The Story I Was Too Scared to Share

Hey Friends,

Last week, I stared at my LinkedIn draft for 45 minutes before hitting post. My finger hovered over the delete button at least three times. Why? I was about to share my thoughts on a topic that made me wrestle with imposter syndrome.

Here's what's happening on my storytelling journey... 🎢

What I'm Learning About Stories:

1. The Messy Middle Matters My first posts were all "I did it and you can too!" energy. No one cared. But when I shared my current struggles with imposter syndrome? 26 comments from people feeling the same way.

2. Small Moments > Big Victories Yesterday's post about my starting point on my fitness journey got more engagement than my "professional" advice ever did. Turns out people connect with human moments more than perfect ones.

3. Writing Simply Works I deleted every "leverage," "optimize," and "synergy" from my latest post. Just wrote like I talk. Someone DM'd to say it was refreshing. Still learning this one!

My Current Experiment

I'm trying to share one small story each day. Not the polished, perfect kind. Just real moments from this journey of figuring things out.

Today's Tiny Challenge

Got a 30-second story about something that happened today? Share it on LinkedIn. No fancy framework needed. (I'll be doing this too - we can be nervous together!)

Tomorrow I'll tell you about consistency and how I'm fighting my own "shiny object syndrome." Including how many times I've changed my LinkedIn headline this week... 😅

Your Friend, Scott

P.S. What story are you nervous to share? Hit reply - sometimes just typing it out helps!