Jenny Owen Youngs

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Thanks so much for having me. It is a total pleasure to be here.

Thanks so much for having me. It is a total pleasure to be here.

Yeah, of course. Well, think of something you want right now, right? It could be a goal, a relationship, a promotion, and think about what's standing between you and achieving that thing. I had coached tens of thousands of Googlers, executives, non-executives inside and outside the company, scientists, artists, and the same theme kept coming up, Mike. their relationship to fear.

Yeah, of course. Well, think of something you want right now, right? It could be a goal, a relationship, a promotion, and think about what's standing between you and achieving that thing. I had coached tens of thousands of Googlers, executives, non-executives inside and outside the company, scientists, artists, and the same theme kept coming up, Mike. their relationship to fear.

Fear of the unknown, fear of failure, and fear of judgment by others. And so wild courage is the process of feeling that fear and going after that thing that you want anyway. And it's the set of tools to help you go after what you want and get it. And the reason I say wild courage, not just regular courage, is because wild courage encompasses these nine traits that raise eyebrows, they're sizzly,

Fear of the unknown, fear of failure, and fear of judgment by others. And so wild courage is the process of feeling that fear and going after that thing that you want anyway. And it's the set of tools to help you go after what you want and get it. And the reason I say wild courage, not just regular courage, is because wild courage encompasses these nine traits that raise eyebrows, they're sizzly,

But they create the bars of an invisible cage that keep you small. And when we can learn to use these traits in a positive way, we can really just make incredible things happen for ourselves, for our lives, for our relationships, and for our careers.

But they create the bars of an invisible cage that keep you small. And when we can learn to use these traits in a positive way, we can really just make incredible things happen for ourselves, for our lives, for our relationships, and for our careers.

Well, I deeply believe that wild courage can be learned. And I also believe that wild courage can come in small steps and little courage deposits that you make every day. So here's an example that might feel just on one end of the spectrum of wild courage, and then I'll kind of bring it back to how you can still apply this to your day-to-day. So it's 2011.

Well, I deeply believe that wild courage can be learned. And I also believe that wild courage can come in small steps and little courage deposits that you make every day. So here's an example that might feel just on one end of the spectrum of wild courage, and then I'll kind of bring it back to how you can still apply this to your day-to-day. So it's 2011.

I'm riding the New York City subway home from work, and about 20 feet away from me stands this really good-looking guy, gorgeous blue eyes, thick, wavy brown hair. And I'm so taken by him, and I want to talk to him, but something holds me back. It's those same three fears I just mentioned. Fear of failure. What if he's married? Fear of uncertainty. What if he's a convicted felon?

I'm riding the New York City subway home from work, and about 20 feet away from me stands this really good-looking guy, gorgeous blue eyes, thick, wavy brown hair. And I'm so taken by him, and I want to talk to him, but something holds me back. It's those same three fears I just mentioned. Fear of failure. What if he's married? Fear of uncertainty. What if he's a convicted felon?

Fear of judgment by others. What if 100 people watch me as I make a fool of myself on this packed train? So I sit there as the train passes stop after stop after stop. And frankly, Mike, as life passes me by. But I was still so excited about the prospect of this guy. And I was looking to get married at that time. So I was clearly keeping my eyes open.

Fear of judgment by others. What if 100 people watch me as I make a fool of myself on this packed train? So I sit there as the train passes stop after stop after stop. And frankly, Mike, as life passes me by. But I was still so excited about the prospect of this guy. And I was looking to get married at that time. So I was clearly keeping my eyes open.

And I said, OK, if he gets off at my stop, then I'm going to try to strike up a conversation with him. And if not, then that's the universe telling me it wasn't meant to be. Well, he gets off at the next stop, which is not my stop. And all of a sudden, this wave of wild courage washes over me and practically pushes me out of my subway seat. And I pry the doors open. I am not exaggerating.

And I said, OK, if he gets off at my stop, then I'm going to try to strike up a conversation with him. And if not, then that's the universe telling me it wasn't meant to be. Well, he gets off at the next stop, which is not my stop. And all of a sudden, this wave of wild courage washes over me and practically pushes me out of my subway seat. And I pry the doors open. I am not exaggerating.

I pry the doors open and I run off the train after him. I catch up with him. I tap him on the shoulder. I say, excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you. You're wearing gloves, so I can't tell if you're wearing a wedding ring. But in the event that you're not married, you were on my subway and I thought you were cute. Any chance I can give you my business card? And he calls the next day.

I pry the doors open and I run off the train after him. I catch up with him. I tap him on the shoulder. I say, excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you. You're wearing gloves, so I can't tell if you're wearing a wedding ring. But in the event that you're not married, you were on my subway and I thought you were cute. Any chance I can give you my business card? And he calls the next day.

