This is so important that I am starting a 10 week challenge on linking stories in your life to the points you want to make. The challenge isn't to be perfect, the challenge is to get the reps in so that you find it easier to do when it counts.

@Dani Rosenblad James Yes... when I finally get it done! 🤣

Oh man... Now I have website envy! 🤩 Well done! It looks fantastic!!

It isn't the most profound experience, but it is what springs to mind... I went on a date with someone, I sort of knew through shared interests. And we started talking politics and she threw a glass of water in my face in a restaurant. 🫗 The truth is that I had never thought much about politics and social issues. I had picked up a few ideas from... somewhere...? Kim challenged me on those ideas. She called me privileged. I almost laughed at her. I left school at 16 to get a job, and left home shortly after that. My family was not very functional. Then she asked me whether I could read when I started school. I told, her of course Mum had taught all of us kids to read by the time we went to school at 5 years old, and helped us to improve when we got to school. Kim (who was a teacher), explained that this is what she meant by me being in a privileged position. Many of her students can't read because their parents couldn't read, or couldn't/wouldn't teach them. That one conversation totally flipped my mind on a lot of things. Kim and I decided we should remain friends and not take it any further.... 😉

@Dani Rosenblad James I think she just wanted to make a point, she is quite dramatic. 😂 It certainly got my attention! 😉

I know this isn't exactly what you asked, but it is what sprang to mind. in 2024 I coached Jesse Whitehead for his TEDx talk. He is a statistician that deals with Health and Geography... It is an interesting talk, and it went well. When I asked him a few weeks after the talk what was the biggest impact from the experience of doing the talk, his answer surprised me. He said: "My wife said she now understands what I do". Think about that for a second. I don't know how long they have been married, but they have a couple of kids, so I imagine they have been together a while. And in all that time he couldn't communicate what he actually did at work. But we put some serious time into that talk, simplifying the complex, making it accessible to non-scientists or non-statisticians. And of course his wife heard him practice it many times, and she told me that evening she was very proud watching him perform it on the TEDx stage. So yes, putting in the work to articulate what we do, or how we feel about something can be a huge unlock for us and for those around us. 😃

@Matea Dragosavljevic 🤩👍🏼

Woohoo! Exciting!!