The Brave Leap Sideways w/ Cathlyn Melvin

Expertise Reimagined & Marc Cordon present

The Golden Mic Podcast

Ep. 79 The Brace Leap Sideways w/ Cathlyn Melvin

https://play.goldenmicpodcast.com/0079_melvin

Surrounded by textbooks and highlighters and notebooks, Cathlyn thought about why continuing through law school was getting increasingly more demanding. Yes, the pursuit of any terminal degree does come with an incredible amount of challenge. 

This, though, was something was different.

This was something that she could feel to her essence. 

On paper, being a law student at the University of Florida (aka Gainesville University) was perfect for her. She was used to creating powerful arguments from her debate club experience. People thought so highly of her writing that they asked for her to write copy for their businesses. And as perfect as those transferable skills was the fact that the University of Florida gave her a full scholarship to matriculate.

Furthermore, becoming a lawyer would bring her stability in her personal life.

Surrounded by her textbooks and highlighters and notebooks, Cathlyn realized that continuing to pursue her JD would put her on a hamster wheel where she'd futility chase happiness. 

Instead of running faster on the hamster wheel...

Instead of faking it until she made it...

Cathlyn made a peculiar, lifechanging decision. She made the decision to hop off the hamster wheel and took a brave leap sideways.

It granted her time to catch her metaphorical breath and time to revaluate where she wanted to go.

In less than a year, Cathlyn's brave leap sideways resulted in her giving an incredible TEDx talk, not to mention having a flourishing business as a marketer and copy writer. 

Things happen that fast when you are feeling great and moving in a direction where you aren't chasing happiness.

After hearing her TEDxOcala talk and having her on the Golden Mic Podcast, I've been thinking about what areas of my life am I trying to fulfull another person's expectations of me - or what areas of my life am I settling for.

Now for you, what areas of your do you need to take your brave leap sideways? 

Where are you over striving or settling? 

As important, how do you even take a brave leap?

Listen here. 

You'll be glad that you did.

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Check out Cathlyn's Q/A session to break down how she created an incredible TEDx talk.

Live 11am - 12:30pm EST

Thursday Jan 26, 2022

https://lnkj.in/t/braveleapsideways

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