Episode Details

"It's almost like there's a mirror in front of me, and the mirror was cracked or dirty or smudged. And then you just came in and you're like, hey Niiamah, you do know you're looking at a dirty mirror, right? Let me just clean that off."

Join Niiamah Ashong and guest Stacy Louise Christopher in this throwback conversation as she walks him through ten acknowledgments live on camera, naming every dodge as it happens. Most exceptional leaders are catastrophic at receiving acknowledgment; they deflect, minimize, joke past it. This is 48 minutes of Niiamah being walked through it slowly, naming every dodge as it happens. By the end of it he walksaway with:

- A cleaner mirror

- Permission to own his actual lever

- Proof that his way is working

- A felt experience of being seen, not saved

- A blueprint for receiving as fuel, not threat

- A return to center

- The Dolly Parton line as a north star

Welcome to the Outlier's Edge Podcast, hosted by Niiamah Ashong, Founder of Outlier's Edge and Sherpa of the World of Difference. On this podcast, you'll join other high-performing unconventional leaders and entrepreneurs (aka Outliers) as they talk about leveraging what makes them different to make a difference in the world.

Timestamps:

00:00 — The setup and the stakes

02:51 — Why receiving is practice

05:50 — First acknowledgment, first deflection

08:01 — She knows I'm disarming

11:55 — The imposter spike hits

12:51 — Being seen being seen

15:56 — Courageous vulnerability as model

19:04 — Soul food, not small

30:49 — Body lighting up, pulsing

38:45 — The dirty mirror moment

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Episode Originally published on: 8/18/2019