Spark In The Dark
Dr. Angela Mulrooney
Fuel Your Growth: Transform Your Expertise into a Personal Brand that Amplifies Visibility & Impacts Ideal Paying Clients
Respect from others doesn't come from success being handed to you.
Respect comes from witnessing how someone found grit to handle tough times to become the success they are today.
Your personal brand story needs to reflect the ups and downs, including the darkest moments, because those are the most relatable human moments you have to share.
Frankly, an entrepreneur's brightest successes most often are fuelled by dark moments you thought would end you...
Failure, assault, homelessness, bankruptcy, betrayal...
The biggest chances I have taken on myself were when I was at rock bottom...
When I felt defenceless...
When I was so broken down there was nothing left to lose.
Those dark moments make you fearless.
Those dark moments manifest a cold, focused magic that sparks new beginnings.
Those dark moments kindle motivation that turns into a blaze of promising you will never be in this position again and you are willing to bet on yourself to prove it.
No one is immune to dark moments in life - no matter your education, your wealth, your street smarts - rock bottom can happen.
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It's painful, it's scary, it feels out of control.
But there is control while you are in the darkness.
If you sit long enough...
If you let your vision adjust...
A match will come into focus.
A match you can strike against the rubble which will light the path of opportunity that wouldn't appear without experiencing the darkness.
The path you find out of the darkness will light the way for others who need the wisdom you gained from your journey, guided by you if you are honest enough to share what you have been through.
It's time to fearless, unabashedly share your story.
Are you ready?
An Elder for Our Times
2 年Breakdowns are the access to the future. The greatest failure in a breakdown is a failure to make requests. Requests reshape you because you are asking another for a promise. You are putting yourself at stake in a request and this gets you out of our self-defeating, self-absorbing, self-defeating place. Angela has hit the nail on the head.