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Kirsten's avatar

This speaks volumes to me. I am one of the sprint month participants. After debating whether to join all month, I took the plunge at the last minute. I didn’t think I had the time or was ready to invest fully in the OS. Happy to say this is the best thing I’ve done in a long time. I’m loving the community, with supportive like-minded people, and the thoughtful coaching that Anna provides us on the OS and portfolio careers is unbelievably good. Thank you Anna!

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

Kirsten! What a beautiful piece of feedback. Thank you so much 🥹. I'm so grateful you decided to join!

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Abbey Algiers's avatar

Thx for reminding me that "I know stuff."

LOVE THAT!

Way to act before you were ready. :)

Thx for the inspo.

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

Pleasure treasure!

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Nicole Lulinski Weill's avatar

The path appears! Loved this.

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

It most certainly did ❤️

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Alex Clifton-Jones's avatar

I love your propensity just to dive it.

So awesome Anna!

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

Getting shit done since 1989 😂

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Eren Elsewhere's avatar

I feel like real learning and progress happens when you encounter a roadblock and have to research your way out of it.

Trying to prep for ALL possibilities that you might encounter is like trying to study how to ride a bike before you get on! All you'll get is a notebook full of theory, meanwhile the loose kid from down the road with no fear is already doing wheelies!

Reading your writing feels like I'm a fly on the wall in your head, but I always walk away with a great reminder:)

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

It’s impossible to prep for all the potential outcomes isn’t it! And it’s a draining way to live, I’ve found. Sometimes you just have to shoot from the hip and bite the bullet, and trust that you’ll figure it out 😊

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Krissie's avatar

Great boost for a Friday morning! Thank you. I answered yes to your question… I’m currently crippled with the ‘but my insta profiles not ready yet’ and then duplicate the statement

for all platforms.

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

There is no such thing as an Instagram profile being ready 😉

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Hannah's avatar

This immediately caught my eye because my therapist's #1 thing is being "willing to be willing to be willing" and that mindset shift completely cracked open my potential. I feel like willingness (similar to gratitude) is one of the first places to go when you're feeling some typa way in any arena in your life, whether a business opp like you mentioned or even more personal too. Love your writing!!!

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

"Willing to be willing to be willing" is SO GOOD!

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Meg's avatar

This was such a lovely listen. It was like th voice note from a friend I've needed. I have a lot of well intentioned friends who who don't appreciate they experiment of figuring it out as you go. I want to lean into it more and enjoy my portfolio career.

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

I think you're bang on in saying that being experimental (a bit more playful, perhaps?) makes the whole portfolio career ride a lot more enjoyable. Thank you for listening! x

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Crystal C.'s avatar

Be willing to trust yourself and take a risk. That resonates so much. Because we oftentimes let fear cloud the fact that we already know what we are doing - we just gotta put ourselves out there

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Anna Mackenzie's avatar

Very very true ❤️

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