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Outlier's Edge Podcast with Niiamah Ashong

Outlier's Edge Podcast with Niiamah Ashong

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Just finished skydiving- real time thoughts (After)

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Just finished skydiving- real time thoughts (After)

Jul 15, 20193 min

The loneliness in optimizing for “connection”

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com The loneliness in optimizing for “connection” Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://nemoashong.com/youtube

Jul 14, 20195 min

Are you hiding the best parts of you?

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com Are you hiding the best parts of you? Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 13, 20195 min

Gratitude journal: Thanksgiving 2018

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com Gratitude journal: Thanksgiving 2018 Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 12, 201910 min

Energy Leaks

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Energy leaks Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 11, 20193 min

What I don’t want you to know about me: I don’t know, and I don’t have a plan.

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com What I don’t want you to know about me: I don’t know, and I don’t have a plan. And I’m confident that I’ll be both successful and fulfilled, not in spite of not knowing , but because it. Don’t know what I’m going to say on this live, but it’s time to explore and discover with you! Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 10, 20196 min

What if you could already do it and you just didn’t know?!?

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com What if you could already do it and you just didn’t know?!? Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 9, 20195 min

Going beyond Motivation

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Going beyond motivation Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 8, 20199 min

Be MORE You - the ongoing journey of discovering, embracing, and leveraging all of who you are.

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com Be MORE You - the ongoing journey of discovering, embracing, and leveraging all of who you are. [late-night edition] Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 7, 201912 min

What you don’t know you don’t know about the value of valuing others and yourself

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com What you don’t know you don’t know about the value of valuing others and yourself as a Pioneer Leader #AppreciationAugust #WorldJoy Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 6, 20199 min

Your world can change in an instant. Will you let it?

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Your world can change in an instant. Will you let it? Or will you own the change? Exploring life-changing moments, creating culture, and celebration during #AppreciationAugust Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 5, 201915 min

Real-time calibration for powerful leadership-> people pleaser to Pioneer leader

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com [Real-time calibration for powerful leadership-> people pleaser to Pioneer leader] I recently had a conversation with a business owner exploring potential partnerships. Mid-way through the conversation (literally 45 mins into it), I realized that I was spending my energy and our time trying to position myself in a way that would impress, make her feel I would be a valuable asset, and come across as an expert she want to work with. The worst part is that I’m good at that, which meant I’d be getting pulled in for "opportunities" I didn’t really want. AND she wouldn’t consider me for the types of projects that actually align with me and my highest value and values. I had spent 45 mins slipping into a persona based not on who I was but rather who I felt she wanted me to be! More on the leadership strategies I used to navigate myself to a place that now has us exploring business opportunities that actually serve the people we want in ways that align with what we’re about in the video. -- One of the biggest challenges for Pioneer leaders is settling for people pleasing rather than authentic servant leadership. It makes sense: we’re multi -talented, multi-passionate, energetic and empathetic leaders. Part of what allows us to pursue these talents and passions amongst varied groups and people is our empathetic ability to pick up on what we feel others want to hear, give them that, and then use micro- indicators in body language, words, tone, and energy to guide us on what’s "right" in the conversation. That’s people-pleasing 101 and a tool I’ve used over and over as a leader to feel "accepted" and to "build connection". However, there are levels of leadership that go beyond acceptance, connection, and pleasing which include belonging, relationship, and serving. Have you caught yourself building a true and yet at the same time inauthentic image of yourself while trying to make a good impression? Lets talk about how you can make the shift from people pleaser to servant leader mid-conversation/relationship through the video and comments below. Choose to take it from information and motivation to application and transformation at an upcoming Unapologetically You group leadership exploration: Virtual exploration: https://Empjoyment.com/uyvirtual2 In-person exploration: https://Empjoyment.com/uysing poss Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 4, 201917 min

Take Action before Action

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Clarity before action Proof before action Research before action Quality before action Perfection before action Confidence before action What holds us back from experiencing World Joy (1) Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 3, 201911 min

I’d rather get it wrong publicly than get it right privately.