A week later, we go out. Three years later, we're getting married and we've now been married happily 11 years with two little hooligans ages seven and nine.

A week later, we go out. Three years later, we're getting married and we've now been married happily 11 years with two little hooligans ages seven and nine.

Right. So, yeah, when I teach wild courage, I definitely, I use that as an example, right? That seems like a very extraordinary example, but there are so many ordinary moments as well where it can come into play.

Right. So, yeah, when I teach wild courage, I definitely, I use that as an example, right? That seems like a very extraordinary example, but there are so many ordinary moments as well where it can come into play.

Just yesterday, someone voice memoed me and said, hey, Jenny, I've got such a, they'd read the book and she said, I've got such an exciting example of wild courage that I never would have done before. I applied for a role within my company. I had to fill out this online form and there was a box. I had to enter the number of years I have of XYZ type of specific marketing experience.

Just yesterday, someone voice memoed me and said, hey, Jenny, I've got such a, they'd read the book and she said, I've got such an exciting example of wild courage that I never would have done before. I applied for a role within my company. I had to fill out this online form and there was a box. I had to enter the number of years I have of XYZ type of specific marketing experience.

And I said seven years. And then I got an auto rejection. She filled out the rest of the form. She got an auto rejection because she got it immediately and learned that it was because she didn't have the right level of experience. So instead of just... I think a lot of people who are...

And I said seven years. And then I got an auto rejection. She filled out the rest of the form. She got an auto rejection because she got it immediately and learned that it was because she didn't have the right level of experience. So instead of just... I think a lot of people who are...

Not living with wild courage would be like, okay, I guess that it's not the right level for me, or I don't have the experience, or it just wasn't meant to be, right? The universe just didn't have this one in the cards for me. But instead, she found the recruiter, and she wrote them back and said, well, I have seven years of... book experience and I have seven years of marketing experience.

Not living with wild courage would be like, okay, I guess that it's not the right level for me, or I don't have the experience, or it just wasn't meant to be, right? The universe just didn't have this one in the cards for me. But instead, she found the recruiter, and she wrote them back and said, well, I have seven years of... book experience and I have seven years of marketing experience.

And even though I don't have seven years of those combined, I think in the same category, I think that I actually do have the experience. And the recruiter was super psyched to talk to them, right away set this person up for interviews.

And even though I don't have seven years of those combined, I think in the same category, I think that I actually do have the experience. And the recruiter was super psyched to talk to them, right away set this person up for interviews.

This person interviewed just yesterday and that's why she had told me about this exciting moment of wild courage and said it went really well and we don't know the outcome yet. But the reality is this was not a subway chaser moment. This was a

This person interviewed just yesterday and that's why she had told me about this exciting moment of wild courage and said it went really well and we don't know the outcome yet. But the reality is this was not a subway chaser moment. This was a

a very common situation where someone gets rejected for something or they're scared to ask for something or they think it's out of place or out of line or out of the norm. But then because of this mindset of wild courage, they went for it anyway. And that is what is so beautiful. And that is why wild courage can be learned.

a very common situation where someone gets rejected for something or they're scared to ask for something or they think it's out of place or out of line or out of the norm. But then because of this mindset of wild courage, they went for it anyway. And that is what is so beautiful. And that is why wild courage can be learned.

And it's not just about hunting strangers down and asking them if they're married on the subway.

And it's not just about hunting strangers down and asking them if they're married on the subway.

Oh, it's absolutely part of this. Oh, I'm so glad you're bringing this up because of the nine traits, that's the reckless trait. Reckless is the courage to take calculated risks and to err on the side of action. Because frankly, better to learn from your mistakes than waste time predicting the consequences of every decision, right? Think fast and fearless. And if you're on the fence, Do it.

Oh, it's absolutely part of this. Oh, I'm so glad you're bringing this up because of the nine traits, that's the reckless trait. Reckless is the courage to take calculated risks and to err on the side of action. Because frankly, better to learn from your mistakes than waste time predicting the consequences of every decision, right? Think fast and fearless. And if you're on the fence, Do it.

Right. I regret and I so agree with you that we regret the moves we don't make more than the than the moves we do make that maybe resulted in a mistake or maybe a failure because a failure is just data. B, if you want to double your successes, quadruple your failures. C, if you want to have a successful career laterally. Look at the discography of any successful leader, right?

Right. I regret and I so agree with you that we regret the moves we don't make more than the than the moves we do make that maybe resulted in a mistake or maybe a failure because a failure is just data. B, if you want to double your successes, quadruple your failures. C, if you want to have a successful career laterally. Look at the discography of any successful leader, right?

