Therese Miclot LLC

I'm all about helping leaders up their game. I offer skills and coaching that accelerate results. I provide dynamic, top-notch facilitation and I can deliver it in-person or virtual. I collaborate with my clients to create custom learning experiences that shift behaviors and mindsets for maximum impact.

Leadership Development Consultant

Proteus International

Director, Facilitation Excellence

I worked with organizations to ensure their employees have the skills and knowledge they need to succeed, by supporting clients to build and then deliver Proteus' practical, skill-based learning solutions.

Practice Director, Building Skills and Knowledge

Rockwell Automation

Manager, Global Learning & Development

Manager, HR Strategy & Planning

Manager, Talent Acquisition

Brilliant at the job. Struggling with leadership.
That’s the gap that stalls growth, burns out top talent, and slows execution.

I’m an executive coach for technical leaders who want to stop firefighting and start scaling.

For over 25 years, I’ve coached 4,000+ managers and executives across technology, SaaS, pharma, banking, media, and manufacturing. Most were promoted for technical excellence and left to figure out leadership on their own. That’s when performance dips, timelines slip, and teams get stuck reacting instead of driving growth.

I close that gap.

I help technical experts become strategic leaders who can:
• Communicate with influence in high-stakes rooms
• Build authentic executive presence (without pretending)
• Delegate effectively to remove leadership bottlenecks
• Lead through constant change without burnout
• Align technical and business stakeholders for faster decisions

This isn’t theory, it’s leadership development built through executive coaching, peer group programs, and facilitation skills pressure-tested in real rooms where leadership actually happens.

💡 Follow me here and subscribe to [The Shift], my weekly LinkedIn newsletter for practical strategies on:
• Turning technical experts into strategic leaders
• Building executive presence that sticks
• Delegation, feedback, and accountability that drive results
• Navigating high-stakes moments with clarity and calm
• Scaling leadership capacity in fast-growing companies

If your top talent is technically brilliant but struggling to scale their impact, let’s talk.
If you want tools and insights that make you a better leader every week, hit 🔔 and join The Shift.

Therese Miclot

Some programs deliver content.
 
This one delivers a shift. In voice. In presence. In what women believe they’re capable to do.
   
This was the third Rising Leaders EMEA cohort and I’m struck again by what happens when women have the space, structure, and support to lead on their own terms.
 
It’s a privilege to facilitate this program alongside my Proteus International colleague Marie Holive and to partner with The WICT Network Europe and The WICT Network who’ve made it their mission to grow not just women leaders, but transformational ones. 
 
These programs matter because they don’t ask women to lead like someone else.
 
They ask them to lead like 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘷𝘦𝘴.
 
To the participants (tagged in comments), you reminded me what that looks like in action.
 
Here’s to cohort three and to many more to come!

I help technical experts expand their impact, across teams, functions, and priorities. Believer that work moves at the speed of influence. Executive Coach. Facilitator. Leadership Development.

She thought she was being a great manager.
Until her team started avoiding her.

The fix?
She stopped helping.

One shift.
Zero hand-holding.
Everything changed.

🎥 Watch the clip. You’ll see exactly what I mean.

They got the title.
The team.
The trust.

Now they’re floundering and no one wants to say it out loud.

This week’s edition of The Shift is about what happens after the fast promotion when momentum fades, and confidence goes quiet.

He was the obvious choice. Promoted fast. Trusted to lead a large product team. Known for getting things done. The one leadership always counted on to

Open article: When Fast Promotions Backfire by Therese Miclot • 2 min read

It wasn’t a breach.
It wasn’t an incident.
It wasn’t a tool rollout or a long-awaited reorg.

The biggest unlock came from one cybersecurity leader who decided to show up differently.

Here’s what changed:

For 30 days, he practiced one simple habit:
→ Slow down before stepping in.

And as he did, he started noticing things he normally missed:

• Was I reacting, or actually leading?
• Did I explain the “why,” not just the “what”?
• Did I adjust to how others think, not just how I think?
• Did I move the work forward or just move it faster?

Not a checklist. A 30-day habit.

Here’s what shifted around him:

✅ Alignment happened early, instead of after the fact
✅ Fewer escalations, fewer interruptions
✅ Decisions held, even as new information came in
✅ His team stopped managing him and started managing the work

In his words:
“I finally created the clarity my team needed to stop spinning.”

This is what happens when a technical leader stops jumping into the weeds
and starts leading at the level their team actually needs.