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com Tl;dw: I’d rather get it wrong publicly than get it right privately. Themes : pretending, hiding, leading through vulnerability #pioneerleadership #WorldJoy Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 2, 201918 min

Give yourself some grace this year!

Listen to the full episode here https://nemo.com Give yourself some grace this year! Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jul 1, 20193 min

Leveraging the Unapologetic You to develop powerful relationships

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com Leveraging the Unapologetic You to develop powerful relationships Tl;dw Deepening relationships from Settler to Pioneer levels: Interactions ⤵️ Connections⤵️ Relationships - you can be surrounded by peopple and still be alone if you aren’t giving people a chance to get to know the real you / all of you - put this into practice for yourself at an upcoming Unapologetically You virtual exploration (apply for a spot: https://Empjoyment.com) Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 30, 201932 min

Welcome to Appreciation August 2018

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Welcome to the #AppreciationAugust. Kickoff!! Here’s how to play! Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 29, 201921 min

A Secret to Experiencing Joy

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com One of the biggest secrets to experiencing joy for yourself is by spreading joy to others! A really simple avenue for this is through *Appreciation*. Let’s experience #WorldJoy together right now by actively creating it in your world right now. The World Joy movement hereby declares the month of August as *Appreciation August*!!!! We’re about application over information, so let me share how you can participate in Appreciation August. 1) Let a different person each day know how much you appreciate them. 2) It should take you no less than one minute to express your sentiments of appreciation ABOUT THEM. Give them the gift of finding out more about themselves by sharing why you appreciate them as a person in your life - you can give examples to support afterwards. This is likely going to be the hardest part for people - both to give AND to receive. 3) share your appreciation you way- with a gift, a song, a letter, a drawing, a video, an act of service, an all-expense paid trip to a destination of their choice - I’m not going to limit you! Just make sure you actually convey what it is about them that you appreciate. Let’s share our experience of *receiving* appreciation from others using #appreciationaugust I’ll do my best to curate throughout the month as well. And feel free to get a head start now - you can seriously make a difference in someone’s life just be sharing your genuine appreciation. Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 28, 201914 min

OWN it and Own YOU. It’s time to Be You Better!

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com OWN it and Own You. It’s time to Be You Better! Chances are you’re right: the thing you feel is holding you back right now from the levels of joy and satisfaction you want in life, work, and impact actually is! But just not for the reasons you think 🤔 (This was my first use of an emoji in post - history in the making) Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 27, 201910 min

Power in a Name

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com There’s power in a name - please use it. Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 26, 201913 min

My what: I help leaders experience joy in life and work!

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com My what: I help leaders experience joy in life and work! My how: through a combination of ongoing 1:1 coaching and group programs focused on helping each leader and the teams/communities/companies they lead to practice discovering, embracing, and leveraging all of what makes them amazing to contribute, collaborate, and create their joyful future. My why: to bring together a truly inclusive and empowered world where everyone gets to experience the joy of being celebrated and valued for their unique contributions to their world Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 25, 201922 min

I’m fired up and I’m not too much! Never too much. never too much...

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com I’m fired up and I’m not too much! Never too much. never too much... What I don’t want you to know about me is (Thanks Shanequa Fleming, Chris Joseph, Kelly Childress, and April Cunningham for helping come to see this) Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 24, 201921 min

Let your light shine!!

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Let your light shine!! Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 23, 20192 min

Sharing some much overdue gratitude!

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Sharing some much overdue gratitude! Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 22, 201922 min

What makes us different and how to we leverage that to pursue possibilities worth pursuing

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com What makes us different and how to we leverage that to pursue possibilities worth pursuing in our “world”? (And a special ask: can you share one thing that’s true to you that you see makes ME different? Many many thanks for being so generous with your honesty and time!) Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 21, 201927 min

