringed…

Why?
Because let’s be honest: we repeat our content. Of course we do! I
And it’s necessary for a few reasons.
So, what do we do? How do we repeat our content without being a fake (and being Chuck Schumer)?

Direct download: 179_MMM_On_Repeating_Our_Content_mixdown.mp3
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Mel Burt-Gracik - Management Consultant, Career Transition Coach, Speaker- is authentically herself. Mel helps managers lead their teams better in the work environment. Her goal is to help her clients say, “I look forward to coming to work everyday.”

Mel aims to create psychological safety at work in a way where individuals emotional needs are not just recognized - they are embraced. She knows first hand how failure is not a bad thing - it is just another stepping stone on the pathway to success. Ditching perfection, Mel chooses to always own who she is which ultimately shines through her craft.

Direct download: 178_Mel_Burt-Gracik_Podcast_Episode_mixdown.mp3
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In the last week, I’ve had several conversations with you about that moment when I’m asking you to stand up and give it a go… the moment when we’re trying this all on for size. All the words we’ve fussed over, the ideas we’ve thoughtfully and painstakingly clarified - dug deeper to to get it ‘just right’ - and then we’re at the moment where we’re putting it to the test. Taking it from theory to practice. And it feels like a big moment. 
 
Just this week I’ve heard things like: 
I’m feeling really vulnerable
I’m nervous
What if I hate this? 
Ugh! I hate this!
 
And I know you don’t hate what we’ve created; you are simply afraid this work is not going to work. 
 
I get it. 
 
There’s no way to get to the other side without going through. And to get through, we have to get uncomfortable. 
 
We have to… And I’m guessing you’ve heard this before… you have let go of the perfect presentation - the idea that’s in our heads and that we imagine for ourselves and that is making taking this step so darn hard. 
Direct download: 177_MMM_On_Starting_Your_Talk_With_Perfection_in_Mind_mixdown.mp3
Category:general -- posted at: 10:58am EDT

A little note to you, my un-speakers… 
 
So, to start… an un-speaker? What is that? 
 
An un-speaker is someone who might not define themselves as a speaker, and yet you speak! You are a change-maker - idea-driven, audience-focused, battle with wondering whether or not you’re ‘doing it right’, want to make an impact and understand that to be transformational, you must yourself transform at some level. You speak without being one of ‘those’ speakers…(a bore, a chore, a perfectly perfect snore). A speaker who breaks the mold, who rejects the myths of what speaking is or what we think it should be, who is going for - above all - AUTHENTICITY, CONNECTION and COURAGE. 
 
If that’s you. Then guess what? You’re an un-speaker!
Direct download: 176_MMM_Dear_Unspeakers_mixdown.mp3
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