What do you say to this question?

What do you say to the interview question “what drives you to do this work?” Is it a true answer? Is it one you are just in the habit of believing?

What do you say when you’re on a panel where no one ever rocks the boat? Is it interesting to you? Or perfectly safe?

If you get really honest for a minute, what do you actually care about? 

If right now you’re focused on putting one foot after the other, how does being brave matter?

Is there such a thing as quiet in your head? Or is it aggressively not working/taking “me” time that’s really just “not work” time.

It’s hard to be brave when you focus only on our environmental/audience response - not your own response. You aim for the reaction of "YES - Gold star!"

That focus can serve you well until it doesn’t. I love gold stars and plaques. But they can make your boots heavy. They can close down the earth around you. 

Let’s you and me remember this: How your world sees you and reacts to you is their business. You’ll resonate with some people and be irrelevant to others. 

Be the action. Break things. Say no. 

OK is a hollow game… 

Eventually you leave your job or it leaves you. What you have now feels less valuable than the day you started. How can that be. You’ve done so much for so many people for so many years. But your suitcases are battered and empty. 

Now is the time to care about what’s inside you. Look at the world you’re in. Smell it, taste it - and put into words how you feel. 

Kill the jargon and surprise yourself with how you answer this question: who are you and what do you care about? 

Push THAT into the light.