Brave Narrative

Day 6 | Lesson 6: The surprisingly simple secret to impact and influence 👉

Articulate and commit to a world-making vision.
(I said it was simple, not necessarily easy).

In the last 6 years I have been deep in the study of leadership with Dr. Jenn McCabe, through the direct lineage of Carl Rogers (one of the founders of humanistic and person-centred psychology).

I am forever astounded by the power of a well-articulated vision in it’s capacity to impact and influence people.

Maybe you have experienced this too, through historic leaders like Martin Luther King Jr. who articulated his vision, “I dream that my four children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.” He led a civil rights movement that changed life for African Americans.

My journey in articulating my vision began the very first session of leadership, when I led my first congruent painting workshop with my vision ‘Regard Transforms’ — inviting my fellow leadership students to put aside judgment and regard their embodied expression in paint, and it was a transformative experience for all.

That was my personal vision, and has since become my mission statement, since it’s more of my HOW than a WHAT. It is a declaration of universal intent (try to find an instance when regard doesn’t transform something)...

As I complete my leadership training, my vision has become “Plurality is the amplifier of power and possibility” where plurality is the integrative engagement with difference in a world that fears it — from cancel culture, to political division, to identity wars, and more.

I hold a vision for a world where difference is celebrated, regarded, related to, and at the very least respected — and I’ve experienced first hand the amplification of personal power and possibility that plurality generates.

This is the world I’m creating with Brave Narrative — a world where your voice and your power are amplified, where fear and self censorship don’t win, where we are all leaders creating interdependent new possibilities with our work in the world.

Are you with me?

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