Delusional Digest

The Room | Delusional Digest #10

I've spent a surprising amount of my career wondering why I was invited into the room.

The executive meeting.

The leadership discussion.

The opportunity that felt slightly too big.

The room where everyone seemed more qualified, more experienced, or more prepared than I was.

Then I met Colleen Jennison. Over a career spanning journalism, politics, telecommunications, executive leadership, and everything in between, she's developed a remarkably simple philosophy:

It doesn't matter why you got invited into the room. What matters is that you're in the room.

In this episode, we talk about careers that don't go according to plan, opportunities that arrive before you're ready, and why some of the most important growth happens after you say yes.

Stay Delusional,

Lauren

I built this whole show on a word: delusion. Confidence before evidence shows up. So naturally, for my very first podcast episode I sat down with someone who spent an hour challenging me on the choice of that word.

Mike has spent two decades in consulting -a career that looks, from outside, like a straight line to the top. It wasn’t. In the conversation, we get into why “confidence” might be the wrong goal entirely, what boldness requires, and the $38 Million deal he walked away from to protect his credibility instead of chasing the number.

This is the first podcast episode of Delusional Digest, but if you’ve been reading the blog - welcome to the podcast!

If you’re new here, this is a show about unshakeable confidence, career audacity, and building a something that outgrows your resume.

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Stay Delusional