Red Shoe started as a leap of faith the fall of 2011. I will lovingly set Red Shoe aside for day to day as I have committed to a new opportunity starting December 2, 2019. This is an amazing opportunity to listen, learn, and lead.

I am grateful for the years I spent walking along side of all of you in one way or another; from events, published books, executive coaching, team building, serving our community or the like. It is your relationships that built Red Shoe into a thriving example of entrepreneurial success.

Thank you for trusting me and the Red Shoe team. Please reach out if I can ever be of help to you in the future; you are important to me. We will still be sharing with you and publishing books.

With that said, look for official announcement in the weeks to come.

Look Up and Out,  

Tracy Worley

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Leaving a legacy is all you have. A strong legacy is not made of monetary value but of heart value. How you lift others to their potential. You create safe environments for growth. When you leave the room, people are better than you found them.

Leadership, love, and life evolve in and out of your personal and professional lives. You may try shutting the door on one without the other, but your stories and legacies follow you wherever you may go.

I have a full history of knowing all of my Great-Grandparents, Grandparents, and a bushel full of Aunts, Uncles, and Cousins. Recently, I visited my Grandpa Eldon in Eugene, Oregon several years ago.  He is the last of my vast line of Grandparents and cherished beyond words.

We are all built with our history, stories, and holding truths we cherish and hopefully “deleting” truths no longer holding truth for you. About 30 years ago my dad once asked me where I learned my “values” from.  The heart answer is my grandparents.  They all left me with my core personal and professional business model I created; Potential² Builder.

From ranch life, construction, business deals, play, fun, hiking, wicked card games, hugs on the couch, to out of the blue phone calls. The rich experiences compounded interest in a legacy of heart, potential, environment for growth; cherished bank account full of unconditional love.

There are three main areas’ you can focus on to build a legacy to leave your family, friends, business relationships, and community. Over my thirty-plus year career, these three areas are what I have found to part of the solid foundation for strong families, business, and people who leave strong legacies.

It is never too late to build your legacy and write on the hearts of those around you; what they will say and miss when you leave the room.

Potential: Find ways to help others reach their potential, be invested, interested, and lift them before self. Yes, put your oxygen mask on first then lift others to their natural gifts. The reward of lifting others is greater than lifting oneself (reward will be paid 10-fold).

• • As I reflect on my potential and when I had the most growth is when others invested, lifted, and truly interested in seeing me succeed.
  • Today I make an intentional practice in my personal and professional life to find individuals who I can lift! The key is people need to have the heart to be pushed and pulled to the next level.

Environment: Create an environment of risk; let failure be a learning tool. The most successful people in life learned how to fail first.

• • I was able to fail and learn from the lessons. The environment was safe to try and try again. Yes, at times pushing boundaries was the risk and discipline at hand. Remember, we all learn and climb to our potential in our own rhythm.
  • When I work with clients, I have certain questions to hone in on what type of environment they thrive in. When they are “safe”, their potential explodes into possibilities they never saw or thought of before.

Legacy: People remember how you make them feel over what you have done. Leave people in the room loving themselves and life. Be present, because your presence matters.

• • Be authentic to who you are, and those around you will develop to be a network of believers. Not groupies but your “tribe”. A tribe is people who fill in the gaps, and who you fill in the gaps for as well.  You all benefit.
  • My stories taught me to be present, show up filled up to give first then receive. And perseverance toward ones potential trumps and punches the face of naysayers every time!
  • Have a sense of humor!

Where ever you might be in thought and heart of leaving a legacy here is a poem I wrote about my Grandpa, who was  93 at the time. I may be looking at his 93 years; all it takes is 93-seconds for you to touch someone’s heart.

93 Silver Strands

He is my HERO,

My first hugs, filling my heart,

to letting me put rollers in his hair that tickled us,

until we had to part.

He is my HERO,

He fixed many things from wagons, dollies,

to wondrous buildings.

He is my Hero,

Outlined with brilliant strands of silver,

a gleaming light of Gods Armor.

He is my HERO,

He is 93, standing tall,

with liquid blue eyes,

smile of a warm friend,

loves with all he has under his halo of silver strands.

As he holds my hand, I understand he is my HERO.

93 years shifting through the sands,

93 braids of silver his legacy stands.

Written by: Tracy Worley

Challenge Question: Will you take 93 seconds to touch someone’s heart?

Look UP & OUT!