Fear Less vs Fearless

Welcome to Fear Less February!! We’re focusing the month of February on the topic of Fear and taking continuing to take pioneering action throughout it. The month is geared towards transformation: transforming as individuals, as leaders, as teams, as communities, and as cultures. There’s an important distinction that applies for us Pianeers throughout the month, which will be explored more thoroughly as days go by. Distinction: “FEAR LESS vs FEARLESS” Fear as an emotion and feeling is incredibly powerful. As Pioneer leaders, one of our goals is leveraging ALL of us to create impact, income, and influence. So we don’t want to cut fear out completely. Get ready for an experience that is specifically geared towards helping you play a bigger / different game now rather than later. If you’d like to participate in rather than observe Fear Less February, leave a comment and send a message and I’ll plug you into the experiences we are creating to help you create safe, brave , and free spaces for you and those you lead throughout the month. In the meantime, step into fearing a bit less by sharing a conversation that you feel would be valuable to have and explore for yourself that would take a lot of courage to have with people normally. We’ll look for ways to support that throughout the month. H ere’s to your next frontier- journey on!

Jun 20, 20195 min

What’s on my mind? Taking action RIGHT NOW.

What’s on my mind? Taking action RIGHT NOW. Thanks Nicole Perkowitz for getting me on this train. Kudos to each of my clients who have made the jump to their exponential impact by choosing to bring their possibilities to life right now! Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 19, 20191 min

Being real about being real...the joy of being both real and optimistic at the same time.

Being real about being real...the joy of being both real and optimistic at the same time. Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 18, 20198 min

Nemo’s definition of Joy: the unabashed and unrestrained expression of self

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com HAPPY New Year and welcome to #JoyfulJanuary 2019! Nemo’s definition of Joy: the unabashed and unrestrained expression of self As the new year starts, and we’re off wishing each other a happy new year, let’s slow down to explore what it would take to really experience happiness throughout the year and joy throughout the month of January. Game on! Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 17, 20196 min

The Joy of being Uncomfortable!

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com The Joy of being Uncomfortable! Here are 3 questions to think through with this based on our Discover -> Embrace -> Leverage framework. **Discover** How is your current comfort-zone impacting: a) Your goals b) your vision of possibility and c) how you celebrate and value youturself for this year? (includes what you charge for your offerings, the echelon of clients and client problems you take on, your salary, and career trajectory) **Embrace** What would change for you in life and business if you allowed yourself to be just 30% more uncomfortable where it truly mattered? **Leverage** What is one area and one goal where you would commit to being up to 30% more uncomfortable? Leave a comment below with your thoughts on any of the above! #worldjoy #joyfuljanuary #pianeers #nextlevel Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 16, 20195 min

Finding Your Voice vs Freeing Your Voice

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Let’s open a conversation: “Finding your voice vs Freeing your voice” CHOOSE YOUR OWN ADVENTURES Here’s how to play: 🤾‍♀️Comment below with your thoughts on what this distinction means to you, 🎂Comment below with a question that comes to mind when confronted with this distinction, 🏋️‍♀️Share a story that illustrates this distinction for you, 👣Share something you are working on where this distinction applies either personally or professionally, 💃Share which one of these you would choose as your path to your next level and why, 🦚New!! Choose to free your voice now by joining a live facilitated small-group discussion on Tuesday Jan 22nd at 630 pm EST. Comment "free my voice" or send me a message through any means to be sent the video conversation details. CONTEXT: WE SPEAK OUR WORLD INTO EXISTENCE Powerful communication is a hallmark skill for Pioneer Leaders. Your voice "speaks" to your vision, to who you are and what you stand for, and to how you choose to create a model of your future in the present. Through our language, when we speak (write,sing, etc) something we give it life. From there, it shapes our present which shapes our future. TO FIND IMPLIES SOMETHING IS LOST... What’s been coming up with my clients is language around "finding" the voice. This suggests that it’s something external and out of their grasp. It’s also a commonly used phrase, so it leads to common results. TO FREE ACKNOWLEDGES IT WAS ALWAYS YOURS TO BEGIN WITH I choose the distinction of "Freeing" your voice to restore power and ownership back to you immediately. You already have your voice. It’s within you and has always been. We’ve just learned how to trap it within a cage of convention that prevents that voice from being let loose on the world - even if you know exactly what it is you’d want to be saying (writing, creating, painting, etc). FREEING YOU VOICE CAN HAPPEN IN AN INSTANT The work of a Pioneer leader is simply to let that voice free. Heads up: when first unleashed it will likely be raw. That is OK and just part of the process. As you free it up more and more, you’ll continue to refine it. And from there, once you have tamed your free voice, you can evolve it and let it grow. There’s more coming to mind, and I choose to stop here. FROM INSIGHT TO APPLICATION: YOU INVITATION My voice is telling me in this moment to host a conversation and exploration around "Freeing your Voice" for you and other Pianeers. Let’s do it this Tuesday, Jan 22 at 630 pm EST over zoom video conference! Comment "FREE MY VOICE" or just let me know you are coming through a message. WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT AS A RESULT OF JOINING Honestly, expect nothing. Expecting anyone else to provide the result is akin to the external focus of finding your voice. You choose how you want to play. This is specifically designed for you to challenge you, to give you space to grow exponentially, to play outside of your comfort, and to be supported along the way. We create the environment, you create the results. If one person shows up, you’ll get coachee by me. If 5 show up, you will get coached by me and also benefit from learning through others. And if there’s even more interest, you’ll get to explore through small-group facilitated discussions where you’ll both free your voice and contribute to a unique set of Pioneer leaders doing the same. This will not be a teaching webinar - there’s enough information out there. This is a learning experience facilitated through conversations - it’s about application not information. No prep needed and I’m waiving forms this time. If you choose to join and play, put yourself in a place where you can speak openly, honestly, and with focus. Because the focus is you. Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 15, 20195 min

