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Imagine never having planned a conference before,

Imagine never having planned a conference before, and then having it completely set and planned and everything in place, to suddenly have the location in Sonoma County California be evacuated by wildfires.
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It wasn’t just the wildfires though. Between then and the conference (which they miraculously re-planned for a few short months later) a number of other things happened that would have made any normal people question if they should throw in the towel.
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But not my friend Andy Storch! Not only did he and Bennett Phillips pull off one of the nicest talent development conferences many “had ever been to,” The Talent Development Think Tank Conference but they sold every seat in the house, delivered phenomenal speakers and value, and did it all while being faced with some pretty steep challenges.
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This conference is being listed in Forbes and Entrepreneur as one of the best conferences to attend for leadership. 😱♥️
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I’m so happy to have @andy_storch on the show today to talk us through all the challenges as a first year conference and exactly how they sold out their high-ticket conference and made a giant impact on their industry.... wildfires, and all. 🔥🔥
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Listen to The Business Event Playbook wherever you listen to podcasts!
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Scroll to see more pics of that week ♥️
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“Wildfires. Tons of them... all over Sonoma Coun

“Wildfires. Tons of them... all over Sonoma County.. I think we are going to have to cancel (the conference) @tdthinktankus.” Andy said... with far less panic than I would have.
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In the next couple weeks I watched @andy_storch and @thisisbennett calmly cancel and postpone their high-end talent development and HR conference they had been planning all year, that had been highlighted as one of the top entrepreneurship events to attend in 2019 in Entrepreneur Mag and Forbes, and that I was literally already packing for!
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I was going to be the social media strategist for the entire week’s event.
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I was in London with Andy at @chrisducker’s @youpreneur conference a few weeks later and he was stepping away quietly from our group to make phone calls to re-arrange the new iteration of the event, again without drama, and again with this intense sense of positivity and calm.
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To say I was impressed would be an understatement.
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Fast forward a few more months to the event. (They postponed from November to January) and I can honestly say it’s one of the most well-done events I’ve ever been to, let alone worked with, and I was like.... how is this possible?
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Andy’s episode is coming out on Monday on the Business Event Playbook Podcast and it’s a doozy folks.
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I wanted to prepare you early so you can get ready for it now.
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How Andy and Bennet got through wildfires, evacuations, illness, and a number of other catastrophic events to pull off one of the nicest events I’ve ever been to and worked at is a story to be told and I can’t wait to have Andy on to tell it.
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Talk to you Monday!
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"The creative adult is the child who survived." -U

"The creative adult is the child who survived." -Ursula Leguin

🌱 Pretty things that make my brain not hurt. I

🌱 Pretty things that make my brain not hurt. I love taking a break in my house. My office is next door to our studio apartment (cue up joke about long commute...I’ve heard them all) and I have to force myself to stop working sometimes.
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Luckily I love our tiny space and my tiny plants and my tiny dog and they give me a nice mental break over here. Do you have a brain break place that sparks creativity in your home or office? This is my little space that makes me happy when I look at it. #coffeebeandavis

People always say “I can’t start a conference

People always say “I can’t start a conference because I don’t know if I can do it. What if no one shows up? What if it is bad?”
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Jeff says he started the Tribe conference in Franklin TN BECAUSE he wanted to see IF he could do it. And he DID IT, successfully, for five solid years.
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Do you know when it is time to shut your event down? To close up shop? How smart is it to plan your grand finale from the moment you start?
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In this episode, my friend and Best Selling Author Jeff Goins gives us all the secrets on…
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• How he recruited all-star lineups of speakers through the five years –– and why they always said yes.
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• How he curated a very vibrant community from the conference that lives on.
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• And finally, how he planned the finale of his conference and “ended it before it had to end.”
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So if you dont already know Jeff, here is a little more about him.
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Jeff Goins is a writer, speaker, and entrepreneur. He is the best-selling author of five books, including The Art of Work and Real Artists Don’t Starve. His award-winning blog Goinswriter.com is visited by millions of people every year.
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Through his online courses, events, and coaching programs, he helps thousands of writers succeed every year. Jeff lives just outside of Nashville, where he makes the world’s best guacamole.
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Big thank you to Jeff for coming on the Business Event Playbook to talk about all the juicy things!
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#perfectionistproblems #perfectionism #perfectionist #podcastersofinstagram #artistsofinsta #solopreneur #jeffgoins -#jeffgoinsquote #newpodcast #writersofinstagram #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2w1 #2w1 #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