Tracy Worley

Tracy Worley (2015) Authentic Leadership, Authentic Self

Tracy Worley (2013) Red Shoe Courage

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One of the worst things you can do in relationship building with your team is to set an expectation (spoken or not); do not rock the boat. I truly dislike this saying; it tells me there is no belief in the team or you to succeed. There is one guarantee here in not rocking the boat; your organization will not grow or innovate. You will not be able to see the potential if you are not willing to let yourself and others show up to rock, row, swim, navigate, and lead.

Hiking recently I was mulling over recent conversations about not showing up fully in beliefs, values, and voice. Some of you know parts of who I am and what I represent professionally and personally. I have created great compartments on the “Tracy Boat” where certain people, places, and things are kept separate. My beliefs and values are also compartmentalized depending on who I am with. Don’t get me wrong I am not faking it; I am choosing what I share fully. What you see is what you get only if I am willing to allow you to see into my compartmentalized cargo freighter: a.k.a. big ass boat. My heart is convicted by not allowing self and others to grow and innovate…caught in the net of coaching others.

Truth Bomb

Rocking the boat is sharing self-truth, I believe God has carried me over and under a lot of barriers, heart ache, and lifted me with grace to find joy (he is my rock). I am loud, quiet, and have a wicked sense of humor. I am not perfect! I have the ability to sling curse words as if I’ve spent a life time on a pirate ship. There are days a few of these words flow over my tongue and lips like a silk whisper at church; never a whisper it is inevitably audible.I am loyal to those who show up; you’re mine forever. The other side of loyalty is if you cross the line; you are out! Yes, just like Project Runway you are out. Accountability is my super power in leading others to success but do NOT hold me accountable or you will be walking the plank.  Accountability is always a piece of the pie for potential and I have several accountability partners who are invited to do so; they are not asked to walk the plank.

What Are You Asking

• What are your beliefs and convictions?
• Do you hold them in high regard on your daily agenda?
• Do you allow others to dictate your voice by “fitting” in?
• Are you complacent in allowing others to tell you to not rock the boat?
• Flip it; are you asking others to not rock it either?

Let’s rock the boat people! On-board who and what is working. Off-board who and what no longer are serving a purpose to fulfill your potential and goals.

Look Up and Out!

Tracy Worley

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Every day we have a choice to embrace new realities and the paradigm shifts before us. A collaborator and friend told me a few weeks ago; I keep everything pretty close to the chest. Meaning, people don’t know who I am or what I have to offer because I do not open up. I am also the last one to ask for help.

Today I am reminded I have a new reality of being someone’s mom. It did not happen overnight however the privilege to write, mother did.

Five years ago my husband and I decided we had something to offer; a safe place to live for a child to who may not have that opportunity. So, our journey began and we started the training to becoming Foster Parents. Jump forward to October 2017 we met our forever child “Sven” and welcomed him into our home the 28^th of the same month.

Sven is beautiful and brings a lot to the world; at 12 he already knows a lot more about life than my husband and I put together. The past two plus years we have been in all of the feelings from anger, tears, fear, joy, and the parental “are you kidding me”. We have advocated for this kid in ways we had no idea we would have to do or even know what we are doing.

The truth, we were and are vulnerable enough to stand up and do it even when we have no idea what we are doing. We are teachable in these moments and brave enough to push back. January 2019 we adopted Sven at 14 and he embraced us as his new reality of a forever home. Sven now refers to us as his parents to others and we have had reports he refers to us as mom and dad behind our back. Sven still refers to us by first name.

Our realities are who and what we except and embrace in the life moment. The societal way to describe life moments is to put a title to them. My life experiences have taken me from certain titles of daughter, best sister ever, first grand-child (both sides), author, soccer star, tattle-tale, bussing tables, college graduate, administrative staff, complainer, champion for others, waitress, controller, asshole, winner and loser, vice president, analyst, speaker, boo-boo healer, aunt, innovation development, founder, entrepreneur, wife, friend, humorist, etc.… and mother.

I have learned some of these titles no longer serve a purpose. As an entrepreneur most of my days are never on one of the above for too long.  Serving different clients and now flexing my schedule to accommodate Sven’s needs. My husband is not the faint of heart either, he has championed and empowered vulnerability at levels I have yet to understand. My husband is a superhero with a hidden heart of vulnerability on his undershirt.

