My guest this week is the incredible Terri Broussard Williams, an executive, author, keynote speaker, lobbyist, philanthropist, and social impact strategist. She’s the best-selling author of “Find Your Fire: Stories and Strategies to Inspire the Changemaker in You.” She is also an award-winning professional speaker on social impact strategy, diversity and inclusion, women's leadership, and public policy.

2:08 – Terri 101

• By day, she is a lobbyist and has done that for the past 20 years.
• Terri started in journalism and news media.
• In the past 5 years, she has been working on her passion about helping people find their fire and start movements for social good.

3:15 – TV news

• Terri started working in TV news as a teenager and felt empowered in the job.
• She worked at three TV station before becoming a press secretary and lobbyist.

5:02 – Working for others

• I know the work I do is not for me. It’s for the people that I’ll never meet and never know.
• She learned hard work and helping others from her grandparents.

12:30 – A life of community service

• Terri believes she is doing what she was called to do.
• She sees herself as a storyteller, an activator and a doer.
• She doesn't know what’s ahead, but she knows she’s ready to serve others.

16:22 – Working too much

• Terri was working too much and being everything to everyone but nothing to herself.
• She couldn’t relax and worried her brother or someone else she loved would be in a car crash.

26:06 – Angels in heaven

• Terri says she has a lot of angels in heaven who help guide her.
• She feels the need to slow down.

30:42 – A rebirth

• Terri thinks she is having a rebirth and needs to reset her compass.
• She needs reset moments along the way so she doesn’t burn out.

33:47 – Get to know you

• Last thing that made her laugh? Being at a Taylor Swift concert
• Last thing that made her cry? Sharing a heartbreaking decision with someone.

FEATURED QUOTES

I know the work I do is not for me. It’s for the people that I’ll never meet and never know.

I’m a storyteller and an activator and a doer.

I don’t know what’s ahead, but I know that I’m ready. And I’m ready to serve.

I need reset moments along the way so I don’t get burned out or frazzled.

https://terribwilliams.com/movementmakercollective/

https://terribwilliams.com/find-your-fire/see-the-video-of-my-tedx-talk/