Hey, welcome back episode 39. We're exploring the common thread that kind of runs through words like present presenting presented You know when you're doing something normal like waiting for your coffee walking to the train standing in elevator and then all of a sudden You realize you've been holding your breath not dramatically just quietly bracing you know the feeling shoulders up jaw tight Mind racing ahead and then you exhale like your body is saying oh we're allowed to be here chillax screams your inner voice That's where today's topic begins present presenting presented. What's the common thread? I think of it like present is the version of you that exists before you explain yourself before you perform before you try to sound confident before you turn your life into something polished and impressive Present is you right now still figuring it out still becoming and if you're in a season of transition Maybe some kind of career pivot or creative shift than being present can feel almost impossible Cause there's too much going on why because the pressure is always with ring do I look like I know what I'm doing that pressure shows up so often in our Work culture not just for working hard, but because we constantly are evaluating everything while working then there's presenting presenting as when you take who you are on the inside Unfinished human uncertain and translated into something other people can understand fast a pitch a meeting update an interview answer delivering to a So tell me what you do question and this is where imposter syndrome tends to live not always because you're unqualified But because you can feel the gap between who you are and the version of you you're trying to communicate presenting can feel like being on a stage But I want to offer a softer reframe presenting is a performing presenting is offering offering your ideas offering your effort offering your perspective even if your voice shakes even if it's not perfect and then there's presented the moment after It's already happened the message you sent the impression you made the thing you said that your brain replays later like a tiny horror movie presented literally is you know Out of our hands now and it's wild how our mind's treat the past like it's something you can still fix Kind of like if we just think about it long enough we could but we can't so then the question becomes can you belong here Even if that moment wasn't perfect Here's what I think next all three present presenting and presented are all about belonging present asks Can I belong before I prove anything presenting asks can I belong while I'm being seen and presented lean towards Can I belong if I didn't nail it and honestly that's a lot to carry?
That's why think anyways I try to look at it this way instead present is who you are presenting as what you share presented is what you release and the Scale isn't all about mastering them It's moving through them without abandoning yourself if we stopped upon that for a minute It gives us another way of looking at it differently So give it a go because the trap we fall into is living only for presented living like your life is already a finished product Like you're constantly managing how you come across that's not living that's branding and it's exhausting always on is not healthy for humans Platforms on the other hand. They are algorithms and sequences. They cannot themselves out But anyone who has ever used them will know even the machines get it wrong That's a side note but worth making so let's do something small together right now They'll take a minute check your state now so for this exact minute Are you holding your breath again? So breathe drop your shoulders by one percent unclench your jaw let your face soften Notice the difference and ask yourself what room am I in today present presenting or presented and what would look like to be a little kind of yourself in that room This is pivot air podcast and we're not here to rush you into certainty We're here to help you say study while you're becoming one last question to leave you with if you stopped living like you were already being judged What would you do differently today?
Just something small something honest something present with that I'll see you next time Oh and just in case you were wondering I would say to myself all as well This is an AI voice-powered podcast shared by humans who simply want to connect across generations and normalize That art of starting again new episodes drop everyone's day in Sunday share it with someone who's navigating their own pivot or who needs to hear that the Ginnings aren't failures they're growth