Back to today. Sven has broken a finger and as we are at the specialist we found out he needs surgery tomorrow. So, all of the pre-operative paperwork there is “relationship to patient”. Before we would write foster parent, today I wrote mother. Sven was with me as we filled out the paper work at the surgical center and we giggled a bit this is our new reality and forever more I have the privilege of writing mother.

Timing is everything and this week one of my friends Micah Larson wrote her own truth in parenting and vulnerability of “I am new at this”. I am going to empower my husband to also be able to say, I am new at this.

Be vulnerable, be a champion for others, and as Micah empowered us to say; I am new at this.

Look Up and Out!

Tracy a.k.a. Mother

P.S. As I post this, it is surgery day. As the parent and Sven is a minor I am not to leave the building. I did not bring a lunch….anyone available to drop off a salad? Thank you, I am new at this.

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What is bodacious? It is someone or something that is excellent, admirable, or attractive. Being a bodacious helper while asking nothing in return is attractive.

Are you lifting, inviting, and helping those who cannot repay you? Mr. Rogers invites us to always look for the helpers if we are in need. The helpers are there to help and not receive anything in return. This reminds me of Luke 14:14 “invite those who cannot repay you.”

From as far as I can remember I have been a helper and a teacher. When I was in primary school, when a new kid came to school I would help them find their way around and introduce them to new friends. If a kid wanted to join into our games I showed them how to play and gave them all my tips and tricks to winning the game. They usually became better players than me but I have an innate desire for everyone to have the same tools and advantages as I do.

Today I help those in my same industry to succeed. Yes, I help coach individuals what some would consider my competitors. I am asked often, “Why are you coaching me when we could be considered competitors?” My answer is, “when one of us is successful we are all successful.”

Your personal and professional life will have ups and downs. When I am up, I have the ability to help others. When I am down I take the hand of help, to me this takes more courage than the other.

Here are five ways I implement success in being a bodacious helper and receiver all the while reaping rewards of opportunities I would not have otherwise.

1. Humble: Being humble in serving and learning from others brings success and opportunities. Be open to giving and receiving a hand without asking what is in it for me or asking what they want, will they take advantage.
2. Kind: Be kind to yourself first so you can be a helper to others. I use with myself, others and especially with our teenager; ask with kind words and nice eyes.
3. Open: Be coachable. Be open to not being the smartest person in the room and open to new possibilities and ideas. When helping others I learn a lot and so will you. When receiving help and being coachable new opportunities pop open.
4. Listen: Intentionally keep your lips still and your ears open. Write down notes to help keep your lips still while you listen. Listening is a lost art; but people are hungry to be heard so be a listener.
5. Help: Look up and out to be the helper for others. Helpers will not look like an ordained minister or Mr. Rogers in his sweater and sneakers. Helpers often look like ordinary wise humans (women, men, and children) placed in life at the right time. You are a helper.

Your gifts and talents help others succeed. Invite and help those who cannot repay you with payment, wisdom or gratitude. Help them as it lifts you to the next level of success by just adding stairs for others.

Look Up and Out,

Tracy Worley

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Breaking Normal To Create Your Unique Light To Shine

I have the privilege to spend time with people from all walks of life. Most of my clients are in transition of leveling up their career, teams, products, or business as a whole. One consistent we talk about is “normal”.  Dearest readers in my experience there is no such thing as normal. Yes, no matter where we are in the world there are social politeness’s, cultural norms, education, careers, family, and finding ways to fit in instead of stand out. We are taught to fit in and not stand out and shine.

Disrupt & Break Normal = Innovation and Creativity Lives Here 

The subject of breaking normal is not new to me; it is what we now call a disruptive model. One example of breaking normal is grieving. Recently I was with a group of amazing women. The topic of grieving and how in today’s society we get back to real life quickly and as one woman stated “act normal”. This statement of “act normal”: stuck in my throat for several reasons.

The first reason, why do cultures not allow time for grieving, waling, lamenting, and adjust to the new reality of loss? Second, it hits my heart to hear dynamic men and woman with an amazing careers, family, and communities feel they have to “act normal” after a death in their family or community. This, this is not a gender issue this is a human issue. I am not saying we do not step back into our lives. What I am saying is “acting normal” is stuffing self into a box and not allowing the space to spread your wings into breadth and depth into new realities of life. The gorgeous pieces of life to have are here!

