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Hi ala,
It’s freeeezing out. Single digits. “Feels like” numbers that feel like a personal insult. I’m a big baby about being cold, so I keep checking the 10-day forecast trying to decide if THIS is the day I wear my one pair of truly warm, comfortable socks.
Sometimes I miscalculate. Tuesday would have been the day but the perfect socks stayed in the drawer, or, horrors, they are in the hamper when the wind is howling.
I’m allergic to wool, which makes sock shopping absurdly hard. I have a drawer full of not-great options. Most are wrong. Itchy. Lumpy. Seams in the wrong place. A few are fine. One is just right. (Of course, they’re discontinued.)
Most speakers have a drawer like this too. Not of socks, but of ideas.
We don’t lack ideas. We have too many. Stories, lessons, frameworks, experiences. Most aren’t quite right. A few almost work. One fits the speaker, the audience, and the moment.
And yet, we hesitate. We keep checking the forecast. Reworking the slides. Tweaking the title.
The lesson: look for The Big Idea that fits you, your audience, and the moment. Don’t leave your perfect socks in the drawer.
And yes, yes. I know. I could also just do laundry more often. Problem solved.
Bobbie and the entire Innovation Women team
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