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All That Glitters.

I did the thing.

Published 4 months agoΒ β€’Β 2 min read

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On being scared - and doing it anyway.

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Dear Sparkler,

I did the thing.

Yesterday I launched my YouTube Channel.

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I've wanted to be a YouTuber for years. YEARS!

And I kept waiting.

For the right time.

The right equipment.

The right hair day.
The right level of confidence.

Spoiler: none of those things arrived.

So I said fuck it.

I turned "one day" into "day one."

And now my first video is out in the world.

It's not perfect. It's almost certainly the worst video I'll ever make. But it exists.

And that means I can finally tick "launch YouTube channel" off my Fuck It List.

Be kind to me. Or don't. Either way, it's done.

So why YouTube?

Because I want to share what I know for free.

For years, people have stopped me at events or after talks asking for help.

How do I build my personal brand?
How do I get visible?
How do I make the leap?
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And it's always frustrated me that I couldn't do more.
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YouTube lets me do more.
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I want to help women go from invisible to unmissable.
I want to help them achieve financial freedom.
I want to help them stop waiting for "one day" and start building their Fuck It List of bold action instead.
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This is me living out the thing I keep telling other women to do: make more content. Fight the algorithm by being unmissable. Stop asking for permission and start taking up space.
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What's coming next?

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I'm leaning all the way into being a creator now.
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  • YouTube: free videos on personal brand, visibility, AI tools, and the mindset shifts that actually move the needle
  • LinkedIn: hot takes and commentary
  • Newsletter: you're already here, hello!
  • Substack (coming soon): The Fuck It List, my unfiltered stories of building and living my own Fuck It List and helping others with theirs
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Why am I doing this now?
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Because we're living through the biggest moment of reinvention most of us will ever see.
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AI is changing everything faster than we can keep up. Staying still is not an option. Tiny tweaks won't cut it. We need seismic shifts. We need to smash apart all the "shoulds" that are keeping us stuck and become the architects of what comes next.
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I'm calling it the Reinvention Rebellion. And I'm taking it everywhere.
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Every leader, creator, thinker, and maker needs to embrace reinvention right now. Including me. Including you.
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So here I am. Imperfect. A bit terrified. Definitely not ready.

Doing it anyway.
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All That Glitters.

Not fame. Influence..

Personal brand insights from an award-winning marketer who spent a decade leading Brand at Google and Founder of Glittersphere, a community helping people build visibility that opens doors. Real stories, honest truths, practical advice for people building something meaningful - including how to use AI to build your personal brand more effectively. If you're ready to stop being the best-kept secret and start being unmissable to the right people, you're in the right place. πŸ’ŽJoin 2000 readers getting clarity, twice a week.

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