Hello Friend,
ANCHOR
This week I saw a short nature reel. No big speech. Just a quiet moment and a few words under it: a quiet moment, seen differently.
WALL
Most days we rush right past the quiet. We look at our phones, our lists, our worries. The same tree, the same sky, the same morning coffee. We have seen them a hundred times, so we stop seeing them.
SNAP
Here’s what clicked for me. Nothing in that moment was new. The way of looking was new.
When I let go of most of my stuff, I thought I would feel like I had less. It did not leave me with less. It gave me room to notice more. Less clutter, more wonder.
Sometimes you have to let go to grow into the person you're becoming.
I think our work is the same.
We look at our own page, our own signup form, our own profile so often that we stop seeing it.
This week I looked again, slowly, at a few of mine. The LinkedYourBrand quiz now emails you your score and three moves, and it works when you retake it. The signup forms on each spoke now match the page they live on.
Small things. But I only saw them because I stopped and looked like it was the first time.
NEXTSTEP
Pick one plain thing you see every day. A window, a tree, a coffee mug. Stop for one minute and really look at it, like it’s the first time. Find one thing you never noticed before.
If you want to try it on your brand too, do the same with one page you own. Read it slowly, like a stranger. Find one thing you never noticed.
Want a place to share what you found? The Nextstep Crew is a friendly room where we take one small step at a time, together.
If LinkedIn is where you want to be seen more clearly, the LinkedYourBrand quiz is free and takes a few minutes: https://www.linkedyourbrand.com
If you want a simple path, the new $27 LinkedIn Starter Roadmap is ready when you are.
No pressure, no hype. Just the nextstep.
What’s the nextstep? Next.
Kindness is cool, smiles are free.
Russ
Inspired by @silent_frames23