Good morning from New York City. Before I get started today, I’d like to say thank you to those of you who have sent me messages, text messages, voicemails about what is resonating. I have no idea how things are landing, so it’s good to get data points. Friday’s episode “On Choosing Rest’ really landed and I got multiple messages, so thank you. You know I love messages, so keep them coming.

Today, I want to talk about something that I mentioned in a past episode. For those who may have missed it, one of my objectives this year is to put myself in the way of interesting people, and that can mean a lot of different things. I am one of those people who always attends conferences. I love to go to lectures, yet I had cut that off to a large extent. I’m sort of back to putting myself out in the world and putting myself in the way of interesting people.

Friday, I got to attend an event called Pitch Please that my friend Susie Moore puts together every year. I attended as a volunteer, and it was fabulous. It reminded me why I like to be out in the world. Why I like to engage. I felt privileged to be sitting in a room of people from all over the country. It was fascinating to hear stories of reinvention, how people were seeking to serve and put their voice into the media. This event was called Pitch Please because the media comes together, and they were sharing what they’re looking for in a pitch – how they evaluate stories, how to frame the messaging, how to present a new angle on a theme that’s in the zeitgeist. The media were from digital media, television, print, and covering everything from lifestyle, health and wellness, money business. There were people from ABC, NBC, Katie Couric Media, N P R, Business Insider. It was fascinating and I learned a lot.

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