Don't just look at their greatest hits. They had a bunch of gaffes. They had a bunch of failures. They had a bunch of missteps. Look at their LinkedIn profile. Look at all the redirections, right? The career changes, the moves, the lateral moves, the industries, the international moves, right? All of those represent risks that they took, represent failures that happened.

Don't just look at their greatest hits. They had a bunch of gaffes. They had a bunch of failures. They had a bunch of missteps. Look at their LinkedIn profile. Look at all the redirections, right? The career changes, the moves, the lateral moves, the industries, the international moves, right? All of those represent risks that they took, represent failures that happened.

It represents that they must have learned from those failures, which just become data, right? And, and for, for sure, I've regretted the moves. I didn't make far more than the moves I did.

It represents that they must have learned from those failures, which just become data, right? And, and for, for sure, I've regretted the moves. I didn't make far more than the moves I did.

When John and I got married, we said, okay, at some point we're going to, when our kids are young in elementary school, we're going to, we're going to take them and we're going to live abroad for a year and study abroad, not study abroad and work abroad, be expats for one or two years. Guess what? Life has passed us by.

When John and I got married, we said, okay, at some point we're going to, when our kids are young in elementary school, we're going to, we're going to take them and we're going to live abroad for a year and study abroad, not study abroad and work abroad, be expats for one or two years. Guess what? Life has passed us by.

It's our own subway train moving stop after stop after stop without us getting off the train and together as a family, um, moving to another country because it's easy to stay, because it's hard to rent your house, because the kids are in school and ingrained in their activities and their lives. But for sure, I regret that we didn't make that happen, even though we vowed to do so.

It's our own subway train moving stop after stop after stop without us getting off the train and together as a family, um, moving to another country because it's easy to stay, because it's hard to rent your house, because the kids are in school and ingrained in their activities and their lives. But for sure, I regret that we didn't make that happen, even though we vowed to do so.

And I'm pretty confident that if we had moved to Paris or Singapore or Buenos Aires, we would have, sure, had some hard months getting adjusted, but we never would have regretted it. So I agree that even I fail to be reckless, right? And to... Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

And I'm pretty confident that if we had moved to Paris or Singapore or Buenos Aires, we would have, sure, had some hard months getting adjusted, but we never would have regretted it. So I agree that even I fail to be reckless, right? And to... Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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Reckless is the courage to take calculated risks and to err on the side of action. Because, frankly, better to learn from your mistakes than waste time predicting the consequences of every decision, right? Like, think fast and fearless. And if you're on the fence, do it.

Reckless is the courage to take calculated risks and to err on the side of action. Because, frankly, better to learn from your mistakes than waste time predicting the consequences of every decision, right? Like, think fast and fearless. And if you're on the fence, do it.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right.

On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right.

On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School. which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School. which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

Thanks so much for having me. It is a total pleasure to be here.

Yeah, of course. Well, think of something you want right now, right? It could be a goal, a relationship, a promotion, and think about what's standing between you and achieving that thing. I had coached tens of thousands of Googlers, executives, non-executives inside and outside the company, scientists, artists, and the same theme kept coming up, Mike. their relationship to fear.

Fear of the unknown, fear of failure, and fear of judgment by others. And so wild courage is the process of feeling that fear and going after that thing that you want anyway. And it's the set of tools to help you go after what you want and get it. And the reason I say wild courage, not just regular courage, is because wild courage encompasses these nine traits that raise eyebrows, they're sizzly,

But they create the bars of an invisible cage that keep you small. And when we can learn to use these traits in a positive way, we can really just make incredible things happen for ourselves, for our lives, for our relationships, and for our careers.

Well, I deeply believe that wild courage can be learned. And I also believe that wild courage can come in small steps and little courage deposits that you make every day. So here's an example that might feel just on one end of the spectrum of wild courage, and then I'll kind of bring it back to how you can still apply this to your day-to-day. So it's 2011.

I'm riding the New York City subway home from work, and about 20 feet away from me stands this really good-looking guy, gorgeous blue eyes, thick, wavy brown hair. And I'm so taken by him, and I want to talk to him, but something holds me back. It's those same three fears I just mentioned. Fear of failure. What if he's married? Fear of uncertainty. What if he's a convicted felon?

Fear of judgment by others. What if 100 people watch me as I make a fool of myself on this packed train? So I sit there as the train passes stop after stop after stop. And frankly, Mike, as life passes me by. But I was still so excited about the prospect of this guy. And I was looking to get married at that time. So I was clearly keeping my eyes open.

And I said, OK, if he gets off at my stop, then I'm going to try to strike up a conversation with him. And if not, then that's the universe telling me it wasn't meant to be. Well, he gets off at the next stop, which is not my stop. And all of a sudden, this wave of wild courage washes over me and practically pushes me out of my subway seat. And I pry the doors open. I am not exaggerating.

