Real leadership sometimes means saying the thing people would rather you didn’t say.

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RIGHT… STORY FOR YA

Years ago I had this friend who told me she couldn’t watch horror movies because it was “dark energy.” Like could not be in the house if one was on. She’d be like “nope… I can’t be around that energy… it’s bad… I need to go out.” Proper kerfuffle about it… big energy speech…EW

Meanwhile… she’s sat there eating a sausage sandwich…

And I remember sitting there thinking (in my head OBVS because back then I kept my mouth shut)… hang on a second… so let me get this straight… you can’t watch a horror film because of DARK ENERGY… but you’re eating an animal that was enslaved, tortured, slaughtered, chopped into pieces and shoved into a sausage… and that energy is totally fine. WTF

Now before anyone gets their knickers in a twist… this post isn’t actually about BEING VEGAN. That part just happens to be a true story. The real point is this…

Back then I stayed quiet. I didn’t say anything.

Not because I didn’t have the thought (OBVS the thought was there loud and clear in my head)… but because I didn’t think it was my place to say it out loud.

I’m not that person anymore.

Now I understand something that took me a long time to learn. I have a VOICE for a reason.

Not to attack people, not to be nasty DUH… but to stand up for the things I actually believe in. So yes… now I will absolutely speak up for animals. If I see someone kick a dog… I will say something. If I see someone mistreat a human… I will say something.

Not with violence, OBVS… but with my voice.

Because silence helps nobody…

And here’s where this loops right back to business (HELLO… you knew that bit was coming)

Too many people are trying to build businesses while tiptoeing around their own opinions… scared to say something, scared to offend someone, scared someone might disagree, scared someone might unfollow them… all that polite little dance.

But leaders don’t sit quietly hoping everyone approves of them.

Leaders LEAD!

They stand for something. They say the thing others are too nervous to say out loud. They have conviction. They have perspective. They have a BACKBONE

And yes… sometimes that ruffles feathers.

Good.

Because if nobody ever disagrees with you… you’re probably not actually leading anything. You’re just blending in with the same same same BOROSAURUS noise like every-fricken-one else.

So here’s the reminder.

You have a VOICE for a reason. Use it. Stand by your beliefs. Speak your truth. Say the things others are too busy pussyfooting around to say.

The right people will recognise it. The wrong people?

They were never your people anyway.

Now then…

WANNA GROW SOME SPINE? OOOFFFFF HELLO MYM

Because that’s where the EPIC AF stuff actually starts.

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