Lead with Clarity. Own Your Ambition. Evolve on Your Terms. by Bron Stephens

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Your past self is part of the story

The messy, brave, unfinished versions are often the ones worth keeping.


Happy Wednesday ,


My 6-year-old nephew was up visiting a few weeks ago, and at lunch he decided he was the official photographer. He took candid shots of everyone at the table, including some absolute crackers of me.


I've kept every single one.


Every time I look at them, I'm right back at that table. The day I snuck out of my work day to take everyone to one of my favourite Malaysian restaurants here in Darwin. The noise, the laughter, and a little boy taking his job very seriously.


They're not the social media posts you usually see, that's for sure. But they show us all exactly as we were that day. And it got me thinking about all the versions of me there have been along the way.

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