I’m honored to be speaking among an Astronaut an

I’m honored to be speaking among an Astronaut and Disney keynote speaker!
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Teachers, Parents, High School students that I am connected to - Please join us on this event I have the pleasure of speaking at.
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It is a big FREE Career Week as an online summit with 20+ professionals from all sorts of career fields that will talk about their jobs and how they got there.
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http://www.preparingforpurpose.org
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I will be teaching personal branding to students, one of my favorite things.
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<3 Thank you to Nate Clayberg for asking me to be part of this. I am very excited and honored to be among some amazing speakers.

My mom is less than 5 ft tall and in that little t

My mom is less than 5 ft tall and in that little teeny body she has the biggest personality and heart for others.
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Yeah, she made me and @sashleyvee but we are not what makes her a mom.
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Anyone who knows my mom knows she is a care taker and mom to everyone she meets. She’s many people’s unofficial mom... second mom... adopted mom...
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Happy Mother’s Day to everyone’s mom, but my real-life mom.

Two things I learned about myself during this Quar

Two things I learned about myself during this Quarantine.
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First, I relied on drinks with friends or coffee dates to snap me out of work.
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If not for those social gatherings, I wouldn’t stop myself from working all day and all night, every night.
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This quarantine has forced me to find or protect the stopping points of my day and to be much more self-aware about how I am focusing my time.
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I found myself saying... wow I really need to get some hobbies.
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The second thing I learned, is that I don’t know all the answers.
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Since this began, I’ve lost a friend to cancer, a close friend experienced a great loss & I couldn’t be there, another close friend had a baby ♥️ I’ve dealt with a health issue and started walking 2 hours a night, and learned to navigate our retail store without foot traffic.
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I’ve watched and heard celebrations from businesses and people who were able to innovate and recreate themselves, and I’ve heard the utter panic in so many local business owners voices who rely on traffic and don’t have ways to be creative as much as the next.
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I like to think I’m smart, compassionate, but above all of these things I’m severely empathetic so for awhile I retracted.
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Thinking of all I can’t help keeps me up at night wondering if I could be doing more, helping more, being a better business owner, better friend, wife, sister, daughter.
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This quarantine has created a way of life where I just don’t have answers/solutions for people at the tip of my tongue, but I have been listening A LOT.
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There are particular ways where I’m qualified and committed to being of help.
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I have been using my particular skill set to help my amazing clients break past some unique barriers.
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But I need to help more people because it is important.
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I asked myself, “what can I control?” So what I came up with a few things I’ll be rolling out slowly.
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Everyone is experiencing it in real time and doing their best. You are doing great. Have you learned anything about you?

Happy Birthday to the worlds best dad, mentor, and

Happy Birthday to the worlds best dad, mentor, and encourager. ♥️ Love you and miss you @themartyvanags. Someday we will be able to travel again.

Tell me honestly... Could you plan a conference, s

Tell me honestly... Could you plan a conference, start to finish, in 100 days? Lordie, I am not sure if I even could.
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But 6 years ago, Emily Leach from Austin Texas felt CALLED to create #FREECON The Freelance Conference—here is the thing... she only had 100 days to put the first one together!
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The result was absolutely thrilling and Emily knew she had to do it again! So she made it a business.
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In this episode, Emily shares:
🔸How she prioritizes BOTH making the event profitable while going deep on relationships and experiences
🔸 The ins and outs of masterminding with other successful conference organizers in the beginning
🔸 Her most important lesson-learned in the last 6 years of hosting this conference
🔸 And delivers more than a few resources to help you with the experience of YOUR next event.
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It was so great to get to know Emily and hear her story and I can’t wait to keep up with her future work.
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If you listen to this episode let me know what you think!
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#conferencespeaker #speakersofinstagram #perfectionist #podcastersofinstagram #artistsofinsta #solopreneur #newpodcast #freelancerlife #workfromanywhere🌎 #workfromwifi #publicspeaking #speakinggig #motivationalspeakers #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2w1 #2w1 #enneagram2 #enneagram2w3 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

