Shattering every darn glass ceiling they tried to put over our heads, our guest today was named one of the 30 Hottest Women in Politics by the Washington Times. Lisa Daftari shares how her relentless passion and purpose gave her the sense of mission in pursuing a path of journalism and becoming a political commentator. Lisa asks us to reflect on not how successful we are but whether we use all we have in this lifetime to make a difference. It’s a life journey to find what our gifts are- often times it’s the very talent that we take for granted. Lisa talks about how she finds her courage in covering challenging stories abroad and handling death threats for her views, by focusing on the people who thank her for being the voice for those who don’t have one. “This isn’t a career or a job,” as Lisa says, “it’s my calling.”

Bio on Lisa:

Lisa Daftari is an award-winning investigative journalist, political analyst and commentator frequently appearing on Fox News, CBS, NBC, PBS, Al Jazeera, Voice of America and SiriusXM focusing on foreign policy topics such as the Middle East and North Africa, terrorism, national security, human rights, and cyber security. Lisa also serves as director and founding editor of The Foreign Desk, a news platform covering stories and analysis from around the globe with an emphasis on their impact on U.S. foreign policy. She publishes a popular daily top-10 email briefing with the day’s most vital foreign affairs stories, reaching 250,000 monthly subscribers. Her exclusives appear on The Drudge Report, Fox News, The Telegraph, Newsweek, CNN, The Huffington Post and The Washington Post.

She is regularly called upon to give briefings and expert testimony to government and private entities and has worked for several think tanks in Washington, where she has written exclusive reports for the Pentagon and other government groups. Lisa speaks fluent Farsi, Spanish and English.Lisa has been named one of the 30 Hottest Women in Politics by the Washington Times. She grew up in a suburb of New York City and currently lives in Los Angeles with her husband and baby boy.

My key takeaways from my talk with Lisa: Allow yourself the rip and repair of life to build your emotional muscles to handle anything. Anything is possible with an authentic connection with our why and with hard work behind it! Everyone has a talent- if you cant find your gift its because you’re probably taking it for granted. We don’t have any excuse to not be courageous because of the sacrifices the generation before us went through to be in this free country. What if we looked at life not with the lens of how will i have the strength to do this but how could i live with myself if I didn’t. Knowledge is power- there is nothing more powerful we can do to fight the good fight without being informed!

Where can we find more on Lisa: sign up for Lisa’s daily top 10 email via her website: https://foreigndesknews.com/ and find her on social media @lisadaftari