I am not normal on so many area’s, here are a few: I am a late bloomer in all aspects of life, I never fit into just one cliquey group (still don’t), I ask a lot of questions, I am okay saying I am not okay, I boldly ask for other people’s advice, I laugh out loud (loud) when something truly tickles my funny bone, I am not afraid to show emotion in the boardroom (yes, even cry), I am brazen and do not ask permission to help when I know there is a need, and I turn grey in demeanor when others have  no voice. Just like you I was born to Break Normal.

When I work with people it is usually the first time they hear, “it is okay to break normal.” What does that mean? We live in a world where disruptive models win our attention, loyalty, purchases, following, and devotion. A few examples I use are Amazon, Rachel Hollis (author of Girl Wash Your Face), and I do dare say Jesus.

• Amazon started as an online book store, then created self-publishing, then created third party vendor sales, creating online grocery delivery shopping, on demand entertainment from television, movies, music, games, innovative distribution centers, and more. In my opinion Amazon has just started breaking normal.
• Rachel Hollis is an author with disrupting the model of perfection (society’s version). In her book Girl Wash Your Face Rachel shares with readers to find their purpose and stop comparing themselves to others. What works for everyone else does not work for you. True disruptive model when a woman instructs other women to not fit in, it is okay to be imperfect and break normal.
• Jesus breaks normal with his gift of salvation. Why would any physical human being die for those who deny him, persecute him, and called him a liar (deceiver)? Jesus gives us the remnant to God’s grace, mercy, and salvation by giving all he has to offer, his life. This disruptive model of sacrifice is breaking normal and still to modern day we have a hard time wrapping our minds around it. Jesus broke normal not just for his family, community, his troops he did so for the world. 

You are an amazing human being made with unique gifts, insights, wisdom, and knowledge the rest of us will never have. You are all disruptive models ready to launch into greatness. We are made to be and receive fruits of our unique nature. Your unique Breaking Normal brings you opportunities others will dream of having. Friends open your heart, mind, and spirit to the opportunities of growth!

9 Ways to Start Breaking Normal:

• Stop being reluctant to change and shine
  • Shining does not mean center stage, it means shine within your gifts and amazing things will happen.
• Your age does not matter
  • It is never too late or early to break normal. Humans are curious by nature so keep being curious.
• Your voice is beautiful
  • Speak your mind, speak your heart, and speak from your spirit.
  • Your voice is a gift we need to learn from.
• The future is today
  • The right time to plant a tree is, today.
• Stop apologizing for being you
  • You are you, wear those crazy socks, funky hats, vintage wear, be avant garde, join a board, start a band, coach the kids team, go out for an adult sport; just be you.
• Collaborate with trusted friends or colleagues
  • Share your hearts desires it gives you validation.
• Be prepared questions because outwardly you will look different from your inward shine
  • Guys, people will ask if you have a new exercise regime, are you back from a vacation, and perhaps your closest mates will ask more intimate details.
  • Ladies, you will be asked if you started a new face-care regime, some will ask if you had a face lift, others will say you look great and ask you what you have been doing, and closest friends will ask questions you will blush to.
• Be kind to yourself
  • You are unveiling pieces of your unique gifts.
  • Awkward is great, there is no going back from here. It will feel like learning to walk then you gain confidence.

People who break normal often embrace the awkward struggle today, knowing the gifts and opportunities on the other side are worth it.  When you are a breaking normal person walking into a room people want what you are having; people want the secret. The secret is breaking normal and loving who you are outside social constructs  deemed normal.

Friends this feels crazy at first, it is not crazy you are breaking normal! Innovation and creativity lives in breaking normal.

Share with the Red Shoe Tribe where you are Breaking Normal, we need to learn from you and your voice in breaking normal!

• Where have you broken normal?
• Where are you breaking normal now?
• How to you plan to break normal in the future?

Look UP & OUT!

Tracy Worley

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It is exciting and scary all at the same time; leveling up is always an unknown for everyone. Our coaching clients know this all too well and now we are going to the next level too.

How does this relate to lemon flavored rainbows you ask? Well, among normal routine of family and business life there are occasionally hard life lessons involved.

At Red Shoe we have sent out over half a dozen sympathy cards with more to write, celebrated birthday’s, on boarded new clients, and received heart breaking news we believe no one should ever have to hear or experience.

Below our founder Tracy outlined what she thinks of these moments on How to Graciously Receive Lemon Flavored Rainbows.

How to Graciously Receive Lemon Flavored Rainbows

Hello to our Red Shoe family. This past week has been business as usual with added twists and turns of how our relationships with others have affected our week with their losses, wins, celebrations, and devastating life opportunities no one should ever have to endure.