#bethehope

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com #bethehope Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 14, 20199 min

Appreciating inclusion by appreciating authenticity

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Appreciating inclusion by appreciating authenticity. Context: There’s a paradox involved between Diversity and Inclusion. There can be a COST as an individual to be AUTHENTIC in a non-inclusive environment. There’s also little/no return on an INCLUSIVE environment that doesn’t cultivate authenticity. Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 13, 20197 min

Trust Yourself in Soulful Selling - Christine Volden

Christine is an intuitive business & sales mentor for coaches, consultants, start ups and entrepreneurs. She is a featured trainer on LinkedIn Learning and creator of the "Quiet Selling" method. Christine has over 15 years sales leadership and strategy with a wide range of companies from start-ups to publicly traded companies including AOL, Yahoo! and LiveRail (acquired by Facebook). Over the course of her career she has sold over $100 Million in products and services and taught over 80,000 students through her online courses. www.soulfulselling.com

Jun 11, 201956 min

Fitting out vs fitting in vs belonging

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Fitting out vs fitting in vs belonging Sharing some real-time reflections after rereading my high school yearbook. tl ;dr - many of us try to combat the loneliness in not belonging by “fitting-in”. On the other side of the same coin is the opposite-but-equal approach of “fitting out”. If fitting-in involves you making choices to not stick out in order to be accepted, fitting out involves you making choices specifically to stick out and this “not need” (haha) to be accepted. More clarity forthcoming as I gain more awareness and insight around it.

Jun 10, 201912 min

Energy Behind Hustle and Flow w/ Sarah (Live Coaching Conversation)

I'm thrilled to introduce Dr. Sarah Coxon to the Outliers, Pioneers, Maverick tribe. The two of us engage in a coaching conversation around hustle, flow, and the source of energy that drives both. Questions for consideration: - How were Nemo and Sarah being that allowed for the conversation to go to deeper levels as it progresses? - What is the equivalent of "bad hustle" and where in your life are you operating from that place? - What would you gain if you could shift the driving source behind it? Heyo - Nemo Ashong here. I'm thrilled to serve you through this video! I lead a tribe of people who identify as Outliers (one of the only), Pioneers (one of the first), and/or Mavericks (one of a kind) stop settling at the corner of "fitting-in" & "holding back" and start creating at their unique and abundant frontier that lies beyond "belonging" and "possibility". When people choose to have experiences with me, it comes with playing at a higher level than you've ever done in the past. And that's exciting! If you're ready to take on your next mountain in your business/career or want a sherpa as you travel through the unknown wilderness of an impossible goal, then we should talk. 👉 Click here to subscribe: https://nemoashong.com/youtube -- ADDITIONAL LEVELS OF SERVICE -- 🎤 OUTLIERS, PIONEERS, AND MAVERICKS PODCAST ▶︎ https://nemoashong.com/podcast 🙌 SAY HELLO ▶︎ INSTA: https://nemoashong.com/instagram (@nemoashong) ▶︎ FACEBOOK: https://nemoashong.com/facebook ▶︎ YOUTUBE: https://nemoashong.com/youtube ▶︎ COMMUNITY: https://nemoashong.com/community Visit NemoAshong.com for more, and subscribe to the Nemo Ashong YouTube channel to get new thinking tools and framewoks from me daily: https://nemoashong.com/youtube CONTACT: nemo [at] Nemoashong [dot] com