Because when senior technical leaders stay stuck in execution:

• Teams overwork the wrong priorities
• Cross-functional efforts drag
• Rework multiplies
• Progress slows, even when the people are talented

Multiply that by 3, 5, or 12 leaders...
and the system slows down from the inside.

I’ve coached dozens of high-performing technical and security leaders through this exact shift. It’s not magic.
It’s a behavioral reset that drives real business outcomes.

If 2026 needs to move faster than 2025, make sure your top people aren’t unintentionally slowing the system.

👇 Where do you see leadership habits costing your team clarity or speed?

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Your leadership program isn’t broken.
It’s just allergic to pressure.

In the room? Everyone agrees on what “good leadership” looks like.
But when the tension hits:
👻 Feedback vanishes
🧹 Conflict gets swept
🧍🏻♂️ Silence wins

We fixed that.
Not with more frameworks.
With one habit, repped daily, under real heat.

👇 Here’s how it worked.

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A leader once told me, “I’m never wrong about people.”
That was my first red flag.

Ever feel like you’re shouting into the void after flagging a risk to stakeholders?

You raise the red flag.
Everyone nods.
Then, nothing.

Crickets.
No next step. No reply.
But the problem is still sitting in your lap.

Here’s the line to crack the silence (steal this):

"Appreciate the convo, [Name]. I’ll sketch a quick summary with options impacts, something you can gut-check. Let me know if I’ve missed the mark."

Why does this work?
→ It keeps things light, but moves the ball forward
→ Shows you’re a partner, not a nag
→ Makes it simple for them to take action (or at least say yes/no)

In security, the real power move isn’t escalation.
It’s making the next step painless, so people want to say yes.

Stakeholders aren’t ignoring you on purpose.
Most are just overloaded and allergic to friction.

So next time the thread goes quiet, drop this line.
Watch the conversation pick back up.

Got your own magic line?
Share it below.

Cyber Leadership Coach | Security work moves at the speed of influence, not expertise | Helping Directors & future CISOs lead across teams, functions, and priorities.

I had a three-second cringe moment.
It stayed with me for hours.

Here’s why it matters and what it taught me about leading in high-pressure environments.

👇 Read this week's edition of The Shift

I had a moment this week. A small cringe. Barely a half-second long. But enough to follow me into the night. At 3:07am, my brain hit replay. Again. Ag

Open article: The 3am Leadership Trap by Therese Miclot • 2 min read

He was getting everything done, except what mattered most.

A technical leader I coached was known for execution.

🚩 And that was the problem. 🚩

He’d become essential for output, not for leadership.
People came to him for answers, not alignment.
He was solving problems, not shaping direction.

I’ve seen this pattern across the technical leaders I coach:
When their impact plateaus, it’s rarely a capability issue.
It’s an altitude issue.

So we focused on one habit over 30 days:
→ Set the altitude. Then lead from there.

That meant:
•Zooming out before weighing in
•Leading cross-functional conversations early, not reacting late
•Getting clear on the business priority before deciding on the team activity

He didn’t need more tools. He needed a shift in how he showed up.

And here’s what changed:
✅ Buy-in came faster
✅ Resistance dropped
✅ His own words: “Collaboration across peers got easier and faster.”

I work with fast-moving technical orgs to help high-performing leaders shift from doing to driving.

Because execution won’t scale your business. Leadership will.

If you’re watching someone on your team work twice as hard to have half the impact, they’re not underperforming. They’re just leading from the wrong altitude.

👇 Seeing this in your org? DM me and I’ll send you the habit we started with.

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You could feel it, even if no one dared to say it.

One leader’s communication style had quietly reshaped how the whole security org operated.

He never said “my way or the highway." He didn’t have to.

❌ He jumped in with answers before the team finished their thought.
❌ He re-wrote decisions at the last minute.
❌ Always had the sharpest take in the room.

So the team adjusted:
 •Escalated every decision
 •Softened every update
 •Spent more time managing his reactions than managing the business

From the outside? It looked like high performance.
Incidents handled.
Audits passed.

But under the surface:
 •Decision quality dropped
 •Cross-functional meetings doubled
 •Trust quietly dried up

We spent 30 days building a single habit:
→ Lead from the right altitude.

He stopped jumping in to solve.
Started asking better questions.
Stopped being the exception everyone had to work around.

What changed?
✅ Faster incident response
✅ Tighter alignment across IT and business units
✅ Meetings ended with decisions and not more questions

His words:
“I thought I was protecting the org. I was actually limiting it.”