One of our foundations at Red Shoe is grace. My definition of grace is refinement of movement, energy, heart, mind, and spirit.

Here are my top five ways to gracefully accept and challenge the lemon flavored rainbows we experience in life.

1. Look for ways to grow from the experience: take what you want to take forward and leave the rest behind. Even in loss we can take the experience and learn from it and help others in the future.

2. Forgive yourself and others: business or personal relationships are direct reflections of who you are and how you are showing up in the world. Find ways to let go so you can live beyond today with joy.

3. Reaction vs. Reflection: Find tools that work for you in difficult situations to reflect first. We are taught to react and take action before truly reflecting on the situation. If the house is on fire; yes react! If you someone or yourself has experienced a loss, take time to reflect on best next steps.

4. Experience the emotion: Give yourself and those around you permission to experience the emotion. In Western Society teaches Big Feelings are wrong. Well, let it go (Frozen song not intended  )! You are made to feel for a reason. Acknowledge it, be aware, and again take what you need and leave what you don’t.

5. Find beauty and gratitude: It may take time but there is beauty in life’s losses and wins. Our lemon flavored rainbow is beautiful and some of you may even love the taste of sour lemons. There was a time in my life where the only thing I could be grateful for was a morning latte at a local coffee shop. Today maybe hard to find something beautiful or gratitude; dig deep because you matter!

It is my desire all of you have strong business and personal relationships that occasionally bring you Lemon Flavored Rainbows once in a while. Why? Because my friends, that means you are connecting with the world with grace. You are refining movement, energy, mind, body, and spirit with human heart.

     Look Up and Out,
     Tracy Worley

Red Show Tribe, we would love to hear from you! What beauty have you found from Lemon Flavored Rainbows?

See You on the Trail,
The Red Shoe Team

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As an Executive Consultant there are several questions all clients ask. The first being, “how do you know”. My response, “I am an observer of others, experiences, and learn something from all of it.” Our knowledge, experiences, and actions within and beyond those give us an extraordinary gift of intuitive education.

As stated by Colin Powel once said as Secretary of State (United States) you have to make decisions quickly and at times you may only have 80% of the information the rest you go from what you know.

I decided to share this story with all of you as last week was a particular tough one. Some dear friends of mine sent a care package with Cheerios. Below is one of my stories and from working with executives to raising a kiddo from hard places just as I do; you too have the ability to build Cheerio Castles.

Creating Cheerio Castles From a Mom’s Heart

What does a mom’s heart have to do with Cheerios and creating a castle? Cheerio castles are those little round bits of cereal you find on the floor, car, and craft projects. My imagination builds beautiful castles with cheerios. I am sharing one of my stories of being careful what you pray for and second, finding God’s answer daily.

I do believe God answers prayer in His timing and not our own. As humans we make prayer and answered prayer more complicated than God intended. Many years ago someone told me: “God’s ‘no’ or unanswered prayer is not a rejection but is for our protection.”  There are many variables to unanswered and answered prayer; when we are present, allowing God to lead the way, we find our prayers are heard and answered daily. This is one of my go-to scriptures for prayer: There is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven… He has made everything beautiful in its time. He has also set eternity in the hearts of men; yet they cannot fathom what God has done from beginning to end.- Ecclesiastes 3:1, 11

This past year my husband I opened our hearts and home to a beautiful 12 year old boy. We became parents for the first time by becoming Foster Parents. Becoming a parent found daily there is a learning opportunity about myself and heart.

Unanswered Prayer | God did not answer our prayer through creating our own family.

Answered Prayer | God brought a beautiful boy to us. This boy is made for us and fits in so many ways we would never pray for; God knows.

Our morning routine settled in to my husband and son waking and getting ready. I tend to stay out of the way. My husband is better equipped to keep our son on track, getting him out the door on time, dressed, brushed, and in a joyful mood.

When the guys are busy I stay in our bedroom and use this time to pray, meditate, and wire my brain for what is on the schedule for the day. One morning during prayer I found myself grieving experiences we as parents would not have, bringing an older kiddo into our home and hearts.

Prayer: Give all you have to God for he knows what burdens our hearts.

