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Joshua Hourigan's avatar

I think the lessons learned that made my secret weapon were to own the mistakes and slips I can potentially make while operating but then it leads to getting back on my feet and I just keep persevering until it becomes less of a challenge and I succeed sooner the better!

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Candace Nelson's avatar

Yes yes yes to this!!!

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Tavian Jean-Pierre's avatar

I loved this article! Especially your point concerning treating our interests like data points.

I think we can all learn more about ourselves and pull together a wholistic picture of who we really are and where we want to go.

Thanks for sharing

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Candace Nelson's avatar

Thanks for reading. I’m happy it hit home!

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Nell Derick Debevoise Dewey's avatar

THIS - and you - are why we need more female investors. The masculine black/white; either/or; focus on ONE thing doesn't match our interconnected and hyperspeed world. Multiple revenue streams build resilience and expand share of wallet. Who hates that??!!

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Frederike Falke's avatar

I love that! I spent hours by hours trying to squeeze myself into boxes and to focus. Everywhere it is written: do that or you fail in life. And at some point I told myself and asked myself 'Why can't you just choose? What is so hard about it?'. Everytime I did though, a part of me died and I soon after naturally opened up again. Just recently, I put all my 'Creative Brands' on a website - and now work on them in buzzes, feels way more natural and I can pick and focus on them as I like, just by doing that, patterns emerge.. Over time, they may reveal their common theme or they already do - Creating anew, characters, AI, storytelling and personal growth. :)

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