In security, the cost of invisible influence is real:
👉Latency
👉 Burnout
👉 Risk exposure

If you’re the technical expert everyone trusts, make sure you’re not also the bottleneck everyone’s tiptoeing around.

High-performing leaders don’t stall because they’re unmotivated.
They stall because the system lets them stay siloed.

One org brought me in when it became clear:

“We’re not having the conversations we need to have.”

The issues weren’t obvious at first.
But under the surface?
 • Priorities kept misaligning
 • Decisions were getting reworked
 • And leaders were busy, not connected

So we tried something simple and different:

🟢 Each person chose one visible leadership behavior to practice
🟢 They got paired with a peer for accountability
🟢 They tracked their progress weekly, in real conversations, not hypotheticals

Here’s what happened:

✅ 70% made a clear commitment
✅ 100% with an accountability partner followed through
✅ Those who worked on “flexing” saw an 80% behavior shift

But what mattered most?

Their teams felt it.
 • Meetings moved faster
 • Direction got clearer
 • Less time spent decoding leaders who didn’t know how to adjust

This is the gap most leadership programs miss.
You don’t just need smarter leaders.
You need them to build new habits that the org can feel and trust.

👇 If your leaders are still being rewarded for speed, but not for how they lead, you’re not building capacity. You’re burning it.

🟢 I build behavior systems inside high-pressure orgs so leaders don’t stall growth.
If that’s what you need in 2026, DM me.

If you’re praising all-nighters, you’re rewarding your own broken system.

Watch this before your next ‘hero’ story goes viral inside the company.

Cyber leadership changes quietly.
 
 
One day, what got you promoted
 
is no longer what you’re evaluated on  and no one tells you the rules changed.

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Most high performers don’t burn out from the work.
They burn out from being the only one who can do the work.

Grateful to Teresa Conroy-Roth for inviting me into a conversation on why over-performance often makes leaders invisible and how to change that narrative.

This one’s for anyone feeling stuck between doing the work and leading the work.

Trusted Advisor - Board Member - Executive Engagement - Coach

⚡ Lightning Leadership - Therese Miclot - “Is Excellence Limiting Your Leadership?”
Therese challenges a belief many CIOs and senior executives hold: that excellence always accelerates your career. But what if being exceptional is actually making you invisible?

Far too many high performers become the “go-to super-doer”—the person who quietly carries the weight of the organization, delivers flawlessly, and solves every problem… often at the cost of being seen as a leader rather than a workhorse.
 🔹 Why excellence can become a trap—and how over-performance hides your strategic value
 🔹 The turning point when being indispensable actually limits influence, growth, and opportunity
 🔹 How overwhelmed high achievers can step out of execution mode and step into leadership identity

Therese offers one powerful step you can take today:
 👉 Stop saying yes automatically.  Create space—mental, emotional, and strategic—by pausing before you commit. Leadership requires capacity, clarity, and the ability to operate above the work, not inside it.

This episode is a must-listen for CIOs, executives, and emerging leaders navigating the tension between excellence and elevation.
#LightningLeadership #ExecutivePresence #CIOLeadership #HighPerformance #LeadershipGrowth

You look at your team and think,
“They’re good. But are they ready?”

Every growth-stage company hits this point:
The business scales faster than the leaders.

And suddenly, you’re stuck managing the people who were supposed to help you scale.

This edition of The Shift is for the founders, CEOs, and execs who’ve locked in next year’s budget but are staring down a bigger question:

Who’s actually ready to carry this?

Most leaders set goals to do more.
The smart ones set goals to be different.

If you’re mapping development goals for yourself or your team,
this question will change the conversation
and that’s exactly the work I help leaders do.

SaaS Sales Leader | Writer | Keynote Speaker

Elite Performance with Humanity

Most leaders and teams don’t struggle with talent.

They struggle with execution, especially when pressure, complexity, and hidden struggles get in the way.

I’ve been there.

For 25 years in corporate sales and leadership, I watched high performers hit their numbers while quietly burning out. 

I lived that story myself, winning on the outside while battling panic attacks behind the scenes.

What I learned is this:

The difference between good and elite isn’t more hustle. 

It’s the mental frameworks, habits, and systems that make success sustainable, without sacrificing your humanity.

That’s the work I do now.