 And we know that all things work together for good to them that love God, to them who are the called according to [his] purpose. – Romans 8:28

My prayer this particular morning went to my mind making a list of those things we will never experience such as:  quirky toddler moments, elementary school art projects on the refrigerator, mommy and toddler groups, little guy soccer, peanut butter and jelly faces, to our car would never have the cheerio chaos on the floor and seats, macaroni art, our dogs would not experience food on the floor or from a hand of a little one. My imagination spent more time creating cheerio castles, macaroni jewelry, what containers would store these amazing nutritious rounds of awesomeness, and so forth.

This prayer and meditation continued for about an hour and my logical brain hit me hard; almost an audible slap across the face. I said out loud to myself, “I do not have patience to clean up Cheerios out of the car.” My prayer took me from building Cheerio castles to the reality of patience.  I wrapped up this grief prayer session, not hanging onto what we will miss but considering the joy of messes a pre-teen and teenager brings without pretense.

The guys left for the day so I headed to the kitchen for a cup of coffee. As soon as I entered the kitchen my eye caught the dining room table. There were three Cheerios on our son’s placemat.  This has never happened before and my heart went directly to thanking God for answering prayer. My logical mind and temperament has no patience for such things as cleaning up Cheerios. God knows my heart yearns for Cheerio castles and that left me blessed with an answered prayer.

God continues to leave me reminders of answered prayer as I continue to find Cheerios in unusual places. Sometimes I am not too keen on our beautiful boy and his shenanigans. God delights in my heart’s desire by leaving remnants of a Cheerio castle built in grief. God truly delights in our heart’s desires and I pray you too find God delighting in yours.

Be careful what you pray for: God knows what is on our hearts and delights in our joy.

Take delight in the Lord, and he will give you the desires of your heart. Psalm 37-4

Look UP & OUT!

Tracy Worley

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Have you heard “this is business, there is no room for feelings in business“, or some other derivative of it? Well, there is room; people remember how you made them feel over all else. Yes, they remember how they feel over you making them millions, cured their cancer,  or helped them solve a large issue.

All relationships in life, “people remember how you made them feel.” As I traverse from coaching executives to corporate teams the common denominators are “feelings” and “communication”.

Join me and others to build your legacy model with the 5 L’s. Legacy is building your sustainable growth model of how you show up in community, connections, and collaboration.

Legacy: Love, Listen, Lift, Link, Lead

Few Things To Consider:

• Can you listen without bias or judgment?
• When did you lift someone else to promotion?
• Can you identify the last time you invited someone to an event; introduced them to people they need to know to grow?
• Are you leading from behind the curtain or in front of the curtain?

REGISTER FOR WEBINAR HERE

What people are saying:

• Thank you for the reminder of showing up with intent. It changed my conference and connections. JB Entrepreneur, Helena
• I want to let you know your break-out this morning was excellent and on point to connecting and influencing my end in mind. IP Entrepreneur, Great Falls
• I’m super excited to know that you are available as a resource just downstream from us! JW, Butte

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I want to encourage you to JUMP! Not in the sense of physical, mental, or spiritual harm but to really jump back into a childlike state and use your imagination, create, and innovate right where you stand. Ken Robinson states the risk of imagination eloquently, be prepared to be wrong. When you are prepared to risk, be wrong, and basically stand there looking like an idiot you are onto something!

Society has taught us to no longer within our natural gifts but to test out in an educational standard. Highly successful people have bunked the standard and create success by risking standing alone. The risk takers are the ones you watch rise to the next level, the risk takers are the ones who are creating original ideas.

When you are prepared to imagine, innovate, and risk within your gift set you are no longer living within a standard of average! ~ Tracy Worley

*Take time out and reflect on your life, career, and significance your natural gifts offer the world.

*Reflect on what you loved doing as a child (natural gift).

*Reflect on all of those assessments you have taken over the years (natural gift).

*Reflect on your voice of doubt, do it afraid, do it anyway.

* Reflect on discipline in your daily agenda, are you taking time to risk.

*Reflect on the ideas popping into your head and write them down, some will make sense and some will not.

Step forward with one of the above where clarity comes through and start moving forward without knowing how, details, or held up in the paralysis of perfection.

You are meant to have a life and career of significance so embrace your natural gifts, talents, wisdom, and knowledge to create original ideas. Look back in history and innovation, most of those who risked standing alone where mocked but now we have light bulbs after ten-thousand tries, we have flight because the Wright Brothers believed with imagination, risk, and perseverance it was possible.

Society standard of average is not where you are valued. Create value by standing alone in the edge of the monkey bars and JUMP!

Look UP & OUT!

Tracy Worley

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