In this special episode, Jason and Diana Will literally travel down life's highway and have a candid discussion about their love of, the value in, and most significant "aha" moments at some of the professional conferences, life improvement events, and spiritual retreats that they attend. They both share how investing in these transformative events have enriched their lives, improved their careers, challenged them to acknowledge fear and uncertainty, and inspired them to be the best versions of themselves. Lastly, Diana recalls her experiences at a recent Rise Conference, and how Rachel Hollis, Jen Hatmaker, and Diana's own "hype squad" inspired her to start writing a blog, and begin to take ownership in her past, present, and priority focused future.

 

Check out Diana's blog, The Southern Hustler

 

Key Takeaways:

1. It's important to invest in inspirational events and transformative conferences that get you out of your routine, space, and comfort zone.
2. Sharing the experience of these types of events with your tribe, friends, and loved ones can be more impactful than attending alone.
3. Your next mentor, virtual mentor, coach, or huge life change can come from attending the right conference, hearing the right speaker, and meeting the right attendee. Take a chance and buy a ticket.

 

 

Jason and Diana Said:

I'm hoping that people who don't make time to go to events and don't make time to put themselves in uncomfortable situations. Hear this podcast and be inspired to get out of town, get out of your environment, and get into a new space a new uncomfortable space where you're not in control. - Jason Will

The Rise Conference was so empowering to know that more women think like me outside of where I live. - Diana Will

We're tough on ourselves. We're tough on each other. We're tough on community. If everybody could love your sister, the world would be a better place. - Diana Will

You don't know what's possible until you do it. You never know what you can do until you do. - Diana Will

It's essential to have some kind of morning routine, especially if you're going to focus on not always setting goals but achieving those goals. - Diana Will

I'm going be thirty-eight this year, and I feel like I'm just now getting to a place where I'm finding my voice finding myself knowing who I want to be and who I am. - Diana Will

Serial entrepreneurs are like shotguns. They are all over the place. But Rachell Hollis wants you to have ten goals and write them down but be a sharpshooter for that one goal. - Diana Will

There's a lot of value from immersing yourself in a live event especially when you're surrounded by people that can relate to where you come from, know who you are, and what your struggles are. - Jason Will

These conferences and live events will expose you to people that will challenge you that will inspire you that maybe become another virtual mentor and add a lot of value to your life. - Jason Will

Our job as Christians is to love. - Diana Will

My blog is typically like a release of whatever I'm dealing with in my daily life.  - Diana Will

One of the takeaways I like most from your blog was that you know we are dealing with some hard stuff and we need to acknowledge it, own it, and release it.  - Jason Will

Feel it, own it, and be done with it. - Diana Will

One of the powerful things that I got out of Discover Leadership was there is only a negative connotation in something because there's a positive. If we didn't have positive, we wouldn't have negative. - Diana Will

You're not going to be able to appreciate the positive without the stern reality of the negative. - Jason Will

I hope that this podcast is motivational for people to started searching for an event that speaks to them. - Jason Will