It’s Friday! Let’s meet out for a drink! 🍷

It’s Friday! Let’s meet out for a drink! 🍷 Sigh. ☹️ kidding. I am actually all about staying home right now. But I do miss you.
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What are you drinking... I mean doing tonight?
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#solopreneur #fridayvibes #fridaymood #processing #imissmyfriends #imissmyfamily #speakinggig #findingmyself #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w1 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #ilovemyjob❤️

Are you worried about local businesses? . 1. Make

Are you worried about local businesses?
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1. Make a list of businesses you don’t want to disappear. Not just retail although keep them in mind too, but think of all local businesses— think outside the box.
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2. Check those businesses social channels and websites for clues as to how you can support them right now.
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Businesses — do not go dark on your social media. Consumers — If you see a local business hasn’t posted since pre-shutdown, or don’t see ways in which you can support them... message them, email them, text them.... ask them how can I support you RIGHT NOW?
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3. Support as many as you can each week. Is that 3/week? 6/week? 1 for every day of the week if you’re fortunate? Do what you can. Don’t do more than you can.
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4. Repeat until this is over.
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#localbiz #shopsmall #localbusiness #smallbusiness #buylocal #buywbl #gorockford #buylocally #shoppingsmall #shopsmallbusinesses
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Taking fear and challenges and planting them like

Taking fear and challenges and planting them like seeds.
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Let’s see how they can grow.

Here are 3 things you can post about this week and

Here are 3 things you can post about this week and you don’t need to hop on a zoom call or sign up for anything to get it... These will work!!
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And this is how and why they will steer people’s eyeballs to your posts getting you more likes and more opportunity to build relationships. Your relationships build genuine trust, and trust builds sales.
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→ 1.) Post what you’re day in the life of your business looks like right now.
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Are you suddenly shipping a lot more? Are you an essential biz who is taking extra measures to keep their team or patrons safe? Does your day look different?
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People care to see what you’re doing during these shut downs. Their natural curiosity and care for you or how your business is coping is to your social media algorithms benefit.
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→ 2.) We are nostalgic beings. Share a moment you were proud of or that taught you a lesson in business and teach us WHY it was important.
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Did you meet one of your heros? Was it your 10th podcast episode or interview? Was it the moment you got your first biz card printed? Did you receive a note from the mayor? Let people celebrate and relive that moment with you.
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Celebrate the small stuff and tell us what you learned from it. It gives a look inside your natural leadership, and it allows people to see that you’re not just a robot but a real human being with feelings.
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→ 3.) Brainstorm... can you think of a 1 minute tutorial for something? Perfect! This will go great as a post or an insta story!
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We all love to improve and learn. Can you teach something in 1 minute or less? It might take some practice but it’s worth a try and if anything you’ll have fun trying to make it!
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You could always use the timelapse option on your phone if you know it will take longer and bring it into an app to add captions.
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A great example of this I’ve seen lately is @katrinakibben short but sweet videos on how to find job postings during the shutdown.
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If you do any of these this week, please tell me! I would love to be your biggest encourager and cheerleader.
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Pro bonus tip... include yourself right now as much as possible in your posts. You’ll get better engagement. People want to see you because they care.

Andrew and Pete were so kind to invite me to have

Andrew and Pete were so kind to invite me to have lunch with them in February at Social Media Marketing World.
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At that time while we were talking. All plans were still on. Conferences weren’t being cancelled... hell, we were at a conference with 6000 people!
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We laughed a lot but in seriousness talked about our respective conferences and how we plan them, about their membership ATOMIC and more. No brainer for me to bring them on the podcast!
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Within a matter of weeks the world was turned upside down. All conferences were cancelled or postponed. Many conferences turned digital.
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Andrew and Pete in a matter of a month or so, took their 3-day conference of over 1000 people, and not only turned virtual but added like 20 something speakers, and a month of events online.
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In this episode you’ll learn about this tough decision and how they future-proofed their conference during a pandemic.
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Episode is out now!! ♥️♥️ Link is in my BIO.
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Thanks so much for coming onto the show @andrewandpete, for being gracious hosts, and for making me laugh.
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Just kidding.... kinda... haha . . . . . . . . . .

