What is up to all my Difference Makers out there?

This week it’s just you and me in the studio.

A meeting got rescheduled, the room was quiet, and I had two stories sitting heavy on my heart so I hit record. What came out is part networking smackdown, part mindset reset, and part faith-filled gut check for anyone stuck in their own head right now. 

We start with a moment from a recent networking group.
A nervous guest blows past her one-minute intro… and keeps going… and going… and going.

Someone finally steps in and “plays the bad guy” by cutting her off – and as uncomfortable as it felt, he said what everyone was thinking. That moment became the spark for this episode:
👉 What does it really mean to be kind?
👉 And how often does “being nice” actually hurt people more than it helps?

From there, I connect it to a real conversation from this morning’s Difference Maker Bootcamp – with someone talented, gifted, and stuck deep in a rut they’ve been rehearsing for over a year.

Same pattern. Different room. We say we want change.

But we keep collecting reasons instead of opportunities.

In this episode, we dig into:

• The truth about networking intros
  Why your 60-second “member minute” is not about closing a sale – it’s about building know, like, and trust and sparking compelling conversations outside the room.
• The Compelling Conversation Framework
  How having a clear, practiced framework for your intro kills anxiety, keeps you on track, and actually makes people want to ask you more.
• Kind vs. “nice”
  Why telling someone “you did great” when they clearly didn’t isn’t kindness – it’s sabotage. Real kindness is honest, uncomfortable feedback that sets them up to win.
• Living in the pit vs. climbing out
  The bootcamp participant who keeps reciting every reason life is hard… and how that focus keeps her stuck, even though the opportunities are right in front of her.
• Faith, the Bible & success principles
  How my recent deep dive into scripture and Myron Golden’s work cracked open what I’ve always believed about grit, purpose, and walking through fear.
• Seeing opportunity in chaos
  The COVID story: when almost all my small business clients paused coaching, and instead of folding, I realized… “Wait, this is my time. This is what I was built for.”
• The Eat Faces mindset
  Why we have to stop obsessing over what we can’t control – and start asking one simple question: “Where is my opportunity in this?”

This is a short, punchy solo episode – but if you’ve been:

• Rambling through networking intros
• Over-explaining your situation to anyone who’ll listen
• Sitting in the pit replaying everything that’s wrong
• Telling yourself “there’s no opportunity for me”

…then this one is your wake-up call.

It’s time to stop hiding behind “nice” and start embracing the kind of honesty that actually moves you forward.
It’s time to get out of the hole.
It’s time to eat some faces.
It’s time to have faith that things are going to work out and then move like they will.

Hit play, Difference Maker. Then go find the opportunity that’s been sitting right in front of you.

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