I help leaders, executives, and sales teams:

- Build the mental models that drive consistent execution

- Install elite habits that separate top performers from the rest

- Remove the interference that keeps people from their best work

Ways We Can Work Together

- Consulting & Advising – Partnering with leadership teams to drive growth, performance, and culture change

- Speaking & Workshops – Keynotes and interactive sessions that create lasting behavior change

- Coaching – One-on-one work with high performers to unlock their next level with intention

If you want a culture where execution, focus, and humanity work together, and where people can win without losing themselves, let’s connect.

📩 DM me or email jon@jongiganti.com


Jon Giganti

My son, Gabe, turns 18 today.

He made me a dad. It feels like yesterday when he showed up in this world.

Time…slow down!! 🙏🏼 

But that’s life. The days are long and the years are short.

I’m so inspired by Gabe.

He’s been battling since day one. His umbilical cord was wrapped around his neck at birth for a couple minutes. We had some scary moments early, but he fought and he survived. 

That’s who he is. 

He’s taught me more about resilience than any book or coach ever could.

In 7th grade, his basketball coach called me during tryouts and told me Gabe should probably just focus on soccer. But he loved basketball. And I knew—deep down—that he had something. He was undersized and in his head a lot. It just felt way too early to write the sport off.

So we pulled him out and let him play rec ball. He kept working. He kept growing. And he didn’t quit.

Fast forward to today: he’s a starting guard on the #2-ranked team in Ohio (D7). His senior year. A testament to the unseen hours. The early-morning sprints. The gym sessions we rent out where I get to rebound for him. (I’m a former soccer/wrestling guy… basketball is definitely not in my blood!). Rebounding suits me just fine! 

But here’s what I love most:

He’s a great kid. He looks people in the eye when he meets them. Gives a firm handshake. Means it when he says “nice to meet you.”

He’s funny, but not overly extroverted. He likes his downtime. He taught himself guitar and piano…thank you, YouTube.

When he was working on his college essay, I asked him why he’s such a pass-first guard. His answer hit me good…he loves helping others succeed. He wants to be the guy who sets people up.

I didn’t show it, but that one got me emotional. Because, that’s the whole game. When you realize life isn’t about you—it’s about serving others—that’s when doors start opening.

I don’t know exactly what’s next for him. College… maybe. Military… maybe. Starting a business… maybe. Who knows.

But I do know this…his grit, humility, and heart for others will carry him wherever he goes.

There have been hard moments. School hasn’t come easy. Sports haven’t always come easy. 

He can be his own worst enemy (wonder where he gets that from…). 😊

But for any parent who’s watched their kid struggle…there’s hope. 

Keep pouring into them. Keep encouraging them. Keep loving them fiercely.

The days fly by, but the seeds you plant will grow.

Being a dad has been the greatest honor of my life. And I can’t wait to watch Gabe’s impact unfold.

Happy 18th, buddy.

Here's the irony that hit me recently.

My last name is Giganti. It literally means "big" in Italian. And I've spent most of my career playing small.

Sitting in meetings at my old software company, deferring to everyone. 

Looking at someone's title or education and thinking I didn't belong. Holding back my ideas because maybe someone smarter should speak first.

Sound familiar?

Here's what I've realized after 11 months of building my own thing: We ALL do this. Every single one of us has moments where we play smaller than we should. And it's costing us everything.

Not just the deal we didn't close or the opportunity we didn't take. 

It's the impact we're NOT having. The people we're NOT serving. The brilliance we're keeping to ourselves.

We tell ourselves we're being humble. But really? We're just afraid of what people might think.

Afraid we'll look arrogant. Afraid we'll fail. Afraid we don't actually belong in the room.

So, we play small. 

We defer. We wait for permission. We let our fear decide our ceiling.

I saw this shift at a conference recently. 

First time going as my own company. And something changed in how I showed up. I wasn't trying to impress anyone. 

I was just showing up as someone who belongs. 

Asking questions. Being curious. Treating every conversation like "are we a match?" instead of "please validate me."

That's the shift. 

From playing small to playing big. And before you think this is about ego or cockiness, let me be clear: It's not.

Playing big isn't about being the loudest person in the room. 

It's about believing you have value to offer and actually offering it.
It's about realizing that when you play small, you're not just hurting yourself. You're hurting everyone who could benefit from what you bring.

So, here's my question: Where are you playing small right now? And what's it costing you?

Flying to DC today to lead a workshop with Copart’s sales team on Wednesday.

Here’s what I know after years of doing this work: The real transformation doesn’t happen during my session. 

It happens in the unseen hours. 