Jun 9, 20191h 15m

Please please please share one of your gifts with the world today!

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Please please please share one of your gifts with the world today! I get excited about how the world would be if we all were valued for our unique strengths and our differences! Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 8, 20198 min

What would a truly inclusive and empowered world look like to you?

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com What would a truly inclusive and empowered world look like to you? Please share your thoughts and I’ll share mine live. This is helpful for me as my life mission is to “bring together a truly inclusive and empowered world”. My philosophy that everything I do should model the world I want to live in. So I’d like to empower you to share your vision so we can include that in the end state we’re working towards. Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 7, 201954 min

What Would You Love to Create? - Tribe 1:1 Coaching

I'm happy to introduce Justin to the Outlier, Pioneer, and Maverick Community. He has a track record of reinventing himself to be able to take on new challenges, new worlds, and new experiences. And while that is incredibly uplifting, there are some hidden challenges that he has had to overcome to make what he's done possible. Join us as we explore those challenges from the past and address the hidden challenges he's currently facing. Questions for Consideration: What is it that you want to create? What's that thing that excites you so much that nothing will stop you?

Jun 6, 201959 min

Outsiders vs Outliers

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Outsiders vs Outliers Part of why our current approach to inclusion feels so exclusive to me. Thanks to Yolanda Lee for coining ”The Outlier Syndrome” and for bringing my awareness towards the initial distinctions between being an Outsider and an Outlier.

Jun 5, 201919 min

Authenticity, inclusion, belonging, and World Peace 🌎 ✌️ ( yea I’m going all the way there

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Authenticity, inclusion, belonging, and World Peace 🌎 ✌️ ( yea I’m going all the way there ... will you join me??) Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

Jun 5, 201951 min

How to be lucky - Tribe 1:1 Coaching

Some people want luck. Some people find luck. And a smaller subset still is able to create luck (even if they do so subconsciously). I'm happy to introduce you Jaspreet who is an Outlier, Pioneer, and Maverick who consistently creates opportunities where few others would think possible. During our conversation, we call out 4 unique elements to his natural approach to create luck. The point here isn't to take what works for him and make it yours. Instead, I invite you to listen not for his 4 elements, but to the process, we used to call out those elements. While you're listening, use our conversation as a light and reflection into your own life and business. Questions to consider: Where in your life have you created tremendous success with such ease and comfort that it could only be described as "luck"? (e.g. 10x results for 10% effort aka 100x) What conditions do you need in order for "luck" to meet you at it's highest probability? Where might you be downplaying or ignoring your own natural talents because they are in fact "natural" and easy? What would happen to your life/business if you came from that "way of being" intentionally over the next 3 years?

