There are times where we feel that we’re not enough. We find so many mistakes within ourselves that it keeps us from making the best out of our personal and professional lives. Bravery coach and inspirational speaker Jason Freeman believes that we are enough and that we are perfect with our imperfections. He imparts the value of seeing ourselves as capable while he helps open us to a path where change is possible. Jason says nothing is permanent and there is always room to grow. Take steps no matter how small and watch the opportunities unfold before you.

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We Are Perfect With Our Imperfections with Jason Freeman

I am so excited to introduce my next guest. I got introduced to him and yet it feels like I've known him for a very long time. Instantly, I could feel his light. He just radiated. I could feel how much he was willing to give, share, help, and contribute to others. I literally was so attracted to his being and I'm excited that he's agreed to be my guest. My special guest is Jason Freeman. He equips people to do their imperfect best in their professional and their personal lives. He is a bravery coach and an inspirational speaker who inspires thousands to get off the sidelines of their lives and do their imperfect best. One of the expressions I say all the time is, ͞"We're all perfect with our imperfections." It's beautiful to have a guest who gets that philosophy. Jason, welcome. I'm so excited to have you.

Thanks for having me, Terri.

You are so special, and I thought we'd begin with a tiny bit about who you are and your story and then your why as to what you're doing.

When I was born, I lost a little oxygen and developed a speech impediment and some coordination issues. For years, I was down about them and didn’t want them to be, but then in the last years, I realized that all I had to do was my imperfect best to move forward. My outlook on life has transformed. Now, I want to share that with other people that whatever the problem is, big or small, that is not insurmountable. Change can happen.

It seems to me like as you shifted and as you accepted that imperfection is perfect, you were able to not only amp up your life and the quality of your life but now you're able to make an impact on others. When you speak and when you're out there as a bravery coach, who do you like to speak to and what's the big message?

I love to speak to people who, in a way, make a change in their lives. The big message is not to sit on the sidelines and to keep planning to act one day and to take small imperfect steps each day to gain momentum in the direction they want to go.

You're a bravery coach. I've trained over 5,000 coaches in my coach training school. I certainly run across coaches all over. I've got an email list with 25,000 coaches. I have never had anyone who has come across my path and said they were bravery coach. How did you come up with that terminology?

I came up with it because I realized that bravery is what people most need to elicit in themselves. We can make a million excuses why our dreams won’t work and why things are impossible. It takes true bravery to cut through those excuses day after day and take those small steps forward.

Somebody said to me, ͞"I always say yes even if I'm scared, even if I don't know how, and even if I think I'm going to fumble it and mess it up, I always go ahead and say yes." It made me think of you. Can you relate to that?

It's important to say yes to the things we want to do in life. By the same token, I firmly believe we need to be clear on what we do not want to do in life and saying no to going down those paths.