This week, I did two scary things and survived both. I attended a Toastmasters open house, sent a podcast production proposal to a potential client, and processed a job rejection that had some nerve. Plus — a full confession about my gear hoarding problem, and a teaser for Write Week.

Links Mentioned

- Storycrafted Article — Equipped for Everything. Ready for Nothing.

- Public Speaking from A-Z: The Speaker’s Handbook for Powerful Presentations (the book by the Toastmasters speaker who kept saying my name)

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The superpower was never the gear. The superpower was doing it anyway.