I pry the doors open and I run off the train after him. I catch up with him. I tap him on the shoulder. I say, excuse me, I'm sorry to bother you. You're wearing gloves, so I can't tell if you're wearing a wedding ring. But in the event that you're not married, you were on my subway and I thought you were cute. Any chance I can give you my business card? And he calls the next day.

A week later, we go out. Three years later, we're getting married and we've now been married happily 11 years with two little hooligans ages seven and nine.

Right. So, yeah, when I teach wild courage, I definitely, I use that as an example, right? That seems like a very extraordinary example, but there are so many ordinary moments as well where it can come into play.

Just yesterday, someone voice memoed me and said, hey, Jenny, I've got such a, they'd read the book and she said, I've got such an exciting example of wild courage that I never would have done before. I applied for a role within my company. I had to fill out this online form and there was a box. I had to enter the number of years I have of XYZ type of specific marketing experience.

And I said seven years. And then I got an auto rejection. She filled out the rest of the form. She got an auto rejection because she got it immediately and learned that it was because she didn't have the right level of experience. So instead of just... I think a lot of people who are...

Not living with wild courage would be like, okay, I guess that it's not the right level for me, or I don't have the experience, or it just wasn't meant to be, right? The universe just didn't have this one in the cards for me. But instead, she found the recruiter, and she wrote them back and said, well, I have seven years of... book experience and I have seven years of marketing experience.

And even though I don't have seven years of those combined, I think in the same category, I think that I actually do have the experience. And the recruiter was super psyched to talk to them, right away set this person up for interviews.

This person interviewed just yesterday and that's why she had told me about this exciting moment of wild courage and said it went really well and we don't know the outcome yet. But the reality is this was not a subway chaser moment. This was a

a very common situation where someone gets rejected for something or they're scared to ask for something or they think it's out of place or out of line or out of the norm. But then because of this mindset of wild courage, they went for it anyway. And that is what is so beautiful. And that is why wild courage can be learned.

And it's not just about hunting strangers down and asking them if they're married on the subway.

Oh, it's absolutely part of this. Oh, I'm so glad you're bringing this up because of the nine traits, that's the reckless trait. Reckless is the courage to take calculated risks and to err on the side of action. Because frankly, better to learn from your mistakes than waste time predicting the consequences of every decision, right? Think fast and fearless. And if you're on the fence, Do it.

Right. I regret and I so agree with you that we regret the moves we don't make more than the than the moves we do make that maybe resulted in a mistake or maybe a failure because a failure is just data. B, if you want to double your successes, quadruple your failures. C, if you want to have a successful career laterally. Look at the discography of any successful leader, right?

Don't just look at their greatest hits. They had a bunch of gaffes. They had a bunch of failures. They had a bunch of missteps. Look at their LinkedIn profile. Look at all the redirections, right? The career changes, the moves, the lateral moves, the industries, the international moves, right? All of those represent risks that they took, represent failures that happened.

It represents that they must have learned from those failures, which just become data, right? And, and for, for sure, I've regretted the moves. I didn't make far more than the moves I did.

When John and I got married, we said, okay, at some point we're going to, when our kids are young in elementary school, we're going to, we're going to take them and we're going to live abroad for a year and study abroad, not study abroad and work abroad, be expats for one or two years. Guess what? Life has passed us by.

It's our own subway train moving stop after stop after stop without us getting off the train and together as a family, um, moving to another country because it's easy to stay, because it's hard to rent your house, because the kids are in school and ingrained in their activities and their lives. But for sure, I regret that we didn't make that happen, even though we vowed to do so.

And I'm pretty confident that if we had moved to Paris or Singapore or Buenos Aires, we would have, sure, had some hard months getting adjusted, but we never would have regretted it. So I agree that even I fail to be reckless, right? And to... Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

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Reckless is the courage to take calculated risks and to err on the side of action. Because, frankly, better to learn from your mistakes than waste time predicting the consequences of every decision, right? Like, think fast and fearless. And if you're on the fence, do it.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School. which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right.

On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High.

To dance the night away, to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

Hello, I am Kristen Russo. And I am Jenny Owen Youngs. We are the hosts of Buffering the Vampire Slayer once more with spoilers, a rewatch podcast covering all 144 episodes of, you guessed it, Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

All information and tickets can be found at bufferingcast.com slash prom. Come join us.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right.

On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School, which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.

We are here to humbly invite you to join us for our fifth Buffy Prom, which, if you can believe it, we are hosting at the actual Sunnydale High School. That's right. On April 4th and 5th, we will be descending upon the campus of Torrance High School,

which was the filming location for Buffy's Sunnydale High, to dance the night away to 90s music in the iconic courtyard, to sip on punch right next to the Sunnydale High fountain, and to nerd out together in our prom best inside of the set of Buffy the Vampire Slayer.