The conversations before I ever step on stage. The trust built through genuine presence, not performance.
So I’m showing up today. 

Sitting in their team sessions. 

Listening. Learning their challenges. Building authentic relationships before I share a single framework.

When their team said “better habits” was their #1 need, that wasn’t just data. 

It was an invitation to show up with intention. To be helpful first, good second.

Then my flight got canceled this morning. 

Just boarded six hours after I was supposed to. I could let that derail me. Or I could remember what I teach: setbacks are just data. 

How we respond is where the meaning lives.

This is the difference between reactive leadership and intentional leadership. One lets circumstances control the narrative. The other uses every moment, even the frustrating ones, as an opportunity to live the message.

The irony isn’t lost on me. 

I’m about to teach about systematic approaches to sustainable excellence, and I’m getting a real-time reminder that vulnerability isn’t weakness. It’s the foundation for authentic authority.

Copart , I’m ready and so excited to see you all. 

Not because everything went according to plan, but because the work of transformation never does. 

That’s where the real growth begins.

I need to be honest with you about something.

This playing bigger thing? It's a daily battle for me too.

Every single day, I wake up and have to make the choice. 

Play big or play small. Show up or hide. Offer my brilliance or keep it safe.

There's a Bible verse that's been hitting me lately. John 10:10. It says the enemy comes to steal, kill and destroy, but Jesus came to give us life to the fullest.

And regardless of your faith, here's what's true: We're under attack. 

From our own doubts. Our own fears. Our own insecurities.

We're our own worst enemy way too often.

I'm standing shoulder to shoulder with you on this. It's not like I figured this out and now I'm good. It's a daily choice. A battle.

Some days I win. Some days I don't.

But here's what I've learned: Playing bigger isn't a feeling. It's a choice.

You don't wait to feel confident. You choose to act confident and the feeling follows.

You don't wait to feel like you belong. You choose to show up like you belong and eventually you believe it.

That's why I named my company Giganti Group. It's aspirational. Even for me.

Every day I see that name and I have to ask myself: Am I living into it? Am I playing as big as my name suggests? Or am I playing small again?

Most days, honestly, I'm somewhere in the middle. Working on it. Tracking it. Getting better.

That 5 to 8.5 shift I mentioned? That's real progress. But it's not done. I'm not at a 10. 

Maybe I never will be.

But I'm choosing to move forward. Daily.

Here's what I want you to know:
You're not alone in this fight. We're all battling the same doubts. The same fears. The same voice that says "who do you think you are?"

But we get to choose. 

We get to play big. We get to live into our brilliance.
Not because we feel like it. But because we choose it.

How do you win today? How do you play bigger today?

Remember, it's not about cockiness. It's not about ego. It's about belief.

Belief that you have something valuable to offer. 
Belief that when you play small, people miss out on what you bring. 
Belief that you were made for more than hiding.

I love Todd Herman's work on alter-ego. We all need it. We all need that version of ourselves who plays bigger. 

Who shows up. 
Who doesn't defer.

And we get to choose that version. Daily.

So I'm choosing it today. Even though I'm scared. Even though I doubt. 

Even though part of me wants to play it safe.

I'm choosing Giganti. The big version. The one who shows up.

What are you choosing today?

Real numbers from my own playing bigger journey:

28 days. Daily tracking. One specific habit.

Started at a 5 out of 10. Ended at 8.5 out of 10.

Here's what happened.

I've been working with Level Up Creators as my business partners. They challenged me to get serious about playing bigger. Not just talk about it. 

Actually track it. So, I used the Habit Builder framework. 

I made it specific: "When I feel myself playing small, instead of staying quiet, I will speak up and offer my perspective."

Tracked it every single day for 28 days. Had an accountability partner (thank you Stacy). Had a great coach (Eduardo Briceño) rooting me on!

And my score went from 5 to 8.5 in less than a month (scale of 1-10). 

That's the power of intentionality. Of making playing bigger a daily choice instead of just a nice idea.

You know what else changed?

I find myself showing up completely differently than I ever have.

Not trying to impress. Not comparing myself. Just showing up like I belong. 

Match-making instead of proving. Curious instead of performing.

And the conversations were different. The connections were real. The opportunities that came out of it? 

Better than anything I forced in 25 years of "networking."

That's what happens when you track the daily choice to play bigger.

Here's what I know: Playing bigger isn't about a one-time decision. It's about the daily choice. The moment-by-moment decision to stop deferring and start showing up.