Jun 4, 20191h 38m

Capitalizing on the gifts that fear brings us

CAPITALIZING ON THE GIFTS THAT FEAR BRINGS US Do you have a mission or vision of the way your world could look that scares you? I’ve been on vacation in Sri Lanka for the past week which has given me a chance to see my business and my impact from a higher / big picture vantage point. Between the waterfalls, hikes, tea factories, and beaches, my mind has been drifting to the sheer size of the mission we stand for at Empjoyment: to bring together a truly inclusive and empowered world. It’s that last word “ world” that has been bringing up a sense of fear for me. As I travel more and more, I’m finding out just how nuanced the challenges to true inclusion are in different countries, communities, and ways of work. If I had to dive deeper on this particular fear, it’s the fear that I’m being naive around how the world works. It’s the fear that I’ll be utterly unsuccessful and a failure because I tried to “boil the ocean”. It’s the fear that if I fail, I’ll be reinforcing the more restricting belief that the path to success is in conformity and marginally improving the status quo rather than being able to set my own unique path - essentially one of core principles I operate from. And a fear of wasting my potential by pursuing a unobtainable ideal. From these fears came both a revelation and a reminder of something I once knew but forgot. Today’s Fear Less February video shares my journey to find the gift amongst the fears and invites you into a conversation to explore and share hidden gifts for you as well. Watch and subscribe for more resources to support your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://Empjoyment.com/youtube #FearLessFebruary Side note: I’ve finally written my mission enough that the iPhone is able to predict it. A subtle reminder that I stand for something real.

Jun 3, 20196 min

A Journey of Vulnerability, Being Present and Serving Powerfully

As we start things off with the Outliers, Pioneers, and Mavericks conversations, I feel it's important to make sure I'm showing the real journey, not just the polished version that makes it all look easy and flawless. So let's start with what I don't want you to know about me... I recorded this conversation in December of 2017... and didn't publish it for another year and a half. There are a lot of reasons for that including energy fatigue of keeping up a podcast, not feeling aligned with where the podcast was going, and probably the most honest of them all, embarrassment because I had let so much time go by since we had initially recorded the session. I feel it's important to document my journey as an Outlier, Pioneer, and Maverick myself. And one of the things I've learned is that if you choose to be the first, the only, or one of a kind, there are times when it can feel scary to put your ambitions, dreams, and visions into the world. If there's anything I feel the simple act of releasing this conversation 1.5 years later shows, is that it's never too late to create the future you want to see in the present you are in.

Jun 2, 20191h 7m

Distinction: Additive vs argumentative

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Additive vs argumentative Coming at you from Seoul Forest in Korea!

Jun 1, 20195 min

Why doesn’t “inclusion” feel very inclusive? (Part 2)

Listen to the full episode here https://nemoashong.com Why doesn’t “inclusion” feel very inclusive? (Part 2) All Thoughts welcomes - I’m very opinionated but I seek to be transformed everyday. Do you? #pianeerleadership Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://nemoashong.com/youtube

May 30, 201910 min

Why doesn’t “inclusion” feel very inclusive? (Part 1)

Listen to the full episode here https://NemoAshong.com Why doesn’t “inclusion” feel very inclusive? All Thoughts welcomes - I’m very opinionated but I seek to be transformed everyday. Do you? #pianeerleadership Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://NemoAshong.com/youtube

May 30, 20195 min

You don’t need to apologize for who you are to me.

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com You don’t need to apologize for who you are to me.

May 29, 20192 min

Gifts of being triggered: Discovering your Unique Strengths and Talents

Listen to the full episode here https://empjoyment.com Gifts of being triggered: Discovering your Unique Strengths and Talents

May 28, 201915 min

We are “a lot”. That’s why we’ll change the world!

We are “a lot”. That’s why we’ll change the world! I’m done holding back. I’m done shrinking for the masses. I am a lot and that’s one of my greatest assets. This video was a video I started making for myself as my energy around the epiphany was too much to write. Then the energy became too much to just keep to myself. This video is for you and all leaders who are tired of holding back who you are to fit-in. Who are done with turning down who you are because others can’t handle it. Who have learned to shrink because others say “you’re too much”! I say you are even more amazing than you know and we need even more of you. Your world, our world, and the world needs a set of leaders who come from a place of abundance, who share powerful visions and positive possibilities, and bring all of who they are to create a future distinct from the past. We’re done settling. We’re done playing small and thinking medium. We’re done waiting for our turn to lead. Look out cuz here we come! Watch and Subscribe on YouTube for more resources for your Pioneer Leadership journey: https://empjoyment.com/youtube

May 27, 201925 min