Emma
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Podcast Appearances
I don't.
I don't.
Well, I think it happens to anyone who does something for the first time.
Well, I think it happens to anyone who does something for the first time.
If you do anything for the first time, start a business, play tennis, raise a child, whatever it is, you're going to make mistakes because it's the first time you did it. How are you going to get it perfect the first time?
If you do anything for the first time, start a business, play tennis, raise a child, whatever it is, you're going to make mistakes because it's the first time you did it. How are you going to get it perfect the first time?
We're living in a world right now where everyone wants everyone to get everything perfect the first time they do it.
We're living in a world right now where everyone wants everyone to get everything perfect the first time they do it.
It's just not possible.
It's just not possible.
Even when you walked as a baby, you fell over a million times. And that was just life. And so this want for perfection internally or externally, it just doesn't work. And so, no, I'm definitely not perfect or haven't got the perfect balance. It is me constantly questioning the balance that allows me to try and hold onto it.
Even when you walked as a baby, you fell over a million times. And that was just life. And so this want for perfection internally or externally, it just doesn't work. And so, no, I'm definitely not perfect or haven't got the perfect balance. It is me constantly questioning the balance that allows me to try and hold onto it.
Do you know what it is? I just miss seeing people. You do? Yeah. Because I started my, like I said, I started my career in rooms tinier than this. And I'd sit with people for hours and hours and hours. And when I'm on the road, I get to look in people's eyes. You get to see people smile, cry. You get to hug. Like we're going to 15 cities, 15 surprise guests.
Do you know what it is? I just miss seeing people. You do? Yeah. Because I started my, like I said, I started my career in rooms tinier than this. And I'd sit with people for hours and hours and hours. And when I'm on the road, I get to look in people's eyes. You get to see people smile, cry. You get to hug. Like we're going to 15 cities, 15 surprise guests.
We're going to do Q&A with the audience. Like these are people who listen to On Purpose every day, every week, every month of every year.
We're going to do Q&A with the audience. Like these are people who listen to On Purpose every day, every week, every month of every year.
And people are doing it when they walk their dog or in the kitchen or commuting from work. Imagine we're all going to be in the same space. I think people are going to walk out with new boyfriends, girlfriends, marriages, like...
And people are doing it when they walk their dog or in the kitchen or commuting from work. Imagine we're all going to be in the same space. I think people are going to walk out with new boyfriends, girlfriends, marriages, like...
I think of good... connection and even good business as what I heard years ago, this term on a TED talk and it was called mass intimacy. It's this idea of how do you reach people at scale, but then have a really deep, intimate conversation with one person.
I think of good... connection and even good business as what I heard years ago, this term on a TED talk and it was called mass intimacy. It's this idea of how do you reach people at scale, but then have a really deep, intimate conversation with one person.