And when you track it? When you measure it? When you have someone holding you accountable?

You actually shift. 5 to 8.5. 
In 28 days.

The math is simple:
⟶ Identify the specific habit
⟶ Make it a When/Instead/I Will statement
⟶ Track it daily
⟶ Get an accountability partner
⟶ Measure the shift

It's amazing what we can do when we're intentional.

So, my question: What would change if you tracked your "playing bigger" habit for 28 days?

What score are you at now? And where could you be?

Over 10 years ago, someone introduced me to the idea that success is driven far more by leading indicators than lagging indicators.

I didn’t totally get it at first.

I grew up in the world of outcomes:

🏆 Trophies
📈 Revenue
🎯 Results

That’s how you measured yourself.

But when I started following the work of James Clear, one line punched me right between the eyes:

“You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems.”

And that’s when everything changed for me.

I started shifting from…

❌ Results-first thinking → “Did I hit the number?”

to

✅ Process-first thinking → “Did I do the things that someone who hits the number does?”

That reframe upleveled every part of my life:
	•	my sales career
	•	my leadership
	•	my coaching
	•	my health
	•	my relationships

And today, I get to see the ripple effect of that mindset inside my With Intention cohorts.

Cohort 2 is a perfect example.

Over the last 3 weeks, we’ve been running a habit builder cycle using simple leading indicators:

→ 1 daily habit
→ 1 daily reflection
→ 1 layer of identity (“Who am I becoming?”)

And here’s what happened:

⭐️ Average follow-through rating jumped 86% (3.5 → 6.5)
⭐️ On average, each person took 10.6 meaningful actions
⭐️ 71% journaling consistency
⭐️ 75% buddy accountability adoption
⭐️ Every single person improved. Every one.

None of this comes from chasing outcomes.

It comes from showing up intentionally, one small action at a time.

This is the heartbeat of the With Intention journey.

Identity → Habits → Outcomes.
Not the other way around.

And the beautiful part?

When you get the leading indicators right…
the lagging indicators take care of themselves.

If your team, or your leadership group, would benefit from this kind of transformation, I’m opening a few new seats for Q1.

Send me a note and we’ll explore it together.

Focus on who you’re becoming & 
the results will follow.

Want to know the framework that changed how I think about playing bigger?

It's called the Awareness Matrix. And it's the difference between knowing your strengths and actually living into your brilliance. Here's what most people get wrong:

They work on their strengths. They try to fix their weaknesses. And they wonder why they're still not breaking through.

The real work? It's on the edges.

Your strengths are things you're good at. You know them. Other people know them. They're visible.

Your brilliance? 

That's the thing that comes so naturally to you that you don't even see it. It's like water to a fish. You're swimming in it but you can't see it.

For me, it's listening and building trust. 

Connecting with people. Creating space where they feel safe being real.

I didn't know that was my brilliance for years. 

I thought everyone could do that. One of the best things I did in recent years was take Strategic Coach's approach to Unique Ability. I asked 15 people what they thought my unique ability was.

It was powerful...humbling...and exciting.

Hearing a dozen people say the same thing about what comes easy to me. That's when I realized: This is my brilliance. This is what I'm supposed to give to the world.

Same thing on the other side.

Your weaknesses? You know them. You can work on them. They're visible.

Your blindspots? 

Those are the things you can't see. Your Achilles heel. The thing that's limiting you but you don't even know it's there.

We all have them. 

And we can't fix what we can't see. That's why you need truth-tellers. People who will tell you what you can't see about yourself. 

Here's the other piece my business partners at Level Up Creators taught me: matchmaking.

Stop showing up to meetings trying to impress people. Stop comparing yourself. Stop wondering if you belong.

Just show up curious and interested. 

Ask questions to figure out: Are we a match? Not better. Not worse. Just a match or not a match.

That shift alone will change how you play.

So here's what playing bigger actually looks like: Do the work to identify your brilliance (not just your strengths). 

Ask people. Get coaching. Use assessments. 

Find out what's invisible to you.

Do the work to find your blindspots (not just your weaknesses). Get truth-tellers in your life. Ask the hard questions. 

Be willing to hear what you can't see.

Show up to every conversation asking "are we a match?" instead of "do I belong here?"

When you do this work, playing bigger stops being about confidence or ego. It becomes about clarity.

You know what you bring. You know what to watch out for. And you show up accordingly.

Where do you need to do the work? On your brilliance or your blindspots?

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