After my reading more than half of Kasim's book "Hired" and detailing my big epiphany in my previous post: https://www.skool.com/3xf/sweet-vindication-now-determination?p=29a40170 I decided to take some action by visiting some of the job boards in the Hired resources section. While scrolling through I stumbled upon an old freelance job board that I remembered using back in 2023 when I was just getting started on my professional digital marketing journey. I popped in, updated my profile (made sure to work in the KW: "Executive Assistant" 😉) and started browsing the job board. The 2nd posting I opened hit me like a lightning bolt! "This is it!", I thought, "This is the type of role I was made for 🤩" I went ahead and applied but what followed is where the real work begins: I realized that I had found my lane. If there was one, there was sure to be others. I used my buddy Gemini to help me dig a bit deeper in the type of role and what it would be called out in the job market -- so that I would know what to look for. Now I have a concrete direction! I'm excited because the niche is one I've been passionate about for almost my whole adult life, it's one that I've had the desire to build a business in for as long as I can remember AND I now see how much value I can offer within it. Time to get to work!

For years I was told to specialize Idk how many times I heard the old adage “Jack of all trades, master of none” A moment of mild -vindication came once someone enlightened me on the fact that the actual metaphor went: “Jack of all trades, master of ONE” This made sense. Gain a wide range of skills but go deep in one. I believe it was Ryan Deiss who I first heard speaking about the “T” shaped marketing skillset — more confirmation of the “Jack of all trades” reframe. Another star in my sky came after I first listened to the E-Myth audio book many years ago. The author described a relatable journey of jumping from thing to thing, picking up skills along the way until one day he found THE thing that validated his entire journey and finally made him a success. The REAL moment of Validation/Vindication/VigourousVascularVibration 💗 came while reading @Kasim Aslam’s book Hired. I have no intention of hiring a EA but I started reading it to learn what makes a good one. As Kasim described what to look for, where to look and the kind of mindset to expect from Pareto Talent, I couldn’t help but feel joy. I finally figured out where these winding, intertwined, unbeaten paths have been leading me all these years. As serendipity would have it I recently made a pitch to an entrepreneur, who’s program I’m taking, to essentially be their EA, but I had no idea that this was what it was called or what the actual extent of the role was. Now I’ve resolved to pursue this with intention. It’ll take time but I have the resources here to guide me. If you made it this far, thanks for reading my story ❤️

Have you ever had so much happening at once it’s hard to capture? Well, that’s me right now. It’s been me for a few months now. I made a few real decisions, and now I can barely keep up with my own life. 😅 And I trust what is rearranging everything. Here’s what I’m learning: What we practice inside ourselves becomes available outside of us. After sitting with it, here’s what I’ll say: 🌟 ChatGPT has become an invaluable co-creative partner. 🌟 My life each day feeds me insights that it is fervently asking me to share. 🌟 It is INCREDIBLE to be floating in a beautiful bubble of synchronicity and support. Yes, I feel supported. I feel blessed, honored, seen, and valued. I am loved. For this I am so truly grateful. I know that I can feel this now because I can give this now. As I feel acknowledged by the Higher Self, who I call God, I know my parts feel acknowledged by my Self. And what is moving through me wants to move through us. THIS is what interrupts patterns of intergenerational trauma. THIS is what rewrites histories and legacies. THIS is what brings relationships of all kinds into balance. And it’s free. It’s simple. It’s kind. It’s what I want everyone in the world to experience – the kind of ease that happens when people are able to be real with each other. The first step it takes is your attention; the kind of attention that is grounded in real world practice beyond inspiring declarations. Will you join me? As a group, we can BREATHE more easily, in spaces where we practice being real together. Wouldn’t it be worth it if you could set yourself FREE from the double-binds currently restricting you? I appreciate you. I love you. When you’re ready, I’m here to support you. In gratitude, Deborah.

It’s super embarrassing to admit this… For the first few years of being an entrepreneur, I engaged in some practices that could be described as questionable when inspected in the light of my professed values. Ads promising big “outcomes” with little accountability. Long sales calls in attempts to “close”. Using pain / pleasure to move people to action. These tactics and many more are still taught and practiced today. ***THANK GOD*** I was SO bad at it. I eventually got so depressed I stopped everything. Didn’t feel like it at the time, but it was the biggest blessing of my entrepreneurial life. If you’re expecting the next part of the story to be about some huge epiphany I had during a six-week retreat, that I returned from and then had an exploding, wildly “successful” financial recuperation… … yeah, this ain’t that kind of story. I continued to be “off” from ‘doing business’ for… well, it’s been six years and counting. What feels true now is that integrity to my divine assignment creates true satisfaction more reliably than any sales system ever did. I doubt I’ll ever ‘do business’ again. IF I do, it will look like an entirely different picture than the one I originally pictured when I registered my LLC almost ten years ago! After so many “ewwwww, yuck!” experiences, I know in my cells how I want to show up daily. What took years of experimentation has now clarified how aligned leadership actually functions, when purpose is higher than profit in one’s priorities. It’s not a business for me anymore. It’s my life’s work. Global Village Campus exists to help purpose-driven leaders build systems that honor human dignity and shared stewardship rather than extraction. NOTE: For those who have practical questions, I have survived, had a roof over my head, ate well, been able to rest and travel. Yes, I have privilege. If you are reading this, I argue that you do, too. There are infinite ways to co-create living with the divine. I will take more physical ‘hardship’ doing that than ‘making a living’ working in the hustle and grind ANY DAY.

Have you ever noticed how the same leadership move that worked brilliantly in one situation falls completely flat in another? * It's because the environment changed, and with it, the rules of the game. * Leadership often gets framed as a personal endeavor, yet much of what leaders experience is shaped by the conditions around them. Understanding this relationship between leadership and context can transform how responsibility, energy, and decision making are experienced. Many leaders reach a point where they sense that understanding their role requires better context rather than more effort. If you are reflecting on how your leadership interacts with the systems and environments you are part of, this is a meaningful place to pause.