Just kidding.... kinda... haha
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Happy Friday. I just finished a protein shake and

Happy Friday. I just finished a protein shake and I’m watching tv. I don’t know what kind of twilight zone this is but I am living my best Friday quarantine life today.
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#solopreneur #fridayvibes #fridaymood #workfromanywhere🌎 #processing #publicspeaking #masterminds #speakinggig #findingmyself #instagramtips #marketingcoach #femalepreneur #enneagram2 #enneagram2w1 #infj #infjpersonality #infjlife #femalepreneurs #socialmediacoach #travelingisfun #ilovemyjob❤️

I’ve seen a lot of entrepreneurs and personal br

I’ve seen a lot of entrepreneurs and personal brands, in the heat of our current events, express frustration over the noisy social media atmosphere and feeling paralyzed with how to use social media.
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Here are a few proven social media tips I have curated from working very closely with over a dozen small businesses and personal brands and guiding them through this crisis in real time:
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1. DON’T STOP COMMUNICATING
The worst thing you can do is stop talking to your people. Please don’t go dark on your customers and audience. Your audience loves you in every day life and they love you during #quarantinelife too.
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→ keep them updated with creative ways you’re staying busy or innovating.
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→ Are you shipping now? Take a photo of your shipping boxes!
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→ Revamping your website? Show your audience a behind the scenes look at what is to come.
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→ Has the government mandated something new that relates to how you run your business during this crisis? Let your audience know.
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Your communication with them will bring them comfort, familiarity, and trust when everything feels a little scary.
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2. COLLABORATE AND SHARE YOUR EFFORTS WITH OTHERS
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→ Is there another business you can partner up with on a collaborative idea during this quarantine? Get creative and brainstorm!
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→ Then use your collective efforts to tell the world about it using social media.
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→ Plan your posts and stories to correlate, ask important people in your life to help you share it to make more of a splash.
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→ Create a collaboration that is relevant, unique and memorable.
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3. CELEBRATE WINS! BIG & SMALL!
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Right now is a challenge for most businesses. Your friends, loved ones, and customers all want to see the steps you’re taking to overcome those challenges. Or the ways you’re working to help others.
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→ Talk about how you are overcoming little and big challenges on social media as a business.
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→ Let them in on some of the moments where you feel like you’re making progress.
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→ Find ways to celebrate the small wins as well as the large wins and they will celebrate with you and cheer you on! I promise you it won’t fail.
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BONUS: Finished in comments!

Thank you so much for living your life’s purpose

Thank you so much for living your life’s purpose, Alicia Neubauer 🖤 I will miss you. @dibea1
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Your little check-in texts to make sure I was resting and taking time for myself.
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Your selflessness and advocating for people who don’t have the option to make their voice heard.
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Your relentlessness to inform us intentionally about all the things we were afraid to ask you. You kept us in the know. You sensed our awkwardness and made it warm and comforting.
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Your curiosity and excitement for the people you love was unmatched.
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Your passion and action for everything you took on exceeded the passion of 20 of us regular humans and you did it... and you did it even fiercer when you had cancer. You were superhuman.
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You are made of the material people write into history books. An architect, an advocate, an activist, a mother, a skateboard shop owner, an amazing wife and a best friend ...and you did it without expecting anything in return. .
The world will never ever see such a person. I miss you so so much and I can already feel you all around me. I’m so glad I got to be part of your life and one of your friends. I was truly blessed.
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So much love to you @eric.neubauer and your family. I’ll be checking in.

Happy Wednesday! Life with me is very exciting, I

Happy Wednesday! Life with me is very exciting, I assure you. I promise to try and not fall, trip, flail down the stairs or drop any coffee mugs full of scalding coffee today. ☕️ Haha
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