15 years in the making ...

Every overnight success has a decade or two of sweat equity behind it. ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ ‌ Hi there, Progress is not linear. Below is my latest speaking reel and it's a reminder of how powerful and important the real process is compared to the highlight reel. For example, here are the types of things you don't see along the journey: - Nerves the size of pterodactyls before my first big keynote. They evolved to healthy, sometime still large, butterflies. - Navigating moment-to-moment mind games that make me question myself. - My high heel getting stuck in a riser on stage mid-keynote. (For an entire minute.) - Hours of messy rehearsals in my basement and cringing watching the playback. - Kittens appearing on my first slide in front a thousand people. (After the tech check, the AV team accidentally added a blank slide. The template placeholder image? Kittens. Super cute.) - Moments realizing how every painful and exciting minute of effort has paid off. They call it sweat equity for a reason. It's sweaty, it's earned -- appreciates over time. Whatever difficult black diamond mountain you're navigating, keep going. And if you have an event of any size coming up and want to collaborate, let me know. [Amy Jo Martin | Keynote Speaker - Speaking Reel 2024]( For more info on my public speaking front, head [here](. If you're looking to up your public speaking game, check out [Renegade](. I'm grateful to share my hard lessons so you can leapfrog them. Cheers to sweat equity and kitten slides, Ajo [Instagram]( [iTunesPodcasts]( [Linkedin]( Sent to: {EMAIL} [Unsubscribe]( Amy Jo Martin, LLC, Austin, Austin, TX 78739, United States